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College Football doesn't need a George Mason

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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=76395

I found this article over on the tcu board. As a sports fan, and moreso a college football sports fan, it's scarry to think that there are people out there who get paid to cover the topic of "SPORTS" that actually think this way? Best I can take away from this is that the whole purpose of writing such garbage is for the "Shock Value"?

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As one of the people that posted a comment on his article points out, he's completely ignoring the NFL and NBA. They both have long seasons (longer than the colleges), and then they have a play-off.

I'm constantly amazed at who gets paid to write for publications these days.

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When did The Sporting News start hiring the mentally handicaped?

The whole reason for a tournament is to determine an undisputed champion. The basketball season doesn't end on March 1 when everyone finishes the regular season. The season continues. If you are a dominant team, you will be sucessful in the NCAA tournament. George Mason is a fluke. That is about the only thing this guy got right. They were an OK team during the regular season, got bounced in their conference tournament and had to rely on an at large bid. That is the lure of the Tournament. A team that gets little or no national coverage gets to be in the spotlight as long as they win. But a champion is determined on the court, not in the polls.

Two years ago, Utah State...a mid-major from a non-BCS conference got everyone's attention by making it to a BCS bowl game.

D 1A football is the only division of all of college sports that DOESN'T have a postseason tournament to determine a champion. Every season there is chaos in D-1A as to who is a "true champion." Like basketball, it should be determined on the playing field away from the human opinion "polls."

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When did The Sporting News start hiring the mentally handicaped?

The whole reason for a tournament is to determine an undisputed champion. The basketball season doesn't end on March 1 when everyone finishes the regular season. The season continues. If you are a dominant team, you will be sucessful in the NCAA tournament. George Mason is a fluke. That is about the only thing this guy got right. They were an OK team during the regular season, got bounced in their conference tournament and had to rely on an at large bid. That is the lure of the Tournament. A team that gets little or no national coverage gets to be in the spotlight as long as they win. But a champion is determined on the court, not in the polls.

Two years ago, Utah State...a mid-major from a non-BCS conference got everyone's attention by making it to a BCS bowl game.

D 1A football is the only division of all of college sports that DOESN'T have a postseason tournament to determine a champion. Every season there is chaos in D-1A as to who is a "true champion." Like basketball, it should be determined on the playing field away from the human opinion "polls."

Utah......or as they affectionately refer to it up there ....."UU"

"UU" is in Salt Lake City

Utah State is in Logan Utah.

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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=76395

Best I can take away from this is that the whole purpose of writing such garbage is  for the "Shock Value"? 

Rick

I’d be willing to be dollars to donuts the ads on that website are paid “by the hit.” The more hits, the more bucks. So, you can generate lots of hits by posting something everyone is their right mind is going to reply to!

I would say he wrote it purely for shock value, but it was posted purely for ad revenue!

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Utah......or as they affectionately refer to it up there ....."UU"

"UU" is in Salt Lake City

Utah State is in Logan Utah.

One of the two. I thought it was State but it may have been just Utah.

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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=76395

I found this article over on the tcu board.  As a sports fan, and moreso a college football sports fan, it's scarry to think that there are people out there who get paid to cover the topic of "SPORTS" that actually think this way?  Best I can take away from this is that the whole purpose of writing such garbage is  for the "Shock Value"? 

Rick

There's a difference between saying college football doesn't need a George Mason and the truth, which is college football won't allow a George Mason.

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One of the two. I thought it was State but it may have been just Utah.

It was Utah, especially considering the fact that Utah State was in the Sunbelt at the time.

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There's a difference between saying college football doesn't need a George Mason and the truth, which is college football won't allow a George Mason.

The closest we've had to a George Mason in football was the first national champion team from Miami. But today being ranked 5th going into the bowls eliminates you from contention.

Under the BCS system George Mason would have played Southern Illinois a couple weeks ago and been done while we have to wait for the drama of UConn vs. Duke in the #1 vs. #2 title game.

In football 17 "non-BCS" schools advanced to post-season. Of them only five got to meet a BCS school on a neutral field with neutral officials and the non-BCS went 2-3 given that chance. Well actually Boise got to play at home but they were one of the three losers.

George Mason has faced three BCS schools on a neutral court with neutral officials and were seeded in based on a general perception of merit. In football those match-ups either happened by contract before the season began or because a bowl needed to fill an empty contract slot.

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