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01-09-2013, 10:35 AM | #1 |
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I've been wanting the Irish to join a conference for a long time now. But look at it from their perspective.....why the **** would they?
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TRADITION...
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The prominent bowl games become playoff games.
The smaller bowls stay the same. Easy. Simple. Done...
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01-09-2013, 10:43 AM | #4 |
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And they make MORE money, since there are now 7 (assuming eight teams) playoff games counting the championship, which is up from 5 possibly interesting bowl games right now.
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The "lower" bowl games now become MORE important and watched. It would lead to much bigger ratings (read: money.)
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01-09-2013, 10:38 AM | #6 |
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They should have joined the Big 10 when they had the chance. Now they should just join the ACC.....they're going to be playing an ACC schedule anyways.
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01-09-2013, 10:43 AM | #7 |
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Best argument against a 16-team playoff is that is just too many games to ask student athletes to play, and you can't shorten the regular season by much.
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01-09-2013, 10:48 AM | #8 |
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01-09-2013, 11:21 AM | #9 |
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01-09-2013, 11:23 AM | #10 |
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I agree. I also think playing 16 games is too many for any student athlete. Not sure how they got to that format in Div 1 FCS or any other division. In Div 1 FCS, they still play up to eleven games BEFORE the 24-team playoff.
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01-09-2013, 10:49 AM | #11 |
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The logistics invovled with an 8 team playoff would be too much. That means 3 weekends. 3 Potential games for 2 teams....too much travel...fans wont travel for 3 games.....plus all the students, players, bands etc.........too much travel and scheduling.
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FCS does that.
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01-09-2013, 11:28 AM | #13 |
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The logistics are much more involved for NCAA. For starters, the average attendance during the 19 FCS playoff games this year was less than 13,500 compared to top FBS teams that get 90,000+ attendance. Ticket sales, staffing, organization is significantly more complex. There would also be schedule conflicts with teams that share a stadium with a professional team(s).
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01-09-2013, 11:25 AM | #14 |
Would an idiot do that?
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Sounds crazy.... like March Madness or something.
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01-09-2013, 11:26 AM | #15 |
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Football is a completely different beast than BB with alot more people involved.
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