Comments on: Swofford’s crocodile tears for the bowl system http://www.dawgsonline.com/2009/05/04/swoffords-crocodile-tears-for-the-bowl-system/ Serving the Bulldog Nation since 1995 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Groo http://www.dawgsonline.com/2009/05/04/swoffords-crocodile-tears-for-the-bowl-system/comment-page-1/#comment-200543 Groo Fri, 08 May 2009 17:43:32 +0000 http://www.dawgsonline.com/?p=2015#comment-200543 It is nuts. I wonder how much of that mindset comes from these programs seeing it done in hoops. Get a lottery pick or a couple of great shooters, and suddenly you're making noise in March. The upwards mobility can be much quicker. It's just not that way in college football. <a href="http://www.dawgsports.com/2009/5/8/868919/kyle-gets-conciliatory-an" rel="nofollow">Kyle has a good post up about it today</a> even going back to the time that Southern schools were denied access and the long road they had to take to earn respectability. Now going undefeated in the MAC is supposed to shoot you to the top? It is nuts. I wonder how much of that mindset comes from these programs seeing it done in hoops. Get a lottery pick or a couple of great shooters, and suddenly you’re making noise in March. The upwards mobility can be much quicker.

It’s just not that way in college football. Kyle has a good post up about it today even going back to the time that Southern schools were denied access and the long road they had to take to earn respectability. Now going undefeated in the MAC is supposed to shoot you to the top?

]]> By: paulwesterdawg http://www.dawgsonline.com/2009/05/04/swoffords-crocodile-tears-for-the-bowl-system/comment-page-1/#comment-199996 paulwesterdawg Thu, 07 May 2009 17:55:25 +0000 http://www.dawgsonline.com/?p=2015#comment-199996 Why does it always have to be about bowls or money or access? Why can't the big schools just flat out say the magic phrase.... "We worked hard to be on top. Why should we hand over the keys to our success for you to rise to our station in life without having to work as hard as we did?" Oh. Never mind. I know the answer. Play more good teams. Beat them. Increase fan interest. Build a bigger stadium. Move up. It's a simple formula. But you're seeing most of the elite non-BCS schools play 1 quality opponent OCC per year. It's nuts. Why does it always have to be about bowls or money or access? Why can’t the big schools just flat out say the magic phrase….

“We worked hard to be on top. Why should we hand over the keys to our success for you to rise to our station in life without having to work as hard as we did?”

Oh. Never mind. I know the answer.

Play more good teams. Beat them. Increase fan interest. Build a bigger stadium. Move up. It’s a simple formula. But you’re seeing most of the elite non-BCS schools play 1 quality opponent OCC per year.

It’s nuts.

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