footballoutsiders.com - 7/2/2009
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Make no mistake: a college football playoff is going to happen someday. In the latest Varsity Numbers, Bill Connelly suggests the best possible playoff option.
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sportingnews.com - 7/2/2009
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Harvey Perlman, chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight
Committee, must be a masterful bureaucrat. Not only does...
he have a baffling title, he also has a straw man in his pocket, and isn't afraid to pull it out and shake it at you until you get ...
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BCS Chair Threatens to Bring 1988 Back
vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/3/2009
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Complaints about the college football Bowl Championship Series
are nothing new. Indeed, it seems every year an...
obviously deserving team is left out of the BCS due to its arcane and, to put it bluntly, biased nature. Leaders in Washington are catching ...
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The case for congressional hearings into the BCS - ...
online.wsj.com - 7/7/2009
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You can't blame Nancy Pelosi for this one.
Today the Senate antitrust subcommittee will hold hearings on...
perhaps the only American institution less popular than Congress itself: the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Like an earlier hearing in the House, ...
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College Football Goes Down the Hatch
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... the second. I try to never chose the third (at least not on purpose). That's why both my original comments, and this response didn't get their own "post". Trust me. Whenever there is real Colts news to discuss, we'll be there to talk about it. For now, the team has hung the 'gone fishin' shingle up, and everyone will just have to chill out for a week or two. It's better than stirring up fake fights and controversies. Ok, next topic...Sign me up for this NCAA Football playoff. Simple. Perfect. I love it. ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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
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Rose Bowl Update
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 6/3/2009 — As written about on Monday in regards to the Rose Bowl allowing non-BCS teams in the Granddaddy of them all if either the Big 10 or Pac-10 champion is in the title game.
That is true but the new BCS contract clause in regarding non-BCS and the Rose Bowl is that it only has to allow this ...
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 ...
