Comments on: Should the NCAA be in charge of non-conference schedules? http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/ Losers With Socks: SEC Speed Sat, 19 May 2012 18:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: patrickdonohue http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/#comment-59058 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:58:50 +0000 http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/?p=3204#comment-59058 Well I think that why teams continue to schedule the way they have been is pretty obvious. The BCS (with last year serving as the exception) doesn’t allow for a team to lose more than once, if at all, in order to be considered for the national championship game. With conference play in conferences like the Big 12, SEC and Pac-10 getting stiffer every year, fewer and fewer teams are willing to risk a chance at a national championship by scheduling a tough out-of-conference game and risk an early-season loss before conference play begins.

Do I think there’s anyway college football would adopt a system like the one I proposed? No way but it’s a fun exercise to think about ways to tweak the system and make it better especially when the people who could affect change to the system simply will not.

]]> By: bwfull http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/#comment-59057 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:56:03 +0000 http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/?p=3204#comment-59057 Thanks

]]> By: moondogleft http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/#comment-59055 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:51:48 +0000 http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/?p=3204#comment-59055 I wrote an article several months ago along these lines, with regard to scheduling. The BCS has changed everything. I outlined why the BCS schools are scheduling the way they are and why they’re going to continue to do so.

I don’t post links to my stuff on other blogs but you can drop me a line at fjv4usn@gmail.com and I’ll send you the link.

]]> By: bwfull http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/#comment-59053 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:16:47 +0000 http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/?p=3204#comment-59053 @2
Good point. Would an alternate solution therefore be to have the schools schedule their own o-o-c based on the formula? Just eliminate “big govt”.

]]> By: moondogleft http://loserswithsocks.com/2008/07/15/should-the-ncaa-be-in-charge-of-non-conference-schedules/#comment-59052 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:45:23 +0000 http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/?p=3204#comment-59052 While an interesting proposition, it will never fly. Each school is going to operate as a separate entity because of one very simple reason – money.

If a school doesn’t have control over their scheduling, you may just as well let the NCAA control every aspect of each member’s athletic departments.

I’m opposed to big government and therefore, I view the NCAA just as I would any type of government oversight.

Ask yourself this question. How well does the government manage all of its programs?

Thanks but no thanks to your suggestion.

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