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发帖数: 812 | 1 claim another champ without playing | U*******1
发帖数: 1565 | 2 If they do not play, they cannot.
It should say:
As long as they play, claim another champ | B****2
发帖数: 8892 | 3 这不能怪SEC，SEC不想这样。参见：
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-wetzel_sec_r
ATLANTA – There’s a sizeable portion of college football lamenting that
the BCS championship game will feature a rematch of two teams from the same
league – LSU and Alabama of the Southeastern Conference.
Les Miles and LSU completed their perfect season with the SEC title, and can
prepare for a rematch with Alabama.
(Getty Images)
Go ahead and be frustrated.
Just don’t blame the SEC.
The familiar chant of “S-E-C, S-E-C” filled the Georgia Dome on Saturday
night, this time LSU fans celebrating their 42-10 victory over Georgia for
the league title. It was more than that, though. This was the recognition of
a new level of power: The league is assured a sixth consecutive title Jan.
9 in New Orleans.
If it were up to the SEC, though, it never would’ve happened. At least not
without giving teams from two other leagues a chance to prove themselves on
the field.
In 2008, commissioner Mike Slive pitched a so-called “plus-one” plan that
essentially was a four-team playoff using existing bowl games. Other than
the ACC, the other conferences not only summarily rejected the plan, they
refused to even discuss its details.
“I remember it being a lonely meeting,” Slive said Saturday. “That’s all
I want to say about it.”
So don’t hate on the SEC for this, correct?
“That’s for you to conclude,” Slive said, with a smile. “That’s not me
saying it.”
Slive is humble guy, a genteel 71-year old, almost allergic to trash talk.
Besides, he doesn’t have to say it because in this case, to the rejected go
the spoils. Sticking with a simple 1-2 matchup in the BCS title game has
proven to be a boon for the SEC and a disaster for just about everyone else.
Under Slive’s plan, LSU and Alabama would’ve had to beat two extremely
good teams on a neutral field to assure this season’s title game.
Instead, they get placed right in. Everyone else gets some NIT-esque bowl
experience; it might be fun, but it isn’t for the glass football.
[Wetzel: Flawed BCS process must be scrapped]
The decision to dismiss Slive’s plan in 2008 even had ramifications far
beyond a single-season title chase; it changed the landscape of the sport.
Many conferences failed to see the increased access to the championship (
four teams rather than two) and the additional revenue from the system as a
lifeline for survival. They wound up nearly wiped out.
The vote all but assured the gutting of the Big East, where teams have
jumped ship in fear of losing automatic qualifying status. Non-AQ leagues
such as the Mountain West, Western Athletic and Conference USA have been
butchered.
BCS-generated instability even played a part (along with distrust of Texas)
in the Big 12 losing four schools and nearly blowing up for good courtesy of
Pac-12 raids.
“I don’t think any of us are happy that the BCS is one of the contributing
factors to conference realignment,” BCS executive director Bill Hancock
told The Associated Press.
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发帖数: 2866 | 4 要怪还是怪Big 12联盟自己吧,搞得只剩10只队,12场常规赛,只能怪自己给自己拖后腿
吧. | B**********r
发帖数: 812 | 5 by not playing georgia southern? |
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