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West Coast Bias: ESPN's deal shows that the football's postseason continues to be undervalued. > Lost in all the buzz this week about the Bowl Championship Series jumping from Fox to ESPN is the fact that by continuing to resist a playoff the BCS commissioners and university presidents continue ...
Either James Madison is a lot better than you think, or there's one more thing rotten in the BCS
Either James Madison is a lot better than you think, or there's one more thing rotten in the BCS
rivals.yahoo.com — Before we get started, a quick primer on James Madison, from the unlikely, dramatic finishes of its wins over Villanova and Richmond: Now: On Sunday, I noted some of the indefensible results spit out by the BCS computers this week, most notably ... (more) Either James Madison is a lot better than you think, or ...
Leach: Tech should be top-ranked one-loss team
Leach: Tech should be top-ranked one-loss team
redraiders.com — By Don Williams | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Texas Tech took a big loss on Saturday, but Tech coach Mike Leach says his team’s three big wins over the past month should count at least as much with poll voters. Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and Southern ... (more) Leach: Tech should be top-ranked one-loss team
James Madison Ranked In The Top 25 Of The Sagarin Computer Rating, Which Helps Determine BCS Rankings
James Madison Ranked In The Top 25 Of The Sagarin Computer Rating, Which Helps Determine BCS ...
FanIQ.com — All right, I've officially had it with the BCS. And so should all of you after you hear this news. It seems this week that James Madison, a I-AA school that is having a fine season (they're 10-1) somehow wound up in the nation's top 25 rankings in ... (more) James Madison Ranked In The Top 25 Of The Sagarin ...
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Fang's Bites — ... Scott Reid of the Orange County Register says the total price for ESPN to get the BCS TV rights shows that the property is actually undervalued. ...

What Fools These Mortals Be!
The Wiz of Odds — ... Scott M. Reid of the Register writes: "BCS officials have spent the week congratulating themselves in private over the ESPN deal that is a 56 percent jump over the BCS' current 4-year, $320-million contract with Fox. But even if you figure in ABC's $30-million annual fee to televise the Rose Bowl the deal is but a fraction of what CBS pays out each year to televise the NCAA basketball tournament and what some longtime college and conference administrators say an eight or 16 team post-season would command. ...

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