Nothing.

/still pissed off about 3OT loss to Michigan last week
//Ann Arbor is a Whore

I think they should let Joe Pa's head in a jar coach after his body dies.

Good grief, like Alabama is the only school to have paid its athletes.

'SEC' stands for 'Sure, Everybody Cheats'

Bad things:

1. It exists.
2. Anyone cares.

Good things:

1.

I love college football. I make a fortune of the bookies with it. I've made $200 in two days.

I don't really watch it though, just bet.

The WORST thing about college football..well, Div I that is, is ....

NO FRICKIN' PLAYOFFS!

Boomer Sooner!

aerojockey
The fact is, right now, Notre Dame is at a DISADVANTAGE for getting into into the BCS. Notre Dame needs an at large bid, which means at least 10 wins. BCS-conference teams can often sneak in with a few less if their conference is having an off year.

ND had their chance to join the BigTenEleven, but chose the NBC money instead. They made their bed and now have to lay in it. It's going to be harder and harder being an independent. ND is going to have to decide if the network money will still be there but deal with the BCS bowl BS and having a tough schedule. They could go for the security of a confrence, but piss off the old time alums and lose rivalrys.

But it is true what the author says about ND no longer being a football power. How the HELL did Michigan lose to them? Oh yeah, that's right, UM always loses one game they shouldn't...

Eleven teams in the Big Ten.
Either kick Penn State out (Joe Pa really does need to retire), or rename the conference the Big Eleven.

Out of the Big TenEleven? Hell no! PSU is a guaranteed win anymore! Plus it's fun to watch him go ballistic on the refs and biatch at the media every week. PLEASE keep JoePa around as long as you'd like!

/Big Ten fan

aerojockey

ND being an independent has run its course, championship-wise. When it's "National Championship or Bust," as it ususally is in ND's case, it's normally going to be "Bust." It's so difficult to win a NC, that making that your only goal is setting yourself up for failure. A confrence championship and a BCS bowl would be a nice consolation and keeps the alumni happy. As you said, ND can't recruit that way.

As for the Big (L)East? If they got their act together, ND could dominate it, if they decide to go in that direction. But ND and the Big Ten are such a natural fit, with tradional rivals (Michigan, Michigan St, Purdue), the Big Ten need for a 12th team, and geographic proximity. TV wise, ND in the Big Ten would make it the most desirable CF property by far. If it isn't already... Unfortunately, it makes way too much sense to happen.

/Wisconsin and Michigan not playing for the Big Ten title is asinine, they HAVE to get a 12th team and have a confrence championship game.

sparty

/still pissed off about 3OT loss to Michigan last week
//Ann Arbor is a Whore

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I watched that game too, cool stuff ! Thought MSU lost momentum after taking the lead !

I think the overtime rules need to move from the "bad" pil to the "good" one. College overtime is so much more exciting than sudden death NFL overtime.

bad things about college football:

1. voters decide champions
2. voters decide champions
3. voters decide champions
4. voters decide champions
5. voters decide champions
6. voters decide champions
7. voters decide champions
8. voters decide champions
9. voters decide champions

and finally,

10. UK football sucks.

/trailing UGA 41-17

The best part about college football is that, unlike the NFL, every game matters. You lose once and it (usually) means you have no shot at a national championship. Just look at the Miami game against UNC last week. And I just have to mention that the Michigan-Michigan State game last week is probably the best sporting event I have ever attended. Go Blue!

Whether it's Ohio State vs. Michigan or Montana vs. Montana State, teams with buckets of hatred who play each at the end of the season make for great drama. We aren't TNT, but we love drama. Throw in an award like an ax or a bucket, and it's even better


go Cal!!!

There are good things about football?

News to me.

Best thing about College Football:

Cheerleaders with Boobies!!

Hook 'em

jack_bauer

UK Football sucks because the US sucks at it?

If you can't fill your own stadium, too bad....Idaho playing home games at Washington State except when the Vandals play the Cougars is ludicrous

I wonder if he has ever seen the Kibble Dome that the UIdaho has for football games (and lots of other stuff). That thing is tiny. Martin Stadium (WSU's stadium, 8 miles away from UIdaho) can seat lots more. I don't think it is a case of not being able to fill the stadium, but selling out of seats quick. If it is homecoming (as they list in the article) I suspect you want as many seats as posible.

Fark 'em Bucky!

he may have meant University of Kentucky (or whatever U.K. team there might be), not United Kingdom...

Either kick Penn State out (Joe Pa really does need to retire), or rename the conference the Big Eleven. It doesn't look good when student-athletes are working for a league that doesn't know how to count.

Obviously this guy's never seen the Big Ten's conference logo. OMG, it's an optical illusion!

university of kentucky.

great at basketball, horrible at football. it's the curse of bear bryant.

/major league baseball doesn't corner the market on curses

55-17 georgia.

god dammit.

I hope Utah runs the table along side Boise State so maybe it can fucckkk up the BS i mean BCS! GO UTES - I have already started the tailgaiting can't wait to go watch them kill a shiattttyyyy Colorado State

The University of South Carolina found a way not to choke today!

The worst thing about college football is high school football.

All across the country, thousands of dumbass kids risk their health for a few seconds of glory, and what they think may be a chance at the big time.

In actuality, 1 in 35 high school players goes on to play in college, and of those: 1 in 33 goes on to play in the pros; throw those numbers out the window if you play for less than a big-time school.

All along the way, people get knocked out of the system, but it rarely happens in a spectacular way so no one notices; typically, an athlete suffers a collection of minor injuries which degrade his ability to move up to the next level, so he is effectively washed up. . . before he's even old enough to vote or drink.

Furthermore, billions are made off the system, but the people who get ground up like hamburger and spit out are left with nothing.


It would have to get better to suck. . .

THE ALL-TIME NUMBER ONE WORST THING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

No chance to watch Janet Jackson flash her titty to about half the planet.

They forgot: "Forgetting the purpose of College is to learn, and severly slanting the budget and priorities towards sports."

C'mon! PLayboy's Girls of the Big Ten (Eleven)!! What could be better?!?!

/I know, I know, Girls of the Big East

former LSU sprinter and cheerleader Rachel Reynolds





top this. anyone...

Things wrong with this article:

1. Bragging about a 30,000-fan crowd isn't worth it.
2. Comparing Montana-Montana St. to Ohio State-Michigan is lunacy, at best.
3. The Big 10 is fine the way it is. Those who want to add another team in order for a championship game forget that the conference already has one. If you need to ask what it is, you don't know college football.
4. College OT kicks ass. How else are you going to see Eli Manning play two games in one night?

62-17 georgia.

wait til basketball season you sonsabiatches. :)

Somebody get that girl a sandwich!

, Um, anyway, I concur with several who've said college football needs playoffs. Until then, I don't care.

Go Lions!

Traditions.

/always liked the kisses after a TD
/gig 'em

Go Utes!

dmd8605, I watch college football and I know that the OSU-UM game has no bearing on who will win the conference this year.

Uh, "EnormousJuan", you've got it backwards: College athletes bring in huge amounts of money, that's why they milk 'em like cows, and toss them on the scrap heap after they outlive their usefulness.

swatty well, originally they started playing in Pullman so they could claim to be playing in a stadium with larger seating capacity to move up a division, not because of crowding problems. They've actually had problems filling the dome, and now they even give students free beer with their ticket (no, I'm not making this up).

There is no comparing Boise State to a real football school. 30,000 fans at a stadium is still 1/3 the size of alot of schools' stadiums.
/Geaux Tigers

I think these can be applied to college sports in general. No commercials, no endorsements, just good old sports, the way they're meant to be see.

I'm partial to hockey myself. Cornell beat Harvard (sucks) last night, and it was one of the most amazing games to watch... fish being thrown at the Harvard (sucks) players, making fun of the goalie's sister, etc... You'll never see that in any pro game. Plus, tickets are ten bucks! Beat that.

am i the only one who finds the nfl overtime system severly unfair?

Hard to get worked up over a game where the whole point is to run the pumpkin from one end of the field to the other without either getting knocked down or stepping in something. (Courtesy of Andy Griffith.)

Best football game ever televised: the four part arc on Rocky and Bullwinkle. They use to re-show it on Superbowl day, but not lately.

Hah. I would like to see LSU play on the Smurf Turf when it's 20 below with Zabransky (the SECOND STRING QB) on the top of his game!

/We may not have the tradition, but dammit, we'll kick yer cajun arse if given the chance!