Monthly Archives: February 2012
They’ve got nobody to blame but themselves.
If you want to understand what’s really behind playoff angst, look no further than Brian Cook’s short and sweet explanation. Money (see what I did there?) part: The BCS moved off broadcast to cable. But when paired with declining interest, … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, ESPN Is The Devil, It's Just Bidness
More on this year’s Crime of the Century
I wouldn’t have arrested her for stealing the hash browns, but I might have done so for this: … The police report also stated that Shultis removed the hashbrowns from her pants and tried to put them back on the … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment
Manifest destiny: the SEC’s new TV deal
One thing to consider as you scratch your head, shake your fist, pound the table, shrug your shoulders or whatever else you might do in response to the SEC’s grand poobahs’ struggle with what to do about conference scheduling is … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness, SEC Football
The spread is what happens when spring practice isn’t man enough.
Chris Brown links to this fascinating history of spring football by Sports Illustrated. There’s a quote from Bobby Bowden that caught my eye. It’s about one major development which occurred in the wake of the practice restrictions the NCAA put … Continue reading
Filed under Strategery And Mechanics
Saban goes all in on multi-year scholarships.
And I mean all in. “We’re going to offer four-year scholarships,” Saban said. “Our whole conference is going to do it, all the schools, I think. “And we’re happy to do it.” My first thought upon reading that was the … Continue reading
Filed under Nick Saban Rules, Recruiting
These are the times that try athletic directors’ souls.
Yesterday I mentioned that “… the question you need to be asking yourself is which [conference scheduling format] results in CBS and ESPN writing the biggest checks. Because I guarantee you that’s the one the McGaritys and Stricklins will be … Continue reading
Filed under SEC Football
When college football grows up, it wants to be just like the NFL.
Just shoot me. As for the potential playoff format, Scott agreed with the position of the Big Ten, first reported by The Chicago Tribune, which favored home sites for the semifinal games and a neutral site for the championship game. … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
Some things are beyond changing.
In case you were wondering, the BCS negotiations aren’t inspiring the usual suspects to join hands and sing Kumbaya around the campfire. It’s unusual for properties like the BCS to hire multiple consultants to handle media rights negotiations, although it’s … Continue reading
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Filed under Big Ten Football, SEC Football
In for a penny, in for a pound.
North Carolina’s AD favors a 128-team basketball tournament. It’s all about the math… and judiciously trimming the regular season. … Until 1985, when the field was expanded from 48 to 64 teams, an NCAA bid was ridiculously difficult to land … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
One difference between Spurrier and SOD
… is that the Evil Genius doesn’t try to blow smoke up anybody’s ass about oversigning being good for the kids: What did you think about Alabama asking two longtime commitments to take grayshirts a few weeks before signing day? … Continue reading
