"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part I)

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Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts found this 5/19/2008 on www.dawgsports.com [flag]
You know how I love a good playoff argument. I’ve been stating my case against a Division I-A playoff since I first started participating in the blogosphere. I thoroughly enjoy going ’round and ’round (and ’round and ’round ) upon the subject. I have no patience whatsoever for state legislators , college presidents , or U.S. Congressmen who abuse their positions to agitate for a ... [link]

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THE THREAD [05.19.08] :: Fallout
Published 5/19/2008 by cocknfire <info@garnetandblackattack.com> at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... Meanwhile, The Mayor comes at it from (surprise) the anti-playoff angle -- in particular C&F's observation/opinion that the BCS doesn't work. ...

A Modest Proposal, Part III: What I Want
Published 6/3/2008 by cocknfire at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... It came to C&F, as A Modest Proposal was being hailed by people he usually disagrees with and dissected by people he usually agrees with on the matter of a playoff that perhaps his intent had escaped. I never intended to give a blank-check endorsement to a playoff. Any notion that I did was probably my fault for not more clearly stressing caveats. As far as I can see, the current system is flawed and hopelessly imperfect. But any system for choosing a champion is flawed and hopelessly imperfect. The Mayor ...

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