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Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 3 12, 9:03 pm
by stlouie_lipp
Why does the NCAA and ESPN embrace, and actively promote, the underdog in basketball, yet find disgust for the underdog in football?
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 3 12, 11:23 pm
by cardsfansince82
stlouie_lipp wrote:Why does the NCAA and ESPN embrace, and actively promote, the underdog in basketball, yet find disgust for the underdog in football?
In basketball it doesn't matter who wins in the tournament because most of the money is made in advance and the major stakeholders and power conferences are happy. The tickets are already sold and casual interest is high because of office pools.
In football you need the schools themselves to sell out the stadium and make the bowl sites happy. Plus you need teams with name recognition to get tv ratings. A lot of major programs were passed over by NIU and money is headed to a non BCS conference. Plus these spots aren't decided by head to head competition. Small schools in football can earn a big payday without having beat anyone yet, so there will always be a negative perception.
JL21 wrote:The Oklahoma-A&M game kind of kills me. Seeing those two teams play is nothing different from any other year since, what, 1995?
The Big XII South championship is on the line.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 4 12, 2:33 am
by Vidor
Sports On Earth runs down the bowls.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40497614/
Surprised to read that people are unenthusiastic about the BCS Championship Game. Those are two pretty storied programs right there.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 4 12, 10:17 am
by Transmogrified Tiger
Either Notre Dame or Alabama is going to win the National Championship. That fact alone makes this an awful, awful, awful game.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 4 12, 10:25 am
by cardsfansince82
If only we could figure out a way to have a Yankees-Red Sox world series.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 7 12, 9:55 pm
by stlouie_lipp
They are selling these here. The back says "Every dog has its day!" with a Huskie paw print.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 7 12, 9:56 pm
by lukethedrifter
Hi Ma Lipp
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 8 12, 9:36 am
by danh35
Lipp, where are they selling those at?
Also, I liked this pic:
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 10 12, 12:04 am
by JoeMcKim
$3.48 for gas, glad I don't live in Illinois.
Re: BCS Bowl Thread
Posted: December 10 12, 12:40 pm
by stlouie_lipp
danh35 wrote:Lipp, where are they selling those at?
Also, I liked this pic:
The Village Commons Bookstore is selling them. They are a client of mine, so if they are sold out or something, shoot me a pm and I'll see what I can do.
http://www.vcbs.com/