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[*JD*]

Southern Puss-ball.

[entropy]

championship would need to be on a neutral site. but other games should be at one of the schools

[*JD*]

I can't remember the last time I saw Michigan play in truly bad wintry weather in November. The worst was the 5-3 victory over Purdue in driving sleet. The two Super Bowls played in Michigan were both in domed stadiums. You could play a semi game in Michigan and play it at Ford Field. As for OSU playing at home when was the last time OSU played a home game in the snow? Big rugged Big Ten teams duking it out on frozen tundra is a myth.

The Punt Fest loss* to ohio a few years back was shite weather. High 30's and rainy. I'd take snow over that.




*tressle cheating era

[whodean]

The Rust Belt isn't a destination in January, the SEC just has an inherent advantage in this respect because it is just a weather reality.

[entropy]

Some playoff proposals discarded
Updated: April 26, 2012, 3:08 PM ET
By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com

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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Football Bowl Subdivision conference commissioners, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick and other college football officials Thursday agreed to eliminate eight-team and 16-team playoff proposals to determine the sport's future national champions, but settled on very little else during weeklong meetings at a beachside resort here.

After meetings Thursday, BCS spokesman Bill Hancock said the sport's 11 FBS conference commissioners would take "two to seven" playoff proposals -- each involving four teams -- back to their respective university presidents, athletic directors and coaches to discuss for the next five to seven weeks.

BCS officials and conference commissioners are scheduled to meet in Chicago again in June.

The proposed changes wouldn't go into effect until the 2014 season. The current BCS system, in which the top two teams in the final BCS standings play in a national championship game at the site of one of the current BCS bowls (Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar), will remain in place the next two seasons.

A statement released Thursday read:

"As part of our deliberations, we have carefully considered a number of concepts concerning the postseason structure for the BCS. From the start, we set out to protect college football's unique regular season which we see as the best regular season in sports. We are also mindful of the bowl tradition and seek to create a structure that continues to reward student-athletes with meaningful bowl appearances.

"Having carefully reviewed calendars and schedules, we believe that either an eight-team or a 16-team playoff would diminish the regular season and harm the bowls. College football's regular season is too important to diminish and we do not believe it's in the best interest of student-athletes, fans, or alumni to harm the regular season. Accordingly, as we proceed to review our options for improving the post-season, we have taken off the table both an eight-team and 16-team playoff."

[entropy]

Posted: 2:28 pm April 26, 2012

BCS recommends four-team playoff format for 2014
By Brett McMurphy | College Football Insider



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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The reality of a college football playoff got another step closer Thursday when the BCS announced it was recommending a four-team playoff beginning in 2014. Commissioners, Notre Dame statement

CBSSports.com reported Tuesday that a four-team playoff was the most likely model.



"We will continue to meet and review the exact structure for what a new postseason could look like," BCS executive director Bill Hancock said. "We are making substantial progress. We will present to our conferences a very small number of four-team options, each of which could be carried out in a number of ways."

The proposed playoff models, not specified by the BCS, likely will include:

• A four-team playoff with the semifinals and final rotated among the existing BCS bowl games (Sugar, Fiesta, Orange and Rose).

• A four-team playoff with the semifinals rotated among the existing BCS bowl games with the final held at a neutral site. The site of the final would be determined by a bid process, similar to how the Super Bowl is awarded.

• A four-team playoff with the semifinals and final held at either the existing BCS bowl game sites or neutral sites, determined by a bid process.

The BCS also announced there will no longer be automatic qualifier and non-AQ conferences, but the power leagues (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) will still earn more revenue than other leagues. A big unknown is whether the Big East will still be compensated as an AQ conference.

The options, which the conferences will present to their individual schools, must ultimately be approved by the NCAA Presidential Oversight Committee. Bill Hancock said he hopes to have that to the committee by July 4.

There are still several factors that must be determined, including whether the four teams will be the top four ranked teams or whether they must be conference champions.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive favors the top four ranked teams being in the playoff, while Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott favors the model involving conference champions only.

Also what kind of ranking system will be used must be determined. Do they stick with the current BCS standings formula (coaches and Harris polls and computer rankings) or come up with something else, such as a selection committee?

"How to select the teams is still pending," Hancock said.

Also, the proposals did not indicate how the revenue of the new media rights deal, which has been projected to be worth at least $350 million would be divided up.

The new playoff format would start after the 2014 regular season and would replace the current BCS model that pairs the No. 1 and 2 ranked teams in a bowl game.

[hack]

It doesn't need to be frozen tundra, however, to scare of the pansies from the south.

[Tony G]

I can't remember the last time I saw Michigan play in truly bad wintry weather in November.

Nov. 18, 1989 Minnesota 19 degrees and 1 1/2 inches of snow

[Dr. Strangelove]

Hopefully the bidding process would be fair and places like Indy, Detroit, Minnesota, the Northeast and the west coast would actually have a shot at hosting the title game

[*JD*]

The Rust Belt isn't a destination in January, the SEC just has an inherent advantage in this respect because it is just a weather reality.

A weather reality for softies. When the boys of the south grow up to be men in the NFL, they find that they can't duck playing meaningful games (in front of packed houses) in Chicago, Green Bay, Baltimore, New England, Pittsburgh, New York....sometimes even Buffalo and Cleveland.

[*JD*]

Nov. 18, 1989 Minnesota 19 degrees and 1 1/2 inches of snow

Was there a hole in the Metrodome roof?

[*JD*]

Nobody wants to be in Michigan in January.

[Tony G]

Was there a hole in the Metrodome roof?

Doh! I fergot they was an indoor team then.

[Dr. Strangelove]

If the Super Bowl, the most hyped and largest sporting event in the country, can be held in cold weather venues in late January/early Feb., then a college national title game can too

[Tony G]

The Superbowl transcends weather