GO GATORS!!! - Page 2

JNC · 12-30-2008, 11:41

The wait is killing me. I tried to get the Friday after the game off, but we have a uniform inspection. So, that was a no go. Guess I'll either be dead tired from celebrating, or dead tired from sobbing. Either way, I can't wait.

BOOMER SOONER

stickey · 01-01-2009, 19:00

One more week.

cornelyj · 01-08-2009, 17:58

BE SURE TO TUNE YOUR TUBE TONITE!!!

Off to the O'dome! Go Gators... Go Fighting Gator Bn!!!

echoes · 01-08-2009, 18:14

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Originally Posted by cornelyj

BE SURE TO TUNE YOUR TUBE TONITE!!!

Off to the O'dome! Go Gators... Go Fighting Gator Bn!!!

And ONE more...Boomer Sooner!

Holly

JJ_BPK · 01-08-2009, 18:35

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Originally Posted by echoes

And ONE more...Boomer Sooner!

Holly

Boomer & Sooner and their Prairie Schooner are Gator bait...

stickey · 01-08-2009, 22:42

GO GATORS!!!

That's the ballgame ladies and gentlemen. The Gators came in, started off rough, but then played and showed the world that the Sooner are not as good as they thought. No names that ran their mouths are now crying on the sidelines like the chumps they are!!!

Good Job Harvin, Tebow, and the rest of the Gators and Gator Nation!!!

**Bill Harsey** · 01-08-2009, 22:54

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Originally Posted by stickey

GO GATORS!!!

That's the ballgame ladies and gentlemen. The Gators came in, started off rough, but then played and showed the world that the Sooner are not as good as they thought. No names that ran their mouths are now crying on the sidelines like the chumps they are!!!

Good Job Harvin, Tebow, and the rest of the Gators and Gator Nation!!!

Was it you who wrote that book about winning gracefully?

Gators are a h*ll of a team. Do they play USC next?

Sdiver · 01-09-2009, 00:59

AVS won tonight.

Beat the Blackhawks, 2-1.

echoes · 01-09-2009, 07:05

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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

Boomer & Sooner and their Prairie Schooner are Gator bait...

JJ, LOL!

Great game, and here is to hoping for next year!

Holly

JJ_BPK · 01-09-2009, 07:22

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Originally Posted by echoes

JJ, LOL!

Great game, and here is to hoping for next year!

Holly

Sorry Holly,, One of us had to lose...

ZonieDiver · 01-09-2009, 15:12

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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Was it you who wrote that book about winning gracefully?

Gators are a h*ll of a team. Do they play USC next?

UF-USC would be a helluva game!

ksgbobo · 01-09-2009, 15:36

It was a good game, alot better than what I thought it was going to be. Pretty rough for both sides though. That Gator defense stuffed the Oklahoma offense twice in the end zone. Awesome!

I watched the post game on ESPN, and was impressed by Nic Harris's comments afterward. He is a stand up guy, especially for what he said about Tebow before the game.

But, we still do need a playoff in college football. UF vs USC would be an awesome game, and I can't wait for that to happen in the future. I am happy with the way things ended, but we still need a playoff. Its all about the money.

echoes · 01-09-2009, 16:08

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Originally Posted by ksgbobo

but we still need a playoff. Its all about the money.

A great game b/c as some QP's have said...it is KIDS having fun!

Am interested to hear your opinion on this fact about $$$ being involved?
Honestly, am not following the train of thought here.

PM me if you like, or post it here.

Holly

ksgbobo · 01-09-2009, 22:56

This is what I understand from it Holly.

The BCS is compromised of the big conferences in the NCAA. The SEC, PAC-10, Big-12, Big-10, ACC, and the Big East. The champion from each conference is guranteed a bid for one of the BCS bowl games, and the top two teams in the BCS rankings go for the BCS Title Game. And only one team from a non-BCS conference can compete in one of the BCS games, but apparently they cannot compete in the title game, because they do not come from one of the big conferences.

Apparently, the NCAA believes that this is a great system. If you think about it, the schools within these conferences are very big schools, and have huge football programs, with lots of money. (For some reason, if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 8, they have an automatic bid for a BCS game - why is that? Has to be because of money, IMO). Some of the big names in the NCAA are from these big schools, and by having their schools compete in these big bowl games, they are bringing more money to their schools.

If your school competes in a bowl game, the school receives some sort of money donation to the school, regardless of the bowl they played in. The BCS games give out a little more money, but apparently the Chic-fil-a Bowl and the Capital One Bowl supposedly gave out tons of money to the schools that played in their bowls this year. Little more than $2 million to each school.

But, by having these top tier football programs playing in the BCS games every year, they are guranteed a good pay-out, which is utimately unfair to teams from a conference that is not recognized by the BCS.

This is from the BCS website.

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College bowls will pay out $187 million this season and $2.1 billion over the next decade. In the past five years, they have paid out $820 million.

Almost all bowl games are nonprofit organizations. The more revenue the bowl brings in through ticket sales, sponsors, etc., the more money can be paid to NCAA schools.

Bowl games generate increased donations, valuable visibility, and even increases in school enrollment applications. In addition, it can also increase long-term revenues in licensing, endorsement money, TV contracts, and season ticket sales.

The BCS is managed by the commissioners of the 11 NCAA Division I-A conferences, the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame, and representatives of the bowl organizations. The conferences are Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Pacific 10, Southeastern and Western Athletic.

The conference commissioners and the Notre Dame athletics director make decisions regarding all BCS issues, in consultation with an athletics directors advisory group and subject to the approval of a presidential oversight committee whose members represent all 117 Division 1-A programs.

Apparently, Notre Dame has their hand in all this. Sorry to drag this thread on, but I really do not care for the BCS bowl games. We do need a playoff. It will be fair to the schools who cannot get a bid to one of the BCS bowl games. Because these games do pay out more money. The people sitting on the BCS board are all from the big schools, thats why they like the system the way it is. Because according to their website, bowl games produce revenue, and if a small school like East Tennessee State gets into a bowl game, they won't make as much money as Ohio State, because their fan base is not as big, and they do not have donors as big either. Its all about money. If you can bring money into the bowl game through ticket sals and revenue, you are pretty much guranteed a spot. IMHO.

01-26-2009, 21:28

Who do you think made the major bowl games what they are? What have the non-auto bid teams done to deserve a place in the BCS bowls? Do you think the Eastern Tenn's of of football have done what Oklahoma, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and other major programs have done to make the Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta bowls the money makers they are today? Why should they give some Johnny-come-lately a free ride? IMO if there are teams/conferences that don't like the system, then let them build their own bowl games, or what ever they want and challenge the established premier programs for the big bucks. What does a team like Middle TN have to offer the SEC? What does Tulsa have to offer the Big 12?