NCAA Foootball 2017

[alfred russel]

Thank you MBM. 

Back to the thread topic, I'm becoming less and less enamored with bowl season. The playoffs take away a lot imo, and the handful of guys holding out to avoid injury before the NFL draft are a symptom of that.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Thank you MBM. 

Back to the thread topic, I'm becoming less and less enamored with bowl season. The playoffs take away a lot imo, and the handful of guys holding out to avoid injury before the NFL draft are a symptom of that.

Yeah, except for the Texas game last night, I've mostly just had them on in the background and just sort of glanced over to check the scores and all that.  Not sure if it's the playoff effect or what for me, but it's basically like a typical NFL Sunday at this point, except it's a week+ long. 

[dps]

Thank you MBM. 

Back to the thread topic, I'm becoming less and less enamored with bowl season. The playoffs take away a lot imo, and the handful of guys holding out to avoid injury before the NFL draft are a symptom of that.

Yeah, except for the Texas game last night, I've mostly just had them on in the background and just sort of glanced over to check the scores and all that.  Not sure if it's the playoff effect or what for me, but it's basically like a typical NFL Sunday at this point, except it's a week+ long. 

Aside from the playoffs making the other bowls less compelling, there are just too many bowl games.  It's not a matter of oversaturation per se;  it's a matter of there not being enough good teams to fill all the slots.  A team that goes 6-6 and makes a lower tier bowl and will finish with a losing record if they lose their bowl game isn't a team that deserved to be there in the first place.  I have little to no interest in watching a game with such a team in it, unless I have some particular pre-existing interest in that team.  At least we didn't have any 5-7 teams in bowl games this year, unlike the last couple of years.

[Eddie Teach]

  All you're doing at the moment is responding to grumbler's typical stupidity.  You'd have to randomly attack Valmy for no reason except you're a completely miserable douche who is overcompensating online for something in your real life to get to his level. 

E:  Hey VaTech has the ball back, and the early lead.   

What if you're a vitriolic francophobe, then is it ok to randomly attack Valmy?

[MadBurgerMaker]

What if you're a vitriolic francophobe, then is it ok to randomly attack Valmy?

Seems like that's a reason other than just being a dick. 

DPS, my team required that 6-6=bowl game rule this year (and the last time they went to a bowl game), so I don't think I'd vote to get rid of that just yet. 

[grumbler]

Well then show yourself out.  You're the only one trying to stir up shit here and trying to make something out of nothing.

OK!    I am, indeed, the only one not over-reacting to a silly Mike Leach post, which I though was funny.  Fuck Texas and all who sail in her! 

[grumbler]

  All you're doing at the moment is responding to grumbler's typical stupidity.  You'd have to randomly attack Valmy for no reason except you're a completely miserable douche who is overcompensating online for something in your real life to get to his level. 

Quoted for posterity. 

[dps]

What if you're a vitriolic francophobe, then is it ok to randomly attack Valmy?

Seems like that's a reason other than just being a dick. 

DPS, my team required that 6-6=bowl game rule this year (and the last time they went to a bowl game), so I don't think I'd vote to get rid of that just yet. 

Sure, that falls under "particular pre-existing interest in that team".

[MadBurgerMaker]

While the clown continuing to shit up his own thread, like he does so many others, is vaguely amusing in a sad sort of way, there are actual games going on.  Go Cardinals.  Washington State has some guy not named Faulk playing at QB.

Also, VaTech is dead to me.   

[MadBurgerMaker]

Sure, that falls under "particular pre-existing interest in that team".

Yeah.  I also....I dunno....I find it hard to argue in favor of less football, when the offseason is so long and boring.  Not a big basketball fan, so that doesn't help.  Should probably pay attention to hockey or something.

E:  Hey touchdown Stanford.

[grumbler]

While the loser continuing to shit up his own thread, like he does so many others, is vaguely amusing in a sad sort of way...

First Rule of Holes, dude. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

lolz TCU with the attempted hidden man trick play.

First Rule of Holes, dude. 

  Kind of weird that you're now posting advice to yourself.  But yeah, you should stop.  I agree.

[dps]

Sure, that falls under "particular pre-existing interest in that team".

Yeah.  I also....I dunno....I find it hard to argue in favor of less football, when the offseason is so long and boring.  Not a big basketball fan, so that doesn't help.  Should probably pay attention to hockey or something.

E:  Hey touchdown Stanford.

Yeah, a longer off-season and less total football would be the result of simply cutting back on the number of bowls.  To compensate, I think I'd be in favor of going back to 13 regular season games. 

[Eddie Teach]

lolz TCU with the attempted hidden man trick play.

First Rule of Holes, dude. 

  Kind of weird that you're now posting advice to yourself.  But yeah, you should stop.  I agree.

The longer the argument, the more likely you are stuck in the hole with him.   

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah, a longer off-season and less total football would be the result of simply cutting back on the number of bowls.  To compensate, I think I'd be in favor of going back to 13 regular season games.

It would be something to check to make sure, but 13 would probably help with some of these crappy schedules where teams in the same conference only play each other for, what is it, like 4 years in the SEC?  Big 10 might be like that too. 

Would you expand the playoffs as well?