Comments on: The Final Regular Season AP Poll, Thankfully http://isportacus.com/2009/12/06/the-final-regular-season-ap-poll-thankfully/ Philadelphia Sports - More Than Just Booing Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: PalestraJon http://isportacus.com/2009/12/06/the-final-regular-season-ap-poll-thankfully/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 PalestraJon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:34 +0000 http://isportacus.com/?p=4270#comment-2228 Actually there is plenty to complain about, and mostly on behalf of Cincy. How can anyone say, based on their respective schedules and their performance in their respective championship games (Cincy's being de facto) that Texas is a better team. Cincy played a far tougher out of conference schedule and the Big 12 was relatively weak this year. Texas played one tough game---Oklahoma and they got them at home, getting a close victory. Their offense stinks and they can get beaten in the air. Alabama will kill them. But, as you said, it falls on deaf ears to complain to the monopolist that his monopolistic practices hurt teams outside the core of the conspiracy. The BCS preserves 80% (or more) of the revenue to 20% (or less) of the schools. The NCAA has done a far better job of maximizing revenue in basketball with its tournament, but splits the money among the schools, not the conferences. So the SEC and Big 12 (primarily) have hooked up with the bowls to monopolize college football. Someone ought to take them on, but too many are getting enough of a handout (Big East, ACC) that they won't challenge it---leaving the WACs, Conference USA and MAC's of the world on the outside. Crappy system. Actually there is plenty to complain about, and mostly on behalf of Cincy. How can anyone say, based on their respective schedules and their performance in their respective championship games (Cincy’s being de facto) that Texas is a better team. Cincy played a far tougher out of conference schedule and the Big 12 was relatively weak this year. Texas played one tough game—Oklahoma and they got them at home, getting a close victory. Their offense stinks and they can get beaten in the air. Alabama will kill them.

But, as you said, it falls on deaf ears to complain to the monopolist that his monopolistic practices hurt teams outside the core of the conspiracy. The BCS preserves 80% (or more) of the revenue to 20% (or less) of the schools. The NCAA has done a far better job of maximizing revenue in basketball with its tournament, but splits the money among the schools, not the conferences. So the SEC and Big 12 (primarily) have hooked up with the bowls to monopolize college football. Someone ought to take them on, but too many are getting enough of a handout (Big East, ACC) that they won’t challenge it—leaving the WACs, Conference USA and MAC’s of the world on the outside. Crappy system.

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