deadspin.com - 12/18/2008
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Here’s one of my 2009 New Year’s Resolutions a couple of weeks early: I hereby resolve not to consume the products of any company that advertises during the BCS Games for the entire month of January. For purposes of this resolution consume is defined broadly. I’m not buying a car, a taco, a ...
sports2debate.com - 12/18/2008
sportsbusinessjournal.com - 12/15/2008
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sportsbusinessjournal.com —
T his year s list naming the 50
Most Influential People in Sports Business almost felt like
a sidebar to the debate that dominated our selection process. Time and time again, the discussion veered back to whether the crippled economy, clearly ...
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50 Most Influential people in sports business 2008
sports.espn.go.com - 12/16/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
The college football bowl championship season is upon
us, and the annual debate rages: To replace or
not to replace the current skewed bowl selection system, based on computer and poll rankings, with a playoff system, based on teams competing on a ...
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Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber: ESPN can have rules, edge
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You, too, can accidentally boycott the BCS
Dr. Saturday —
I would wholeheartedly endorse Clay Travis' call to boycott the BCS' principle sponsors this bowl season, if I thought it was allowed to sign on to a boycott of products one doesn't buy in the first place. Honestly, Tostitos are fine, but tortilla chips are a dime a dozen; no, scratch that, they're like half a cent per dozen, a peso per dozen, and there's no reason to go upscale with it. ...
Bevo's Daily Roundup 12.19.08
Burnt Orange Nation —
... The bowl organizers may very well have cash reserves to keep the bowl operating another year or more without a title sponsor, but at some point the financial pressures will put the bowl in the position of having to make some tough decisions.
Everyone has a soft spot for the old Poulan/Weed Eater Bowl. Too bad the sponsor didn't last.
CBSSports' Dennis Dodd rates the bowls, all 34.
Want to end the BCS? Clay Travis has a plan.
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R.I.P. Sammy Baugh, quarterback for ...
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The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... - Clay Travis’ last post at Deadspin has a brilliant idea (and I’m being sincere) for anyone that wants a college football playoff: boycott the BCS advertisers. I love it! ...
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sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — The biggest college football story in 2008 is still three years away from coming to fruition.
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nogutsglory.blogspot.com 12/1/2008 — Once again the BCS ranking system has failed again. This week the Texas Longhorns were jumped in the rankings by the Oklahoma Sooners, a team they beat 45-35 earlier this season. The Sooners were crowned the Big 12 South champs by the erratic BCS computer which broke a 3-way tie among ...
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fanblogs.com 2/22/2009 — I'm not sure if this is going to be the silver bullet, or just the most recent proposed change in the BCS, but it appears that the Mountain West Conference will propose an automatic berth in the BCS for the best mid-major school from the Conference ...
The Man Who Would Kill The BCS [College Football]
deadspin.com 12/10/2008 — Meet U.S. Representative Joe Barton; global warming skeptic, enthusiastic Civilization IV player, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Barton is introducing legislation today on Capitol Hill that would get rid of the BCS and force college football to adopt a playoff to ...
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