Comments on: SEC Too Good For Ohio State? http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: James Joyner http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-94352 James Joyner Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:24:45 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-94352 I think there are probably ten or more schools not on the list better than Boise State this year. The bottom line is that this type of system would penalize teams that play in elite football conferences like the SEC and ACC.

It works fine to let the little guys play, too, in basketball where you can invite 65 teams and a team can play 3 games a week.

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By: Ennuipundit http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-94284 Ennuipundit Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:04:32 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-94284 Okay let’s look at this year:

ACC: Wake Forest and Georgia Tech (What about VA Tech?)
Big East: Louisville
Big 10: Ohio State and Michigan (What about Wisconsin?)
Big 12: Oklahoma and Nebraska (What about Texas?)
Conference USA: Houston
Mid-American: Central Michigan
Mountain West: BYU
Pac-10: USC & Cal
SEC: Florida & Arkansas (What about LSU & Auburn?)
Western Athletic: Boise St.
Sunbelt: Troy

Notre Dame would get the berth by virtue of a better overal record than the champion of one of the lesser conferences.

Seeding
1 Ohio State
2 Florida
3 Michigan
4 Louisville
5 Oklahoma
6 USC
7 Boise State
8 Notere Dame
9 Arkansas
10 Wake Forest
11 BYU
12 California
13 Nebraska
14 Georgia Tech
15 Central Michigan
16 Houston

It’s a thought, but it needs lots of work, eh?

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By: Ennuipundit http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-94035 Ennuipundit Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:44:29 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-94035 James, I think a sixteen team tourney is feasible. Saturday opening round games before the January 1 traditional Bowl Games. Then round of eight a week later. Then semis and the final in the following weeks.

My ideal conception of a tournament would be the major conferences, ACC, SEC, Big 10, Pac 10, Big 12 get two slots. (this would annoy the ACC, SEC and Big 12, because of their lucrative championship games. The remaining six at large berths can go to ND (because it will, every year) and five other worthies small conferences Western Athletic, Mid-American, Mountain West, Big East and Conference USA. The Sunbelt Conference gets excluded and it shouldn’t but Notre Dame will almost always be given that at large berth, by virtue of them being Notre Dame.

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By: Ennuipundit http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-93983 Ennuipundit Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:29:46 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-93983 A playoff system would be nice, but there are too many interests vested in the current way of doing business. Until fans stop watching or sponsors stop supporting the Bowls, nothing will change. They control the system. And I don’t see fans not watching and I don’t see sponsors not sponsoring. So as Bill Belichick famously remarks, “It is what it is.” This might morph into a full post.

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By: James Joyner http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-93970 James Joyner Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:26:29 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-93970 True. Then again, a team from an inferior conference won’t get into an 8 team playoff, either. The only way to have a Boise State deserve a shot is to have a huge playoff field, which isn’t going to happen given the logistics.

I actually think Division I-A needs to contract, with only maybe 32 teams that are historic contenders. And they shouldn’t be allowed to schedule games with teams outside that structure. It’s just nonsense for big time teams to be allowed to schedule patsies.

And, I’m sorry, if you want to play for a national championship, go to a major program. You can’t go to the Super Bowl no matter how much your team dominates the Arena League.

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By: Brandon Minich http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-93940 Brandon Minich Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:17:52 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-93940 We’ll never know if Boise State is good enough to beat those four loss SEC teams, because we don’t have a playoff. I agree that they probably aren’t good enough, but you never know – they might be. Since they’ve never played a team like that, we are just not going to have a clue if Boise could beat Florida.

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By: BIGJIM.org http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/comment-page-1/#comment-279311 BIGJIM.org Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/01/sec-too-good-for-ohio-state/#comment-279311 More from OTB Sports, SEC Too Good For Ohio State?. Read it. Couldn’t have said it better me self. Ohio State really let the Big 10 down, Michigan too for that matter getting plastered by USC. Wisconsin held up their end of the deal beating Arkansas, but barely. (I just put that barely in there for

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