Link: Orange Bowl rep to NIU: We didn't even want you here

Tide1986

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They deserve to be there as much as Alabama deserves to be in the BCSCG. They followed the exact same set of rules.
Yes, NIU deserves to be in the Orange Bowl according to contractual requirements, but win or lose, that's the only reason NIU deserves to be in the game.
 

Tide1986

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You are putting words in my mouth (or in my posts). I am not justifying the one with the other - simply pointing out that this system put several very bad teams in BCS bowls this year. Everyone is focused on NIU. That is absurd. They had a better season, and are ranked significantly higher than the Big East or B1G representative. The travesty is not that NIU made it, but that Louisville and Wisconsin made it.
To be clear, the BCS system did not put Wisconsin in a BCS game. If the BCS had been allowed to operate as designed, then Ohio State would've been in the Rose Bowl (assuming Nebraska laid the same egg).
 
I was contacted by ESPN and ask to stop with my article: I am of the old school and reward those who earn it. NIU, Wisconsin, Louisville had no business in the BCS but the rules are socialistic in nature. If the system were set up to reward the Top 10 then it would look like this:

Alabama vs Notre Dame BCSNCG
Florida vs Oregon Sugar
Georgia vs Stanford Rose
S. Carolina vs Tex A&M Orange
LSU vs Kansas St. Fiesta
 

Crimson1967

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To be clear, the BCS system did not put Wisconsin in a BCS game. If the BCS had been allowed to operate as designed, then Ohio State would've been in the Rose Bowl (assuming Nebraska laid the same egg).
If Ohio State were not on probation, they'd be playing Notre Dame and we'd be in the Sugar Bowl. The BCS rules have nothing to do with Wisconsin being in the Rose Bowl.
 
The rules are clear. Ohio St. could not go so the Big10 can send Wisconsin. BCS and conference tie-ins reward the wrong teams. It should be the Top 10 and that is it. The BCS Top 10 should be rewarded for their hard work.

Alabama vs Notre Dame BCSNCG
Florida vs Oregon Sugar
Georgia vs Stanford Rose
S. Carolina vs Tex A&M Orange
LSU vs Kansas St. Fiesta
 
I was contacted by ESPN and ask to stop with my article: I am of the old school and reward those who earn it. NIU, Wisconsin, Louisville had no business in the BCS but the rules are socialistic in nature. If the system were set up to reward the Top 10 then it would look like this:

Alabama vs Notre Dame BCSNCG
Florida vs Oregon Sugar
Georgia vs Stanford Rose
S. Carolina vs Tex A&M Orange
LSU vs Kansas St. Fiesta
Rules that the conferences themselves agreed to because no one wanted to see one particular conference get too much money/power/etc.
 

AgentAntiOrange

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[QUOTE=THE BAMA IRISHMAN;2076835]I was contacted by ESPN and ask to stop with my article: I am of the old school and reward those who earn it. NIU, Wisconsin, Louisville had no business in the BCS but the rules are socialistic in nature. If the system were set up to reward the Top 10 then it would look like this:

Alabama vs Notre Dame BCSNCG
Florida vs Oregon Sugar
Georgia vs Stanford Rose
S. Carolina vs Tex A&M Orange
LSU vs Kansas St. Fiesta[/QUOTE]


Wait. What? What article, how did ESPN know about it, and why would they ask you to stop with it? Or am I missing out on a joke of some sort?
 

Bluegrasstide

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Yeah, but it would also hurt the SEC and schools like Alabama in the long term. NIU wining this game would be the worst thing possible for college football.
Agree totally. If they consistently schedule and beat big name teams, fine. But no one, apart from Midwesterners, wants to watch the MAC in major bowls.
 

Bluegrasstide

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Willing to bet Birmingham, Alabama is one of the top TV markets for this game when the ratings come out.
Of course it will be, that is a no brainer, as it will for most other BCS bowls. But I am willing to bet the Birmingham would rather watch a SEC team that is deserving play in this bowl rather than a MAC team...
 

GrayTide

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Split the FCS into 2 divisions for starters. Let them (CUSA, MAC, Sunbelt, WAC, Big East, MWC) have their own NC competition. The final top ten ranked teams get BCS bowls. Teams ranked 1-4 are in the playoffs and get 2 BCS bowls (rotated) teams ranked 5-10 get the remaining BCS bowls. Teams finishing outside the top 10 get what they get. As for the other division, I doubt anyone cares.
 

Bluegrasstide

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You indicated no one outside of the Midwest would want to watch a MAC team in a major bowl.
I am not trying to argue, but what I indicated was that no one, apart from the Midwest, would like to watch MAC teams in major bowls... I do not want to see Toledo in the Sugar Bowl, Miami OH in the Fiesta Bowl, or Bowling Green play on New Year's Day.

I am sorry if I was not clear. I am watching the game right now because that is the only football on. However, given a preference, I would rather be watching UGA/FSU or something similar. I suspect a lot of people would rather, as well.
 

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