Taking automatic qualifying away will help the SEC. The Big East may never play in the BCS again.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Art Wroble <[email protected]> wrote: > Me thinks in a few years the SEC and those of us rejoying now will regret > this misplaced glee. I can only see it > harming the SEC in the long run. > > Art Wroble > > This transmission is for the intended recipient(s) only and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited and may be illegal. If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify me immediately by returning the > e-mail to me. I accept no liability for the content of this e-mail and > attachments, or for the consequences of any action taken on the basis of > the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed > in writing. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily my views, > and I make no representations, nor accept any liability, regarding its > accuracy or completeness, unless expressly stated to the contrary. If this > communication concerns negotiation of a contract or agreement, this > communication is not intended as a signature, and unless otherwise > expressly agreed in writing, contract formation in such matter shall occur > only with manually-affixed original signatures on original documents. > > > *From:* mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2012 6:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from the Miami > Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator > > Ha ha.... You are correct! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 27, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Rob Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fans' pleas for this have fallen on deaf ears for twenty years, and in the > end all it took was for the SEC to dominate the BCS championship for most > of a decade. You know the last straw was an all-SEC BCSCG this year. <LMAO> > We can thank the fine players and coaches in our conference for finally > making this happen. > > Rob > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 27, 2012, at 6:49 AM, JunoGator <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *Four-team playoff in BCS’ works* > Commissioners agreed on a four-team BCS playoff, and are working out the > details and will seek conference approval. > *BY MANNY NAVARRO MIAMI <MNAVARRO@MIAMI> HERALD <[email protected]> > * > It might have taken them a long, long time to get here, but the leaders of > college football left South Florida on Thursday in agreement. > “... it’s time to use the P-word,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott > declared. > “P” as in playoffs. Four teams, two semifinals and one championship — > that’s what college football is on the verge of having after the 2013 > season concludes. > There are still quite a few details to be hashed out: where will those big > games will be played, who selects who gets in, and what role the bowls will > play in all of it. But as long as the conferences and schools the BCS > represent don’t get muddied in the details in the coming weeks, college > football will have its own version of a Final Four. > “This is a seismic change for college football,” BCS executive director > Bill Hancock said after the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s AD > wrapped up three days of meetings at the Westin Diplomat Hotel and Resort > in Hollywood. > Hancock said the commissioners will present between two and seven options > for a four-team playoff to their leagues over the next month or so at > conference meetings. But, “it isn’t the number that is significant here,” > Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive pointed out. “It’s that > we’ve got a model of a four-team playoff.” > After presidents and athletic directors weigh in at spring meetings over > the next couple weeks, the league commissioners will then get back together > in Chicago on June 20 and try to come up with a final version of a new way > to determine a national champion. > Hancock warned that if no consensus is reached, the fallback would be > sticking with an overhauled version of the old system, which aims for a No. > 1 vs. No. 2 championship game. But that seems like a longshot. > “It’s great to get to a point where there seems to be general consensus > that a four-team, three-game playoff is the best route to go,” said > Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford, who along with Slive > began pushing for a four-team playoff in 2008. > “I think there could be a lot of disappointment if we’re not able to > carry this through to the finish line. There’s some level of confidence. > But like the old cliché, the devil [is] in the details. And we’ll find out > how much devil is there.” > One big change that’s already been decided upon: The BCS will do away with > the automatic-qualifier signification. The AQ has given top conferences > automatic slots in the four existing BCS bowls: the Fiesta (Big 12), Orange > (ACC), Rose (Pac-12) and Sugar (SEC). 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