Well, clearly the current format favors the SEC, so it follows that a change would likely put us in a less favorable position. However, I believe that championships should be decided through competition, and I would believe that even if it made it harder for the SEC. I might not like the outcome some years, but I won't regret having a playoff.
Rob Sent from my iPad On 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. 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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 HERALD >>> 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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