College Football makes me sick

[Nick Douglas]

I'm tempted to write an elaborate column on this topic, but I'll save you all the trouble. For all of the drama it gives to fans, life lessons it gives to players and pride it gives to University employees, the sport is constantly dragged down by an ever-growing reactionary section of the media and fans. These are the meatheads that want the Big East out of the BCS, Ty Willingham out of Notre Dame and the bowl system to be abolished in favor of a playoff. Everything is Me and Now with these morons. Immediate personal gratification trumps fairness, class and tradition at every turn. Gone are the ideals of caring for those less fortunate, building character in young men and giving the people who helped build the system something to cherish.

Plenty of fans complain about college football, but if you support any of the three aforementioned hot button issues, then you're part of the problem. Empires built on arrogance, greed and selfishness can only last so long, so enjoy it while you can, knuckleheads.

 

[wareagle]

does this post mean you like auburn -13'?

 

[mcity]

:thinking:


Ty gone = :clap:

College football playoff would = :clap:

Big East out of BCS....if we had a playoff, we wouldn't need the BCS and that would = :clap:

 

[taoist]

Nick,

...normally you write thoughful and insightful posts and columns, but this one is way off base. How does wanting a playoff system have anything to do with "the ideals of caring for those less fortunate, building character in young men and giving the people who helped build the system something to cherish"??? I simply don't see your point.

 

[I LOVE WR]

I AGREE WITH U NICK FOR THE MOST. BUT THAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. AND HELL EVEN THE REST OF THE WORLD AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL.

WHEN UR WILLING TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN TURN DESTROY CIVILIZATION, REALLY WHAT IMPORTANCE DOES FOOTBALL REPRESENT.

SHAME ON YOU GW BUSH. AND SHAME ON US FOR ALLOWING HIM TO DO IT AND FOR VOTING HIM IN.

AGAIN QUITE WELL PUT NICK

 

[kosar]

How does wanting a playoff system have anything to do with "the ideals of caring for those less fortunate, building character in young men and giving the people who helped build the system something to cherish"??? I simply don't see your point.

Ditto.

 

[dr. freeze]

I agree....college football should be about good sportsmanship, tea parties, and red tulips.

Lets get rid of all scoreboards, alumni, recruiting, media, and let everyone just have fun and get along.

 

[saint]

I agree....college football should be about good sportsmanship, tea parties, and red tulips.

Lets get rid of all scoreboards, alumni, recruiting, media, and let everyone just have fun and get along.

LMFAO :lol:

 

[IntenseOperator]

Everything is Me and Now with these morons. Immediate personal gratification trumps fairness, class and tradition at every turn.QUOTE]

Are you talking about the evil white upper middle class males that are ruining this planet?

 

[Nick Douglas]

A playoff would destroy the bowl system. Notice how it is largely non-alumni fans who are promoting this garbage. Most alumni like the fact that they only have to plan one trip to watch their team play during the Bowl season. A playoff would not only change that for good teams, but it would also likely kill the lesser bowls, giving only a handful of fans something to look forward to in late December and early January. The alumni, coaches and University administrators who built the bowl system are being wronged by these fans who keep whining about a playoff.

Willingham did have a subpar record, but I hate the way he was not given any time to show what he could do. He was given a killer schedule, a lackluster roster of talent and an uneven playing field in recruiting talent because of the University's standards. Plus, there should be a certain amount of sensitivity to giving a black coach such a high profile position. I know in a fair world we would treat coaches of all races the same, but this isn't a fair world. This is a world where the recent failure of black coaches at the college level has made it difficult for them to get repeat opportunities when they fail at losing programs.

The idea that the Big East should be bumped from the BCS is totally unfair. They did not throw out Miami and Virginia Tech. Those schools left, arguably under shady circumstances. To be fair to the Big East, they should be given a set of guidelines that they have to follow in terms of the quality of membership (non-conference won/loss records, athletic department budget, etc.) and a reasonable amount of time to comply with those guidelines. The BCS is harmed far more by having to take dumpwater programs like Utah into consideration over Texas than they are by having a major market school like Pittsburgh playing in a high profile game. Plus, if Pittsburgh plays Utah, they'll probably crush that spread offense bullshit.

 

[taoist]

...first of all, a playoff system would not "destroy the bowl system," as you predict. That's hogwash.... If ALL other college sports can do it, why is football so different? ...seems pretty simple to me. Scale back the regular season to 10 games....force every conference to have a championship game...(and force ND to join a conference or go without a post-season)...take the 10 conference winners and 6 at large teams and have a 4 week playoff. Begin it the first week of december and end it on or around new year's day.


...as for willingham, I could really care less. I don't think that ND gave him a fair chance...meaning I think that they should have given him a minimum of 5 years in order to have his own recruits as seniors...but whatever. Black, white, indian or Chinese.... If you go 6-5 at ND, you ain't going to be around very long.... Try going 6-5 at any of the other big name schools and see how long you last.... Mich, Ohio St, Tenn, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Miami, Florida St...etc. If you go 6-5 at almost any of these schools, you will be shown the door in a hurry....

I won't even address that BS you said in the last paragraph except in regards to this....

...if Pittsburgh plays Utah, they'll probably crush that spread offense bullshit.

...hold on folks, I need to get my boots because the shit is getting pretty deep in here!!! LMAO!!! :142lmao:

 

[vinnie]

...hold on folks, I need to get my boots because the shit is getting pretty deep in here!!! LMAO!!! :142lmao:

:yup

 

[Franky Wright]

Holy cow Nick,
Just when I think you are starting to have it all together, you toss out a boner like this one.........

"Willingham did have a subpar record, but I hate the way he was not given any time to show what he could do. He was given a killer schedule, a lackluster roster of talent and an uneven playing field in recruiting talent because of the University's standards. Plus, there should be a certain amount of sensitivity to giving a black coach such a high profile position. I know in a fair world we would treat coaches of all races the same, but this isn't a fair world. This is a world where the recent failure of black coaches at the college level has made it difficult for them to get repeat opportunities when they fail at losing programs."
(Sure wish I knew how to do those fancy quote boxes :moon: )

Since the college football ranks are predominantly being played by the black man. It could be that playing for a black coach just does not work! The black man over the years just feels more comfortable playing for a white coach who he respects, and does what he is told to do! This in turn, equals better execution, and hence winning more games, thus a winning program. It is the basic principle of Darwinism, where the stronger survive!

Now how does that sound to you :moon:







Total :bsflag


Just like your comment on the world is not fair, we should have more sensitivity towards the black coach, killer schedule, lackluster roster, and whatever other bs was spewn about this :cursin:

Total BS :142slap:


GL in the Orange Bowl

Franky

P.S. Dont you all get your undies in a bundies, Im just trying to make a point about scotts comments so it hits home, I dont believe that non-sense I posted about the black man :moon: :142lmao:

 

[kosar]

Franky,

That's not Scott. It's Nick Douglas. You can tell because there are no red letters, no underlining, no 'factoids', no dancing icons and no mention of USC.

 

[Franky Wright]

LMAO.............. :cursin: Whoops
Thanks Kosar,

Think I saw that USC logo, and thats all I could think of........ :142lmao:

 

[Nick Douglas]

Football is different because it is the most popular sport. Smart leaders protect traditions that differentiate their organizations from the riff-raff, and that's what college football does. Taoist's inane proposal benefits nobody except a certain segment of the media and non-alumni fans. Student athletes, alumni, faculty and administrators would all have less postseason games (granted, that would be nice), more travel to plan and less to look forward to at the end of every college football season.

Here is my proposal. Unless you are an alumni of a BCS school WHO ATTENDS GAMES REGULARLY, stop complaining about not having a playoff. Let's see how much complaining there is then. Of course it won't actually ever happen, but at least take that into consideration next time you hear some clown supporting a playoff.

 

[Nick Douglas]

IO,

Most upper-middle class white males I've met are well meaning folks who don't have a clue what they're talking about outside of their tiny area of expertise. That statement also applies to most people I've met of all races, gender and economic class. In this case blame has to do only with actions, as many of these clowns are not white, not upper-middle class and not men.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Thanks for the response.

Kind of surprising coming from you. (esp the 1st two sentences)

You may be changing somehow, or something/someone is influencing you.

 

[taoist]

Nick,

I never said that you'd have to do away with all other bowl games!!! (Although I DO believe that there are entirely too many....) I have no problem with two 6-5 mid-major schools fighting it out for the "Stinky-thong.com" Bowl.... Have at it!!! Those bowl games REALLY bring in the bucks, don't they?


...does anyone except Nicki boy think that CFB should not institute a playoff system?

 

[kosar]

28 bowl games is ridiculous, and there are 7 more pending approval. That likely won't happen though, because there won't be enough eligible teams. Half of those are played in stadiums 40-50% full. Of course there should be a playoff system and i'm having a very hard time understanding what Nick is trying to say.