A Modest Proposal, Part II :: Beyond the Arguments

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Headlines, Links & Lies … “Don’t Make Me Call the Law” Edition
Published 5/14/2008 by lawvol at Gate 21
... and 2 of the Modest Proposal for a College Football playoff (which is as well thought out as any I’ve seen) – Garnet and Black Attack ...

"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part I)
Published 5/15/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports
... punches, quite literally lies at the heart of the free speech and free press guarantees of the First Amendment. When a thoughtful blogger treads into the defining mine field of college football fandom, however, he deserves a more measured and articulate response. This brings me to Garnet and Black Attack, the SB Nation South Carolina Gamecocks weblog whose proprietor has gone fishin’ after a fine week’s worth of work in the form of his two-part proposal for a Division I-A football tournament. If you haven’t read both parts, go ...

Unverified Voracity Defeats Tornadoes
Published 5/15/2008 by Brian (noreply@blogger.com) at mgoblog
... Yes! Yes! Yes! Brandon at Garnet and Black Attack must not read this blog, but I don't care, he can be Leibnitz: ...

"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part II)
Published 5/20/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports
... Ere the weekend’s baseball action got underway, I offered a partial response to the playoff proposal put forth by Garnet and Black Attack’s Brandon before he went fishing (metaphorically, of course). I was pleased to see this subject generate some discussion, particularly since Brandon’s subsequent posting upon the subject helped to highlight the extent to which this has been a topic of offseason discussion at Addicted to Quack, Around the Oval, the Georgia Sports Blog, ...

"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part III)
Published 5/21/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports
... and allow a non-conference champion to be crowned the national champion? Are we to follow Brandon’s proposal and allow a first-place finisher in a downtrodden league to be awarded a seat at the table? Both courses are worse than the present system, but it matters which poison the playoff proponents plan to pick and pour down the rest of our throats. ...