Speedburner on Sports
Growing up in Los Angeles during the 70’s, I became a huge USC football fan, and my love of sports and statistics just snowballed from there. I still live in L.A., and still love the Trojans, but hate the Dodgers and Lakers. I’m also a huge fan of tennis – both watching and playing - and hope to someday see a revival in its popularity.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Summer Doldrums & a BCS Plan
Well the summer doldrums are here and DULL IT IS! Baseball still has 70+ games before the playoffs, football camps are still a couple weeks away from opening, and the NBA draft has come and gone (though for true diehards like myself, you can check summer league box scores at nba.com). Beckham’s arrival here in L.A. elicits from me a big yawn, but of course the media will fawn. That said, it seems like a good time to publish an email I received a couple months ago from a cousin of mine Doug who reads Speedburner regularly and is a diehard college football fan (Georgia Bulldogs are his team). His email is a fantasy scenario in which a BCS playoff crowned a true college football champion in 2006. The name is his idea…enjoy.A Bulldawg Fan with a Plan
The 2006 NCAA College football season will go down as one of the most exciting seasons ever. It is still hard to believe that the NCAA finally instituted a playoff for the only sport that they govern that did not have one. Upon the announcement of the final BCS standings on Dec 3rd the top 8 teams were seeded into a playoff format. On Dec 16th and 17th the first round games were held at the top four seeds home stadiums. Top seeded Ohio State hosted Boise State in a thrilling 49-47 shootout won by the Buckeyes. Number two Florida wore down Wisconsin 20-13. Number three seeded Michigan squeaked by Louisville 21-20 and number four seeded LSU was upset at home by USC 38-35. All games were sold out and the $100 million annual television fees were shared by all Division I schools. Presidents were also pleased that the games were held during the winter break from school. As previously determined, the four losing teams headed to their respective bowls while the two winners met in the Rose and Orange Bowls. In the Orange Bowl held Jan 1, USC embarrassed Ohio State 42-17 and in a Rose Bowl dream match up Florida defeated Michigan 24-13. Again all Bowls were ecstatic to get the top teams matched up and all bowls involved had record ticket sales, attendance and viewing audiences. Again the NCAA and school presidents were pleased that the playoff not only did not disrupt their coveted Bowl season but actually enhanced all aspects of it. All involved were also happy with the fact that all games would have two weeks between games assuring that teams would not be worn down nor would they be rusty from the previous system which often involved five and six weeks between games. The National Championship game will go down as the greatest ever played, that Saturday night January 13th as Florida missed a short field goal to give USC an incredible 40-38 victory.
Maybe NCAA president Myles Brand will read this and get an idea…we can dream.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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