tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post6763740562563028049..comments2024-03-28T03:18:35.837-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Merry BCS-mas! Get The Griping Out TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-32598088857995915722009-12-08T04:02:04.437-05:002009-12-08T04:02:04.437-05:00A 16-team playoff game is entirely way too many ga...A 16-team playoff game is entirely way too many games to expect amateurs playing for jack to risk their health and careers over just so some fans are theoretically a little happier over who the champion is.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361493501818705947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-34459892318308258582009-12-07T14:58:18.034-05:002009-12-07T14:58:18.034-05:00I still don't understand the BCS griping. May...I still don't understand the BCS griping. Maybe my confusion comes from being old enough to remember what came before it. Remember the era of bowl tie-ins? No artifical conference championships that could blow up teams that would otherwise contend? Everyone admitting that any "national championship" was almost certainly just an opinion (unless the bowls got lucky)?<br /><br />At least the BCS lets the opinion-generated 1 and 2 play every year.The Fisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12262001195084690128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-75715122535069299542009-12-07T10:43:07.872-05:002009-12-07T10:43:07.872-05:00Dan, the problem is that TCU/BSU isn't the &qu...Dan, the problem is that TCU/BSU isn't the "Cinderella Bowl." Cinderella went to the ball with Prince Charming.<br /><br />This is the opposite of Cinderella. In this case both teams went undefeated, but not only do they not get to go to the ball with Prince Charming, they don't even get to go with a member of his court. They have to go with each other.<br /><br />It's not the Cinderella Bowl. We should call it the Mid Major Bowl and present the winner with a trophy that says "Congratulations on being the best team that had absolutely no chance of playing for a championship this year and whose bowl win came against a non-BCS school. See you at number 15 in the pre-season polls."holtzabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481904483428338179noreply@blogger.com