A few things I'd love to see:
BCS conference realignment. I know, I know: tradition, blah blah blah. But the Pac 10, Big 10 [11] and Big East need to find a couple extra teams and play a conference championship. Suggestions: Fresno State and Boise State to the Pac 10; Notre Dame to the Big 10; Army, Navy, Florida Atlantic and Troy to the Big East. The other conferences can shake things up from there.
Sumo match between Mark Mangino and a healthy Charlie Weis. Would get better ratings than a Kansas-Notre Dame game.
Fewer bowl games. On the chopping block: the International Bowl, the Texas Bowl (they draw the Big 12's NUMBER 8 team!?!), the newly formed EagleBank [Congressional] Bowl (Navy vs. the ACC No. 9). I'm sorry, but when you're digging down to a conference's dregs, they're really not bowl-worthy.
Monday, September 22, 2008
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Makes me pine for the days of the Poulan Weed Eater Bowl ...
I'd go further and cut the number of bowls in half. Remember when it used to be a privilege to go to one?
Ted, you're right. Bad/OK teams will get far better media exposure if they play better non-conference schedules against teams who need an extra scrimmage. And I seem to remember a story last year about teams who go to these low-payout bowls actually LOSING money on them. So there's really no sense to playing in the BS Bowl, just because my team finished 7-5 in the MAC.
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