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2013 Preseason and regular polls

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Yertle said:
That's the stupidest post I've ever read. Except for it's 100% right. Make those southern panty-wastes come north. How can the NFL play in Lambeau every year in January, but we can't send SEC homies north? Sissies.

Only flaw in your logic is it requires VOTERS to put a northern team above a southern team. Not gunna happen... at least as long as ESPN continues to be the SEC Network. So, all the home-field rule would do is give southern teams home field advantage.
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That's actually the situation, more or less, as it exists now.
Right now they're supposed to guarantee the 3 and 4 seeds don't get "home" advantage. Every year the two Semifinal games have one in PAC turf, and one in SEC turf. (2014 Rose & Sugar, 2015 Cotton & Orange, 2016 Fiesta & Peach, repeat)
So, if we were ranked #1 and Alabama were #4 ... we would get the bowl in PAC land in order to preclude Alabama's advantage at home.
If Stanford were #4 ... we would get the bowl in SEC territory.
The best case scenario for us is that both teams have to travel.
However, we all know it's the reverse that will happen... the SEC will always be 1 or 2 at worst. Which means they will get homefield advantage nine times out of ten.

tl;dr:
If we're 1 or 2, we're guaranteed a neutral site
If SEC or PAC are 1 or 2, they're guaranteed home field advantage
 
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ulukinatme said:
C'mon, football season is short enough as it is! Theres a lot of speculation the playoff could be increased to 8 games anyway. I probably should have just quoted the previous post discussing the 8 game format.

So, hypothetically, if Northern Illinois lost to a team like Akron, and Wisconsin lost to say...Michigan State and ASU, you would put Northern Illinois ahead of MSU for a final playoff spot?
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I concede that the only conference champs rule dies at 8 teams. I would like to see it expanded to 6 though.
 
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Yertle said:
That's the stupidest post I've ever read. Except for it's 100% right. Make those southern panty-wastes come north. How can the NFL play in Lambeau every year in January, but we can't send SEC homies north? Sissies.

Only flaw in your logic is it requires VOTERS to put a northern team above a southern team. Not gunna happen... at least as long as ESPN continues to be the SEC Network. So, all the home-field rule would do is give southern teams home field advantage.
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The real problem is the economics；fewer tourists will come North to watch a game and then stick around to pump dollars into the economy.
 
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Steve19 said:
The real problem is the economics；fewer tourists will come North to watch a game and then stick around to pump dollars into the economy.
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Fewer for who? thats still more tourists than those northern cities would have gotten otherwise, i am sure theyd gladly take it. why do we feel so inclined to prop up the economies of tropical locals?
 
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matcar said:
Word is that Famous Jameis might be in some hot water.
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Florida State QB Jameis Winston -- frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy -- is being investigated for felony sexual assault, TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement and other sources tell TMZ ... a woman filed a sexual assault complaint with the Tallahassee PD on December 7, 2012. She claims the alleged sexual assault was committed with the use of "physical force."

According to the police report, the motive for the alleged crime was "sexual gratification." The alleged victim says drinking was involved before the incident.

The police report says on the day in question, someone called the cops at 4:01 AM. When police arrived, we're told there were photos taken of the alleged victim's injuries as well as physical evidence collected.

According to the police report, the incident occurred in an apartment.

Winston is described in the police report as "muscular" and his demeanor as "polite."

Our sources say cops have already interviewed Winston.

The investigation is "ongoing" with the police and the Florida State Attorney.
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TMZ
 
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Steve19 said:
The real problem is the economics；fewer tourists will come North to watch a game and then stick around to pump dollars into the economy.
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You think the game won't sell out because it's in a cold climate? I think you'd be surprised how many people will come north to a game. I have news, football fans are nuts and will follow a game anywhere. It just has to be in a city where people want to go (so you can't force college cities, some are small and horrible). It would really need to be in an NFL stadium. I guarantee just as many people will come to Chicago as Miami. Southern people do like to visit places and see snow, we just don't want to live in it, but we love it for a week.
 
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kujirakira said:
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu .... Manziel is the last person on earth that should sit alongside Archie with 2 heismans.
He's a complete dirtbag...
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I don't think they could give it to him, because of his antics. It would devalue the award. Character is supposed to be a part of the criteria, and you can't completely fail one of the criteria and still win. ESPN will just keep hailing him as the second coming because he's flashy and plays in the SEC. For 10 weeks they claimed Mariota as the front runner, but Manziel still got 5x the airtime. I believe one the agendas they push consistently is to show high school athletes that if you play for the SEC you get more airtime on TV.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
You think the game won't sell out because it's in a cold climate? I think you'd be surprised how many people will come north to a game. I have news, football fans are nuts and will follow a game anywhere. It just has to be in a city where people want to go (so you can't force college cities, some are small and horrible). It would really need to be in an NFL stadium. I guarantee just as many people will come to Chicago as Miami. Southern people do like to visit places and see snow, we just don't want to live in it, but we love it for a week.
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I wouldn't guarantee that. SEC and Big Ten teams travel well as does Texas and Ntre Ame. Outside of that, you're playing with fire making assumptions of that magnitude.
 
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Mike80 said:
I wouldn't guarantee that. SEC and Big Ten teams travel well as does Texas and Ntre Ame. Outside of that, you're playing with fire making assumptions of that magnitude.
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If they will travel across the country to Louisana, then they'll travel across the country to Chicago. I understand that many fan bases don't travel well, but those that will take the time and expense to travel will go just about anywhere, regardless of weather, as long as it's a city that has things to do and sights to see. For another bowl game, even a BCS bowl you can't make that assumption. But when it is for a national title, it changes everything. You might need sunshine to bring Oregon to a regular Cotton Bowl. If a national title is on the line, you don't need that.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
If they will travel across the country to Louisana, then they'll travel across the country to Chicago. I understand that many fan bases don't travel well, but those that will take the time and expense to travel will go just about anywhere, regardless of weather, as long as it's a city that has things to do and sights to see. For another bowl game, even a BCS bowl you can't make that assumption. But when it is for a national title, it changes everything. You might need sunshine to bring Oregon to a regular Cotton Bowl. If a national title is on the line, you don't need that.
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You don't know that, because we haven't seen anything like it before. All we have to go off of is the bowl games we currently have - and many of them are poorly attended.
 
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