July 18, 2014 · 3:46 PM

“The playoff wasn’t done for the money, it was done for the fans.”

Bill Hancock is so full of shit.

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Filed under BCS/Playoffs, It's Just Bidness

21 responses to ““The playoff wasn’t done for the money, it was done for the fans.””

  1. PTC DAWG
    July 18, 2014 at 3:53 PM

    As a fan, I am glad they went to a playoff structure…so there’s that.

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  2. jack
    July 18, 2014 at 4:05 PM

    Don’t sugar coat it there, Senator; tell it like it is.

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  3. Athens Dog
    July 18, 2014 at 4:20 PM

    My guess is if you say it enough, you start to believe it. Full of shit is accurate.

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  4. Dog in Fla
    July 18, 2014 at 4:52 PM

    Speaking of eleventy billion dollars, who can’t love that Nick Saban emphasizes his players need to ‘buy in’ is a link after the Power Five’s College Football Playoff revenues will double what BCS paid article

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  5. 69Dawg
    July 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM

    President Obama needs to hire Bill as his spokesman. Bill has all the credibility of the guy that just quit.

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  6. WarD Eagle
    July 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM

    I think there’s a bit of truth to it. Many of us enjoy college football simply for the individual games and rivalries and yearly chatter after a win or loss – as an entertainment event to which we may hold some emotional ties.

    Then there are those to whom an MNC is everything. They aren’t fans of college football. They are people in need of affirmations presumed upon the victory of a chosen surrogate.

    Those are the fans of which she speaks.

    That they’ll make another eleventy billion in gold from it while driving football off a cliff is just opportunity.

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  7. IveyLeaguer
    July 18, 2014 at 5:44 PM

    Maybe so. You know him better than I do.

    I did watch his entire presentation, and was somewhat relieved with his representation of how it all works. I know this: I’ll be holding his feet to the fire when it comes to the process of selecting teams.
    ~~~

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  8. GaskillDawg
    July 18, 2014 at 6:04 PM

    Since they are doing it for the fans how about a ticket price structure that average fans can afford.

    No way they are THAT devoted to the fans.

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  9. South FL Dawg
    July 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM

    What a happy coincidence about the money.

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  10. Lrgk9
    July 18, 2014 at 8:44 PM

    When the morally right and the financially right coincide, that is a coincidence.

    Apologies to O.W. Holmes Sr.

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  11. DugLite
    July 18, 2014 at 10:18 PM

    This is going to bite UGA:
    Hancock said avoiding conference matchups and repeat regular-season games in bowl games will be a consideration.

    Bank on it!!!!

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  12. eethomaswfnc
    July 19, 2014 at 7:31 AM

    We all know what someone means when they say it’s not about the money …

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  14. Scorpio Jones, III
    July 19, 2014 at 10:16 AM

    “The 13-member committee, chaired by Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, includes Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, Nebraska’s Tom Osborne, West Virginia’s Oliver Luck and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, among others.”

    “The BCS model angered fans because of the subjectivity — including two polls as part of the formula — and confusion over how the formula works.”

    At the end of the day, as fractured, splintered and polarized as this country has become, it is nice to know there is agreement on something.

    Until, of course, YOUR team gets left out of the bracket after winning a bunch of games.

    But if YOUR team gets out, you won’t be angry about the BCS, will you?

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    • Dog in Fla
      July 19, 2014 at 12:40 PM

      “At the end of the day, as fractured, splintered and polarized as this country has become, it is nice to know there is agreement on something.”

      Giddy Up!

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      • Scorpio Jones, III
        July 19, 2014 at 1:22 PM

        The big question for me is: will Condi bring the same level of competence she so ably demonstrated during that war thing there in I Rack.

        Hey, maybe she was studying football then. 🙂

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  15. Mayor
    July 19, 2014 at 10:52 AM

    If this were only about getting a fair 4 team playoff system they would have kept the BCS and just expanded it to the top 4 teams. This “committee” system is really about keeping the SEC from having multiple teams in the 4 team playoff. End of story.

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    • Scorpio Jones, III
      July 19, 2014 at 12:01 PM

      See…some fans are already angry and we have not even started the season.

      T’would seem some brighter bulb would suggest an end to the “fans wanted it” bullshit.

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