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I miss poll era football.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:40 pm
You also could call it "bowl era football" because the bowls mattered. Lots of times, up to three bowl games had national championship implications. Bama got screwed over during a couple of those years but that would be so much harder for the AP to get away with in the social media age. I didn't watch one single bowl game outside of the playoff games last year. Hell, Georgia decided not to even play in theirs.
It never hurt my feelings to see split titles. I hate the playoffs even though my team has made it each year. I accepted the BCS but never liked it even though my team benefited from in 2011. I enjoyed college football as a whole a lot more during the 80's and 90's than I do now. Bama only won one title during that span but college football was more enjoyable as a whole.
It never hurt my feelings to see split titles. I hate the playoffs even though my team has made it each year. I accepted the BCS but never liked it even though my team benefited from in 2011. I enjoyed college football as a whole a lot more during the 80's and 90's than I do now. Bama only won one title during that span but college football was more enjoyable as a whole.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:44 pm to Commander Data
Respectfully disagree.
The 2004 season and what they did to Auburn changed everything and we can never go back there again.
The 2004 season and what they did to Auburn changed everything and we can never go back there again.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:44 pm to Commander Data
I completely disagree.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:48 pm to Commander Data
quote:
I miss poll era football.
I agree.
I even miss the old bowl tie in system. The 2 "best" rarely played but the arguments over who was better will last forever.
To me that's even better.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:51 pm to Commander Data
You miss not having to earn a title?
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:53 pm to Commander Data
I do to really. I know a playoff is no doubt the most definite way to determine a champion but I still think college football has lost something in doing so.
Of course it don't matter what I think, they ain't going back and more changes are coming down the road. There is no telling what direction things will go once the streaming companies get involved which is coming.
Of course it don't matter what I think, they ain't going back and more changes are coming down the road. There is no telling what direction things will go once the streaming companies get involved which is coming.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:55 pm to Commander Data
bowl era stunk, what sense does it make to have the top 3 or 4 teams in the country all playing different bowl games? There's no finality or attempt to truly crown the best.
BCS era had the right idea (and ftr got it right pretty much every time), and the playoffs have furthered that. My biggest gripe is I think we should keep a BCS style system (whatever formula or whatever would be involved with that) then take the top 4. I DO appreciate that humans with brains are involved so some measure of common sense can come into play, but humans are also prone to bias.
BCS era had the right idea (and ftr got it right pretty much every time), and the playoffs have furthered that. My biggest gripe is I think we should keep a BCS style system (whatever formula or whatever would be involved with that) then take the top 4. I DO appreciate that humans with brains are involved so some measure of common sense can come into play, but humans are also prone to bias.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:12 pm to Commander Data
I mean there was more to it than just the 2004 season and what they did to Auburn.
There was 85, I think it was, when BYU beat a 6-5 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl for a National Title. That was the year the whole debate really started.
I remember 2006 being another shite show of a year.even though I thought Florida deserved the title remember all the BS about Michigan vs OSU and SoCal vs UCLA.
98 and I didn’t think FSU deserved the shot at Tennessee, I thought it should have been OSU and I hate the suckeyes.
99 ... think about it. Va Tech and Nebraska both got shut out of the process. FSU was basically gifted the title.
Sooooooooooo many reasons why the old bowl system sucked. Far too many split national championships and, even then, there were times when teams like the 64 Arkansas squad for instance just got fricked all together.
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There was 85, I think it was, when BYU beat a 6-5 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl for a National Title. That was the year the whole debate really started.
I remember 2006 being another shite show of a year.even though I thought Florida deserved the title remember all the BS about Michigan vs OSU and SoCal vs UCLA.
98 and I didn’t think FSU deserved the shot at Tennessee, I thought it should have been OSU and I hate the suckeyes.
99 ... think about it. Va Tech and Nebraska both got shut out of the process. FSU was basically gifted the title.
Sooooooooooo many reasons why the old bowl system sucked. Far too many split national championships and, even then, there were times when teams like the 64 Arkansas squad for instance just got fricked all together.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:15 pm to Commander Data
Yeah, let's go back to the days when #1 has to play #5 in #5's home stadium.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:20 pm to Commander Data
This is nostalgia at its finest. It's sitting on a rocking chair, reminiscing about the good ole days.
The old system sucked. The new one isn't perfect, either.
I think you'll see Bowls relegated NIT status, sooner rather than later. I also think that we'll go to an 8 team playoff, and do away with conference title games.
While different, its certainly better than having biased pollsters determine who wins a friggin championship. My lord, that was a silly time.
The old system sucked. The new one isn't perfect, either.
I think you'll see Bowls relegated NIT status, sooner rather than later. I also think that we'll go to an 8 team playoff, and do away with conference title games.
While different, its certainly better than having biased pollsters determine who wins a friggin championship. My lord, that was a silly time.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:25 pm to Commander Data
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:42 pm to Commander Data
I didn’t mind the BCS era
I don’t want an 8 team playoff
It will make it too much like the NFL
I don’t want an 8 team playoff
It will make it too much like the NFL
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:42 pm to Commander Data
There is absolutely not a single thing that was better about the poll era.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 2:04 pm to Commander Data
No thanks to teams claiming titles that aren't theirs.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 2:05 pm to Commander Data
This ain’t it, Chief.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 3:46 pm to Commander Data
quote:'
I miss poll era football.
You also could call it "bowl era football" because the bowls mattered. Lots of times, up to three bowl games had national championship implications. Bama got screwed over during a couple of those years but that would be so much harder for the AP to get away with in the social media age. I didn't watch one single bowl game outside of the playoff games last year. Hell, Georgia decided not to even play in theirs.
It never hurt my feelings to see split titles. I hate the playoffs even though my team has made it each year. I accepted the BCS but never liked it even though my team benefited from in 2011. I enjoyed college football as a whole a lot more during the 80's and 90's than I do now. Bama only won one title during that span but college football was more enjoyable as a whole.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 7:11 pm to Commander Data
I agree to an extent, especially concerning the point about how multiple bowl games could have NC implications - oftentimes those games would be played on the exact same day.
The end of the 1978 season saw these three bowl games directly impact the NC picture:
1979 Sugar Bowl
#1 Penn State vs. #2 Alabama
1979 Orange Bowl
#4 Oklabama vs. #6 Nebraska
1979 Rose Bowl
#3 USC vs. #5 Michigan
Five of the six teams playing in those three games had a legitimate shot of winning the national championship if the cards fell correctly.
The end of the 1978 season saw these three bowl games directly impact the NC picture:
1979 Sugar Bowl
#1 Penn State vs. #2 Alabama
1979 Orange Bowl
#4 Oklabama vs. #6 Nebraska
1979 Rose Bowl
#3 USC vs. #5 Michigan
Five of the six teams playing in those three games had a legitimate shot of winning the national championship if the cards fell correctly.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:25 pm to Commander Data
I see evidence of declining interest in regular season games, and even decking interest in conference championship games with the expansion of the playoff.
I’m not sure the current contract of power 5, G5, and FCS can really support an expanded playoff.
At some point, putting the players through 17 games a year is sort of non-amateur.
I would go back to BCS. Also 12 team leagues are plenty.
I’m not sure the current contract of power 5, G5, and FCS can really support an expanded playoff.
At some point, putting the players through 17 games a year is sort of non-amateur.
I would go back to BCS. Also 12 team leagues are plenty.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:52 pm to Commander Data
Nostalgia is a heck of a drug.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:52 pm to Commander Data
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