Tag Archive for ‘College Football’
Congressman trying to legislate college playoff
It looks like President-Elect Barack Obama isn’t the only politician mouthing off about college football’s broken BCS system. A member of Congress, who perhaps unsurprisingly is a Texan, was planning to introduce legislation on Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to use a playoff to determine the Division-1A national champion. According to an Associated Press article, Rep. […]
Quotation: A more meaningful season
“That’s right, you heard me. College basketball’s regular season is far more meaningful, far more compelling and far more important than college football’s. That’s because college basketball actually has a postseason tournament where the champion is decided not by pollsters and computers but by what happens on the court. Since more teams have a chance […]
Quotation: Get eight teams
“I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams — the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion.” -Sen. Barack Obama, talking on Monday Night […]