And the College Football season begins!!!

[drothgery]

Oh well. Would have been nice to see ND lose and out of the BCS.

Although it's always nice to see ND lose, as a Big East fan, I prefer that ND be in the BCS or not bowl-eligible at all and in any case not taking up a perfectly good Big East bowl bid.

 

[Crothian]

Although it's always nice to see ND lose, as a Big East fan, I prefer that ND be in the BCS or not bowl-eligible at all and in any case not taking up a perfectly good Big East bowl bid.

How many bowlk bids does the Big East get? They only have 4 (maybe 5 if Uconn wins next week) bowl eldigible teams.

 

[drothgery]

How many bowlk bids does the Big East get? They only have 4 (maybe 5 if Uconn wins next week) bowl eldigible teams.

Four; they've got ties to the BCS, Gator, Insight, and Meineke Car Care right now. Next year it's BCS, Gator/Sun, Houston, Meinkeke Car Care, and Toronto/Motor City if Toronto gets approved. Long term plan, if the Giants/Jets get a retractable-roof stadium built, is to get a NYC bowl set up as the Big East "anchor" bowl in the BCS.

 

[Crothian]

Roof?? we need more bowl games in the north and cold weather!!

 

[drothgery]

Roof?? we need more bowl games in the north and cold weather!!

I'm not a fan of bowl games that look awful on TV. Bowl games should be played indoors or in places where bad weather is extremely unlikely (no, I'm not angling for more games in SoCal... really).

 

[Crothian]

I'm not a fan of bowl games that look awful on TV. Bowl games should be played indoors or in places where bad weather is extremely unlikely (no, I'm not angling for more games in SoCal... really).

Look awful?? They look great!!

 

[drothgery]

Look awful?? They look great!!

Not if there's enough snow falling that you can't see the game, enough ice that no one can get traction to run, or enough wind that passing and kicking are extremely high-risk manuevers.

And the cheerleaders wear entirely too much in sub-zero temperature games

 

[Dimwhit]

OK, I was going to wholeheartedly agree with Crothian, but you do have a point about the cheerleaders...

 

[Crothian]

Not if there's enough snow falling that you can't see the game, enough ice that no one can get traction to run, or enough wind that passing and kicking are extremely high-risk manuevers.

It is rare that there is so much snow you can't see the game, the ice is never a problem unless the grounds keepers mess up, and wind can happen anywhere.

 

[fett527]

Anyone else watchig the MAC championship game? Good game tied at 10 at the half. Northern Illinois v Akron.