Comments on: ESPN Crashes the Tourney Party http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/espn-crashes-the-tourney-party/225 Brown Bag it, Baby Sun, 27 May 2012 04:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: gp john http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/espn-crashes-the-tourney-party/225/comment-page-1#comment-342 gp john Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:18:48 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/03/12/espn-crashes-the-tourney-party/#comment-342 "Boeheim" is ancient germano/austrian for "douche nozzle" “Boeheim” is ancient germano/austrian for
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]]> By: Gene http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/espn-crashes-the-tourney-party/225/comment-page-1#comment-335 Gene Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:01:23 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/03/12/espn-crashes-the-tourney-party/#comment-335 Aside from the CBS-ESPN(ABC) issue,there is a lot to be learned here. Everyone is against the BCS system for college football and most of those people point to college hoops as an example of how things are settled on the court. Note that they choose 65 teams for the basketball tournament, and there is still controversy over the omission of four or five others. How will this play out in football, where it has been suggested that they have a four or eight team playoff? Obviously the outcry from fans and coaches of teams that miss those playoffs will be even greater than the voices heard on ESPN. I am not advocating keeping the present BCS system intact. The purpose of this post is just to point out that any selection system will make someone unhappy, and where college sports are concerned, their objections will be stated in a most vociferous manner (enter ESPN, with a chance to embarrass CBS). Aside from the CBS-ESPN(ABC) issue,there is a lot to be learned here. Everyone is against the BCS system for college football and most of those people point to college hoops as an example of how things are settled on the court.

Note that they choose 65 teams for the basketball tournament, and there is still controversy over the omission of four or five others. How will this play out in football, where it has been suggested that they have a four or eight team playoff? Obviously the outcry from fans and coaches of teams that miss those playoffs will be even greater than the voices heard on ESPN.

I am not advocating keeping the present BCS system intact. The purpose of this post is just to point out that any selection system will make someone unhappy, and where college sports are concerned, their objections will be stated in a most vociferous manner (enter ESPN, with a chance to embarrass CBS).

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