Am I only one who has no interest in watching the Championship game?

[Marsh01]

Yet on the field, they just kicked the crap out of K St. 2nd place team in the Big 12. Why is that? I would schedule cupcakes too if I played in the SEC West with Bama and LSU, you would too

We beat KState a year ago...please.

 

[Jaka]

i guess what irkes me is that there are 8 legitimate teams in a playoff scenario, that could win the title, we routinely see the top overall team get eliminated in a playoff scenario, and im not saying that LSU and Bama aren't the two best teams, but history is riddled with the top team that can't ever be beat, get beat.

and with the current system in place, it reaks of corruption, they can change the system, but they won't, the people who were given the honor to run the post season, have filled there pockets to become millionaires, the fiesta bowl director gets paid 650,000 dollars a year for scheduling one game a year? and them we criminalize a kid for getting a free tattoo, talk about hypocrisy

 

[IthacaBarrel]

We beat KState a year ago...please.

What does a year ago have to do with this season? We beat Michigan 15 years ago, BFD. Again, I don't think people watch college football here

 

[Marsh01]

What does a year ago have to do with this season? We beat Michigan 15 years ago, BFD. Again, I don't think people watch college football here

You mentioned how Arkansas kicked the crap out of 2nd place KState which is supposed to be this great win. One year ago (not 15) we beat almost the same KState team.

I get your argments and can see your point of view. I guess we agree to disagree.

 

[Dick_in_MI]

I guess I think of the SEC as a bunch of mega institutions that care very little for academics - that over pay coaches - that inspire yahoos to do things like destory the Auburn Tree etc.
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Agree with all of that. They also seem to have a higher Crooked Good Old Boy Booster Quotient than other conferences. It always seems like an aura of sleaze permeates the whole thing.

None of that has a lot of effect on my lack of interest in tonight's game...as I posted elsewhere, LSU has already beaten Bama at Bama, end of story, give the trophy to LSU. Tonight's game is a manufactured exhibition.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

I am now an ACC man - a BE man I guess for awhile longer.

I like the Pac 12 and the Big Ten and even the Big 12 much more than the SEC.

I guess I think of the SEC as a bunch of mega institutions that care very little for academics - that over pay coaches - that inspire yahoos to do things like destory the Auburn Tree etc.

I never watch SEC football if I can help it.

Exactly. Every other conference cares about academics. Not the SEC, though. Why do you think Vanderbilt is so bad? They care for academics.

 

[Scooch]

Exactly. Every other conference cares about academics. Not the SEC, though. Why do you think Vanderbilt is so bad? They care for academics.

To be fair, every other conference SAYS they care about academics.

When you get right down to it, none care about it more than athletics. Otherwise we wouldn't have the system (writ large) that we do.

I give the SEC credit for being honest.

 

[690West]

Lots of late money being bet on Bama. Up to -2.5

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Lots of late money being bet on Bama. Up to -2.5

another reason why I will be watching. Roll Tide -1.5

 

[upperdeck]

i think the Tide tolls easy.. by ten or more.

 

[Marsh01]

Lsu beat them on their own turf. They will win again. I just hope that one can actually get to double digits this time.

 

[Chip]

Have all your games on NYD, take it back from hockey (hockey!) and then do the plus one the following Sat night.

For a sport that made a lot of questionable decisions that nearly buried it, hockey has hit a home run (scored a hat trick?) with the Winter Classic. If anything will eventually kill it, it's just over-saturation of a particular team or hosting stadium. But for now it's still in mega event mode. And they were smart not to take on the Rose Bowl head to head, there was a weather conflict this year that forced a small amount of overlap. The 1 pm slot on NYD has become Big 1o vs SEC fest. All 3 games, same conferences, same time, in the same state. Left a little opening for the casual fan who wants some variety. And where do a lot of those casual, probably not huge college football fans reside? Northeast cities. Buffalo, DC, Pittsburgh, Boston, NY, Philly have all been involved. Maybe a slight conflict with Big 10 land for the Chicago-Detroit game, but having a game in Wrigley Field kept it interesting.

I have no idea what the TV ratings are, I know hockey's ratings are generally crap-tastic. But they do make a good TV event out of it, stadium atmospheres are electric, I would think they're doing pretty well in those northeast cities.

 

[Scooch]

I have no idea what the TV ratings are, I know hockey's ratings are generally crap-tastic. But they do make a good TV event out of it, stadium atmospheres are electric, I would think they're doing pretty well in those northeast cities.

Ratings are good, by hockey standards (which means really, really low). But the Winter Classic is still out-rated by every bowl game on TV that day, save for maybe the early one running on ESPN2, depending on matchups.

That it has "taken over" New Year's Day is really a myth.

 

[NKR1978]

I don't really care about the game. 'Bama already lost to these guys at home, 'Bama has a less impressive than Ok. State, this game is junk. That being said I might stop watching basketball or playing Call of Duty long enough to check out the end if the game is close.

The only good thing about this game is that it shuts up (or should) anyone who says that college football has the best regular season because every game counts. Obviously it doesn't matter if you lose AT HOME to a team in your conference division. I enjoy college football, but it's the most pointless and meaningless sport in the world.

 

[Millhouse]

For a sport that made a lot of questionable decisions that nearly buried it, hockey has hit a home run (scored a hat trick?) with the Winter Classic. If anything will eventually kill it, it's just over-saturation of a particular team or hosting stadium. But for now it's still in mega event mode. And they were smart not to take on the Rose Bowl head to head, there was a weather conflict this year that forced a small amount of overlap. The 1 pm slot on NYD has become Big 1o vs SEC fest. All 3 games, same conferences, same time, in the same state. Left a little opening for the casual fan who wants some variety. And where do a lot of those casual, probably not huge college football fans reside? Northeast cities. Buffalo, DC, Pittsburgh, Boston, NY, Philly have all been involved. Maybe a slight conflict with Big 10 land for the Chicago-Detroit game, but having a game in Wrigley Field kept it interesting.

I have no idea what the TV ratings are, I know hockey's ratings are generally crap-tastic. But they do make a good TV event out of it, stadium atmospheres are electric, I would think they're doing pretty well in those northeast cities.

i went to the first one in buffalo was so great. there's something so loose about it - they play whenever the weather allows them, the ice is spotty, kids screwing around on the side rinks, tailgating. i loved it

 

[Ghost]

i don't care if bama is better than oklahoma state and that losing to LSU is less bad than losing to iowa state. they had their chance. if LSU beat okla state, then bama can say they're better than okla state.

i think the saints and packers are the best team. should the saints get a rematch in the super bowl? screw that.

prior games should trump the BCS. if the only team you lost to ends up #1, and you're #2, you're out of luck, too bad, you switch with #3

Bingo. Everything else is subjective, and that's the weakness of the system. We established that 'Bama couldn't beat LSU at home. End of story.

Arkansas is the third best team in the SEC and they needed a miracle comeback just to beat the 7th best team in the Big12. Maybe the SEC isn't all that great. What do I know, it's all guesswork until the teams play - and these two teams already did. If LSU had won at home maybe I would seem more fair to have the rematch...

 

[Stern]

College Football needs to re-claim NEW YEARS DAY as their day. They have given up on it and that (more than a lack of playoff) has hurt the sport.

EVERY "major" Bowl should be played on New Years Day. Between ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, yeah some of the "big bowl" might overlap, deal with it! There is no reason NOT to do it that way! Then play the National Title game the day after, Jan 2nd every year. Own the sports world for a 48 hour period. This National Title game got lost in the NFL Playoffs and does every year now. Most people at work today didn't even know there was a bowl game tonight, and those are good sports fans I work with

 

[OrangeMuskyFish]

Complaint 1- The system sucks.
Complaint 2- It's not the game you wanted to see.

Everything else is just slapping lipstick on a pig, but make for convenient blubbering. Enjoy a game that is back and forth and winner take all.

 

[kirbivore]

Fell asleep and missed the 2nd half