One More Time: Playoffs

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Talking points: back in the saddle edition
Published 5/12/2008 by Joel <info@rockytoptalk.com> at Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts
... the place. Tennessee basketball = Ferrari. Everybody else = Range Rover. From around the blogosphere: Gate 21 has a really interesting piece on a battle between sports blogs and the teams they cover. . . . God, Google, and a bottle of aspirin (among other things) recently saved the life of Fanblogs' Kevin Donahue. Go read that. Kevin, glad to hear you're all right, and thanks for posting that.(Hat tip: Orson.). . . Brian, in debunking some anti-playoff arguments, had this gem: ...

THE THREAD [05.19.08] :: Fallout
Published 5/19/2008 by cocknfire <info@garnetandblackattack.com> at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... lock. Probably gone, but not forgotten. On to LSU. While we're on baseball, a quick nod to Justin Smoak, a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy. Mission accomplished? Reactions and links to A Modest Proposal Parts I and II have come in from across the blogosphere. A couple C&F wanted to note in particular follow. First, from Brian at mgoblog, who reacts here and here. One piece: His BCS conference-champs ...

"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part II)
Published 5/20/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... 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, MGoBlog (on multiple occasions, in fact), and, of course, Sunday Morning Quarterback. Accordingly, I now return ...

"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part III)
Published 5/21/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... , about which more anon) and probably in the short term. Brian Cook essentially acknowledges this when he concedes the correctness of the argument that "the commissioners would screw it up." ...

Morning Coffee Is Human Again
Published 5/21/2008 by PB @ BON at Burnt Orange Nation: Front Page Posts
... Hit me with the good stuff. Those of you who frequent some of the other fine blogs of college football know that the playoff debate is once again raging along. I'm on the record countless times in favor of a playoff and would gladly support BZ's Flex proposal, Brian's eminently reasonable six-team system, or any number of similarly concocted schemes. So I won't rehash why I think a playoff system would so clearly be superior. ...