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03.04.10 Not Much to Love about the BCS Mystery
Ohio State president Gordon Gee has offered colorful quotes over the years about college football's BCS. Weeks ago, he provided another: "[E]veryone is being rewarded in this [BCS] system, plus there's a mystery to it. I love the elegance of the mystery."
02.25.10 Would Playoffs Really Conflict with Exams?
Would a playoff system really "conflict with exams," as the BCS claims?
02.23.10 Playoff PAC--Year in Review
We are just getting started. There are ads to be run, storylines to be pushed, and legal complaints to be filed. We have no shortage of ideas. We simply need funding to turn them into reality.
02.18.10 BCS Enlisted Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to Lobby
Perhaps the BCS’s oddest lobbying partner was Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which previously broadcasted BCS bowl games through its FOX network. For added firepower, the BCS has now tapped a second team of lobbyists, Hogan & Hartson, with a retainer that paid $70,000 in just the final quarter of 2009.
02.11.10 Guest Blog: "Super Conference Proposal"
A “super conference” system would create a tangible, regular season playoff system where over half of the current teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”) could compete for a national title.
02.04.10 BCS's NFL Comparisons are Off-Base
How can we be satisfied with a world where BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock and his kind run around, cleverly explaining to certain kids on the wrong side of the tracks that they cannot grow up to be doctors, because . . . well, just because? Are we truly content with Mr. Hancock offering a pat on the head and a warm explanation: “Be content, young man, not every one can be a doctor, but you can have a good life, and you may even sneak into Physician’s Assistants School”?
01.26.10 The 24 Million Dollar Spin Job
The BCS recently released its unofficial estimate of net revenue from the 2010 BCS bowls. The report indicates that the MWC and WAC will receive a total of $24 million dollars from their participation in the BCS bowl games this year. The BCS characterized this payment as proof that the BCS is providing equal distribution and “access” to the non-automatic qualifying conferences. At first glance, the payment indeed sounds like a lot of money, but as usual, peeking behind the sticker price reveals some interesting details.
01.04.10 The "Separate But Equal Bowl"
Forget about the hypothetical BCS disasters that would’ve occurred if Nebraska’s kick-off specialist weren’t inebriated or if the refs hadn’t thrown a second back on the clock for Texas. The actual moment the BCS avoided Armageddon was on Selection Sunday when TCU and Boise State got stuffed into the “Separate But Equal” Bowl.
01.01.10 BCS: Alabama No. 1 Because “Major” Doesn’t Mean “Major”
The BCS must account for why a team that failed to play by the rules will play in Pasadena next week, and why “major” NCAA violations are somehow not “major” under the BCS system.
12.30.09 Debunking "Bracket Creep"
One puff of a playoff, Bill Hancock warns us, and we’ll wake up years down the road a toothless bracket addict, longing for the whimsical bowls of our youth.
 


Blog Archive

03.04.2010 Not Much to Love about the BCS Mystery
 
02.25.2010 Would Playoffs Really Conflict with Exams?
 
02.23.2010 Playoff PAC--Year in Review
 
02.18.2010 BCS Enlisted Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to Lobby
 
02.11.2010 Guest Blog: "Super Conference Proposal"
 
02.04.2010 BCS's NFL Comparisons are Off-Base
 
01.26.2010 The 24 Million Dollar Spin Job
 
01.04.2010 The "Separate But Equal Bowl"
 
01.01.2010 BCS: Alabama No. 1 Because “Major” Doesn’t Mean “Major”
 
12.30.2009 Debunking "Bracket Creep"
 
12.23.2009 A Few Thoughts in Reply to Washington Times Editorial Board
 
12.16.2009 A Reply to Mr. Cowlishaw
 
12.11.2009 FAQs on Barton's BCS Bill
 
12.09.2009 Welcome to the Club, Please Use the Back Door
 
12.04.2009 Congress Has Important Tasks, But Reform is Still Worthy Pursuit
 
12.02.2009 Rehashing the Dan Patrick-Bill Hancock Interview
 
11.27.2009 Left Out: 2004 and 2008 Utah Utes
 
11.25.2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Bowl Plan is Troublesome
 
11.24.2009 This Week in College Football Reform
 
11.20.2009 New BCS Social Networking Sites--Greatest Hits
 
11.18.2009 Rebutting the BCS: The Old Bowl System as Scare Tactic and Putative Measuring Stick
 
11.13.2009 More on "Motherhood"
 
11.13.2009 In the BCS, It Pays to Lose
 
11.11.2009 BSU's PR Ploy is a Symptom of a Sick System
 
11.06.2009 U.S. Senate Hearing Held BCS’s Feet to the Fire
 
11.04.2009 How the BCS Hurts Gymnasts
 
10.30.2009 Denied Their Day in Court
 
10.29.2009 Playoff PAC Pens Letter to ESPN Regarding Unbalanced Coverage
 
10.28.2009 Guest Blog: The Bowl Playoff Championship Series Proposal
 
10.23.2009 Playoff PAC Blog Exclusive--Utah AG Explains Decision to Sue BCS
 
10.21.2009 Playoff PAC Response to USA Today Columnist
 
10.16.2009 Spotlight on the Championship Fairness Act of 2009
 
10.14.2009 Left Out: 2008 Texas Longhorns
 
10.09.2009 NCAA Bowl Finance: Something Changed in 1995
 
10.07.2009 The BCS--Illegal Procedure?
 
10.02.2009 Spotlight on House Resolution 68
 
09.30.2009 Spotlight on the College Football Playoff Act
 
09.25.2009 Left Out: 2008 USC Trojans
 
09.23.2009 Rebutting the BCS--Academics Schmacademics
 
09.18.2009 The BCS Lobbying Operation
 
09.17.2009 The BCS--A Performance Review
 
09.12.2009 Welcome to the Blog
 
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