Senator Hatch Wants BCS Investigated
moondogsports.com 7/14/2009 — Utah senator Orrin Hatch spelled out what he believes are the disparities of the Bowl Championship Series during a subcommittee meeting on July 7, telling members of the committee on antitrust oversight that a Justice Department investigation into ...

Will the WAC and Mountain West Say No to the BCS?
thewizofodds.com 7/9/2009 — We're about to find out how serious the Western Athletic and Mountain West conferences are in bringing about change to the Bowl Championship Series. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch held a hearing Tuesday into possible antitrust violations by the BCS, ...

It’s time to be honest about the BCS
blogs.ajc.com 7/7/2009 — Today at 2:30 p.m. a Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled: “The Bowl Championship Series: Is it Fair and in Compliance with Antitrust Law?” Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), you’ll be shocked to hear, believes that the ...

BCS Threatens Us With the Old System
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 7/3/2009 — Found an interview with Harvey Perlman who is the new chairman in the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This interview is chalk full of amazing answers, so I will interject my own commentary within Perlman’s answers and you have been warned this ...

TWTWCFB: The BCS Hearings
spartyandfriends.com 7/9/2009 — “The Bowl Championship Series: Is It Fair And In Compliance With Antitrust Law?” was the Senate Committee’s title for rehashing the same freaking arguments we’ve heard since 1997. THE BCS IS UNFAIR! WE NEED A PLAYOFF!! THE BCS KILLS PUPPIES! That’s right, I ...

Go ahead, make his day.
blutarsky.wordpress.com 7/2/2009 — My perception of Matt Hinton is that for a full-throated supporter of a D-1 football playoff, he’s been quite rational about recognizing the flaws and limits associated with it. So I’ve always assumed that his support for political hacks ...

PROTEST PLAYOFF '06 REVISITED: Selection Sunday
bringonthecats.com 8/2/2009 — ONE MONTH AND THREE DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF! I'll spare you my lecture to Congress that led off the 2006 playoff field back in May. So just hit the jump to get this thing under way again! A straight seeding procedure yields: Ohio State Florida Michigan LSU USC Louisville  ...

Making the Ronds: Yes More BCS
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 7/8/2009 — The Mtn: The Mountain West Sports Network and CBS College Sports has finally expanded their footprint and are expanding with Cox Cable for all of Arizona and Orange County, California. Pretty big deal to get all of Arizona and even more to be in all of Orange County. It is all baby steps ...

The BCS Vs. The Department Of Justice? It Could Happen
sportingnews.com 6/15/2009 — Politicians are getting involved? Buckle up. The Department of Justice, as you might imagine, has a lot on its plate these days. There's not much need to go into that here; in case you hadn't noticed, this is The Sporting Blog , not C-SPAN. ...

Mountain West not getting far with BCS - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 6/18/2009 — As expected, the Mountain West Conference proposal to restructure the Bowl Championship Series met with a tepid response at this week's conference commissioners meeting in Colorado Springs. "While some conference reports indicated possible interest in ...

CFN: Is OU or OSU bigger BCS bust? — FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7/9/2009
Under the bright lights of BCS bowl games, both Ohio St. and Oklahoma have come up short. Who is the bigger bust? CFN debates.

The BCS: Breaking Down the Facts — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/9/2009
This is similar to the write up with Harve Perlman , but this time it is with Atlanta Journal Constitution writer Tony Barnhart .  Now before we get into Barnhart's credentials—which will be exposed—let's get into my ...

The BCS on Trial: Understanding The Implications — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/10/2009
Who could have guess it would come to this? Congressional hearings opened Tuesday to investigate possible violations of antitrust laws by college football's Bowl Championship Series. This opens the whole can of worms again. It's one of those ...

Stewart Mandel: Q&A with Big East commissioner John Marinatto — SI.com - NCAA Football 7/10/2009
There's a new sherrif in the Big East. Stewart Mandel caught up with John Marinatto to chat about the BCS, conference expansion, hate mail and more.

Five Defining Moments for Tennessee Vols Football in 2009 — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/11/2009
Following a BCS National Championship in 1998, the Tennessee Volunteers began to slide down the mountain they had ascended and settled into mediocrity 10 years later. In order to head their way back up the mountain in new coach Lane Kiffin's debut ...