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November 2, 2005

CW: 'DAWGHOUSE' EDITION

Week 10
Date: 11/3/2005
The pitiful cries of the one-loss teams looking in on the five who are undefeateds still in the hunt is getting deafening... but CW has put in its earplugs.


CONVENTIONALwisdom
"DAWGHOUSE" EDITION
Florida ??? ...we now return you to your regularly scheduled disappointing season, already in progress...
Pollsters Everywhere down The Dawgs lose their playmaker for a game, lose that game, and then drop about a billion spots in the various polls... CW says these folks need to look up the word "anomaly".
Collective of Six up 'The Scheme' is so six months ago... defense is the new hotness.
Kevin Donahue up CW says this is easily the best headline ever written about college football.
VA Tech's Coach Beamer down All that talk about the BCS may have jinxed the Hokies for their game this weekend against Miami.
Navy up Navy gives us our weekly feel-good story for their generosity towards Tulane.
Oregon down Just when CW thought Oregon couldn't possibly find anything uglier than the lightning unis... they prove us totally wrong.
WAC down Isn't it sad that the WAC might not get enough bowl bids? No, because the WAC is awful.


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Comments:

  1. David T said:

    posted on November 3, 2005 2:00 PM — 70.129.217.130 — link — abuse?



    I have been hearing and reading quite a few articles about the possibility of a season with 4 undefeated teams. If this happens, what does the "all-powerful" BCS committee do in this instance? Well, there's not much that they can do this year to change how the Championship is going to play out. The format change that is needed to clear up this jumble is scheduling. The National Champion should be required to play, on the following year's schedule, the winners of the other 3 BCS bowls. The runner-up would schedule the losers of the other 3 BCS bowls. And, it should move down the line. Why not make the teams that claim to be the best play only the best. The so-called big boy's of college football should not be playing D1AA or D2 schools at all. Let's think about college football being competitive across the board for all the conferences to have shots at the big money bowl games.

  2. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue said:

    posted on November 3, 2005 2:09 PM — link — abuse?



    Wow! A mention on CW! I'm moving up! ;)

  3. BalRog said:

    posted on November 3, 2005 3:16 PM — 207.250.29.129 — link — abuse?



    I still think you should have found a way to work "Johnson" into the headline, but even so I agree with Pete.

  4. deo in sin city said:

    posted on November 6, 2005 12:12 AM — 68.108.117.180 — link — abuse?



    ......Well after today, I guess that wont be an issue any more........ Then there were three.........

    FIGHT ON MEN of TROY

  5. brian said:

    posted on April 13, 2006 3:18 PM — 68.186.176.233 — link — abuse?



    Why doesn't the BCS have playoffs to see who goes to the National Championship? That way if there are more than two undefeated teams, they can have a shot to go to the National Championship. It would be something to work and play hard for instead of having these Bowl games that don't add up to anything. The BCS can take the top 16 teams at the end of the season and let #1 play #16; #2 play # 15; #3 play #14 and so forth and when it comes down to the #1 and #2 teams, they can play in the National Championship. It will mean a whole lot more for the school and the players when they play hard and earn that spot in the "big game." Anyone with comments email me!! gator80@charter.net

  6. Regan said:

    posted on April 13, 2006 9:10 PM — 208.104.83.149 — link — abuse?



    Actually, we all agreed that a Playoff would be bad for College Football and the BCS works perfectly, right folks?


    (sorry...I had to...I'm the only one that doesn't want a playoff it seems...)

  7. Martin said:

    posted on April 13, 2006 11:02 PM — 68.35.200.69 — link — abuse?



    I agree that a large scale playoff would not be good for college football. I love the regular season competition and the bowl tradition.

    What I think the BCS should do each year, is host a three game playoff between their top four teams. Think about it, they're talking about already adding a fifth game. How about each year, The BCS hosts 5 bowl games, two of the games will remain invitational, and two more will sit as playoff games between the #1 and #4 teams, and the #2 and #3 teams. The winner of those games play in a repeat of the two invitational bowls a week later in the national title game. The playoff bowls will rotate just as the national title game already does, never having a playoff and the national title hosted by the same bowl. 1-4 are already ensured a spot in the BCS now. The teams that made it all the way would reap the most financial and publicity awards, and the BCS would love the extra exposure and media attention. Everyone wins!

    Of course there are forseeable: controversy over who derserves the #4 spot would probably be greater than the #2 spot. Less freedom for BCS bowls to select their matchups (though I don't think the playoff games would care, the other bowls might). At any rate, it is a great compromising solution to the problem. And if you have a problem with the existing system, it's a definate improvement.