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BCS Head Says There's No Playoff Because We Don't Want Student-Athletes To Miss Exams

Sports Radio Interviews — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:55:00 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock also says there's no groundswell for a playoff. More »

College Football Is Willing To Discuss Talking About Having A Playoff, Maybe

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:40:00 EST

The commissioners of the 11 FBS conferences, plus Notre Dame's athletic director, gathered together today in New Orleans to talk about where to go next with the game's postseason structure. According to the New York Times, there was much more "openness" to the idea of a four-team playoff than there might have been in the past: More »

LSU's Jordan Jefferson Smeared His Own Spit On His Face, Which Feels Like A Metaphor For Something

Dylan Murphy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:48 EST

Your morning roundup for Jan. 10, the day we learned extinction is reversible. Video via First Post. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

A Touchdown Was Scored In An LSU-Alabama Game. Here's The Proof.

Timothy Burke — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:24:25 EST

It took 115 minutes (not counting overtime) of playing each other this season, but a touchdown has finally been scored between Alabama and LSU. You can thank Trent Richardson. [ESPN] More »

Nick Saban Was Irrational For Not Being More Selfish

Timothy Burke — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:12:18 EST

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My favorite family legend involves my dad's baby sister—my "Тетка," in Macedonian—Bonnie. As the story goes, Bonnie's first-grade class organized a Brownie troop, and their first act was to elect a troop leader. When they counted the votes, Bonnie was the only girl who hadn't voted for herself. Upset at this outrageous display of self-interest, she walked out and in tears announced to my баба she'd quit the Brownies. More »

Trade You My Hair Dryer For Your HDTV: The Best And Worst Of The 2011 College Bowl Swag

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:55:00 EST

SBJ has compiled a complete list of this year's college bowl swag, and the good people at ChatSports have grouped them according to swag worth. There are TVs and tablets and digital cameras and even a hair dryer, but there's only one clear steal here: that $15 Chick-fil-A gift card. That's, like, six chicken biscuits. [SBJ, ChatSports] More »

BCS Head: "Once Again, The BCS Has Delivered"

Sports Radio Interviews — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:45:51 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock gives his unbiased opinion of the BCS bowls. More »

College Football Would Love It If You'd Waste Your Time Complaining About Bowl Matchups

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:45:07 EST

You say you're shocked—shocked—that the BCS standings aren't consistent, or some voters made dumb choices, or teams were selected for bowl games based on something other than simple merit. Hi! Welcome to college football! You must be new here. More »

Cracking The BCS Code Before This Weekend's Big Games

Jack Dickey — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:45:00 EST

Our favorite dorks at the Harvard Sports Analytics Collective have developed a model that predicts what happens in the ostensibly wonky BCS. If you're curious about what happens should LSU lose to Arkansas—and you should be—their post is worth a read. Big East football even makes a token appearance! [HSAC] More »

Iowa State Fans Rush The Field Following Upset of Oklahoma State, BCS Has Panic Attack

Sean Newell — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:30:00 EST

Your morning roundup for Nov. 19, the day we learned that clipboards are for suckers. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

You Haven't Seen The Last Of Kellen Moore (You Probably Have)

Sports Radio Interviews — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:25:35 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the Boise State senior thinks he's got NFL stuff. More »

The Idea Of Paying College Athletes Is Having Its Moment

Dom Cosentino — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:25:00 EDT

The aftershocks from "The Shame of College Sports," Taylor Branch's devastating cover story in The Atlantic, continue to ripple. Two other pieces are out today advancing the notion that college athletes deserve financial compensation. More »

The NCAA's Pocket Universe Is Collapsing

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:45:00 EDT

Everywhere is crisis and change, but mostly a constant questioning of what college football has been for a generation: an amateur sport that makes a lot of people a lot of money. The attacks are coming on all sides at the same time, and they are rapidly becoming too much for the sport to survive without addressing. The events of 2011 are more than an embarrassment to be moved on from; they are signs of an environment becoming inhospitable to how the NCAA likes to do business. We're in the death throes of an era. More »

BCS Head Says A Playoff Wouldn't Work Because When FCS Teams Do It, They Don't Sell Out

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock seems to forget that those are FCS school and no one cares to begin with. More »

Schools That Won The BCS Championship In 2004, Step Forward. Not So Fast, USC

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:12:29 EDT

The Bowl Championship Series just announced it will strip USC of its 2004 national title, the final ruling in the long strange Reggie Bush investigation. USC remains the AP National Champions, because the AP isn't stupid enough to pretend that there's a guiltless team out there. Congratulations, Oklahoma: you won/didn't lose/somehow never played in that Orange Bowl at all. [USA Today] More »

The Justice Department Is Very Interested In The BCS's Legality

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:55:39 EDT

As are we all (fans will take the empire crumbling any way they can get it, but the government probably has more say in that than sports writers.) Bill Hancock will meet with DOJ lawyers sometime this summer for what he's calling a "voluntary background briefing." Basically, they want to know how the BCS operates, and to my hopeful ears, that sounds a lot like they're ramping up their research for the antitrust lawsuit they threatened last month. More »

BCS Will Continue To Be For All The Tostitos

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:10:00 EDT

The Fiesta Bowl pays a $1 million fine for these shenanigans, but gets to stay in the BCS. Of course they do. Or perhaps Bill Hancock needed a scapegoat around for the BCS antitrust suit. More »

Government Notifies NCAA Of Antitrust Investigation, Promised Lawsuit

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:30:00 EDT

The Justice Department announced it is conducting an inquiry into the working of the Bowl Championship Series, questioning whether it violates Federal antitrust statutes by excluding teams from non-BCS conferences. More »

The Fiesta Bowl Paid For Strip Club Visits

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:45:00 EDT

Everyone in college football is just as corrupt as everyone else. More »

Telestrator Dong Breaks Out On The Odd-Dong Rush

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Computer Glitch, Meaningless FCS Game Mean The BCS Standings Are Wrong

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:25:00 EST

We hate to keep harping on this stuff, but they make it all too easy. The BCS standings are slightly off — LSU at 10 and Boise State at 11 should be switched — and the perpetrator is little Appalachian State. More »

Big Ben Successfully Keeps His Brains From Leaking Out

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST

Your Guide To The BCS Selection Show

Brian Hickey — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:30:00 EST

At 7:15 p.m., representatives of the beloved Bowl Championship Series will announced this season's in-lieu-of-playoffs bowl pairings. Probably not too many surprises looming, notes Sports Illustrated, unless somebody decided that Auburn/Oregon wouldn't be all that compelling of a game. More »

Need More Proof The BCS Is Fucked Up? Nevada Cost Themselves $1 Million By Beating Boise St.

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:20:00 EST

By thwarting the Broncos' BCS bowl hopes, the Wolf Pack cost themselves and every WAC team a million dollars each in BCS revenue. We're not ones to encourage immoral and illegal actions, but, yeah, they probably should have just tanked. [Business Insider] More »

Last Night's Winner: The Case For The BCS In The NFL

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:20:30 EST

Just what was Derek Anderson laughing about? We're just guessing, but maybe it's the fact that his Cardinals, at 3-7, are just two games out of first. Someone's going to win that division, and they might not even be bowl-eligible. More »

Ohio State President Dumps On Boise St., TCU, Common Sense

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:45:50 EST

Gordon Gee thinks Boise St. and TCU are unworthy, and prefers the bowl system because playoffs are "a slippery slope to professionalism." In related news, OSU basketball will happily take part in March Madness. [AP] More »

Jon Kitna's Nipples Lead Cowboys To Second Win

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:20:00 EST

This Might Shock You, But Andy Reid Was A Large Child

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Chip Kelly Doesn't Want To Hear About How Boise St. Beat Oregon Last Year, OK?

Sports Radio Interviews — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Last Night's Winner: Boise State's Bogus BCS Busting

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:30:24 EDT

In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like those media darling Broncos, who proved they belong in the National Championship discussion. Unfortunately, they won't prove it again, yet people won't be able to shut up about them. More »

And On Saturday, The First Fan Became Joe Six-Pack

Ben Cohen — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST

What an action-packed and important day it's been for Barack Obama. He sat courtside at Duke-Georgetown (oh shush, all of you), told Clark Kellogg he was gunning for his job and his administration wants to finally pass reform that matters. More »

Breaking: BCS Supported By People It Supports

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:45:00 EST

A whopping 73 percent of coaches, including TCU's and Boise State's, support keeping the BCS system the way it is. In a related statistic, 73 percent of schools competed in a bowl of some sort this year. [Orlando Sentinel] More »

The BCS Tries To Manufacture A Little Drama (UPDATE)

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST

We're about an hour away from the BCS selection show. Is there any chance the national title game will feature anyone other than Alabama or Texas? More »

BCS Chaos Is The Buzzword Of The Weekend

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:45:00 EST

To those of you rooting for the BCS to embarrass itself on a national stage last night, take heart: we are left with the least desirable national championship matchup imaginable. More »

Ari Fleischer Has Settled Nicely Into His Job Of Spinning Wildly Unpopular Ideas

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:15:46 EST

The former Bush factotum and current BCS shill discusses the playoff "scheme" with Bryan Curtis: "It's like saying we should get rid of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and hold smaller parades all across America." [The Daily Beast] More »

So Easy, A Canadian Could Do It

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST

Hey, look at that! Canada's universities held a real, honest-to-god college football playoff (43 years running), and the world didn't end. And nobody's bemoaning the lack of a San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. [Photo: Tyler Ball/The Queen's Journal] More »

BCS Is The Perfect System, Says BCS Website

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST

Listen up, dummy. You probably think the BCS is a terrible way to determine a football champion, but that's because you're a moron. Your stupid playoff ideas are stupid and I know this because I read it on the INTERNET! More »

The BCS Has Its Day In Court Of Public Opinion

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

The BCS hired a new PR firm, and their first move was to create an official BCS Twitter. This is one case where interacting with the fans is a bad idea, and they are being torn apart. It's gruesome. [@insidethebcs] More »

Forget Strength Of Schedule; Look At This Snazzy Press Release!

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST

The WAC hired a PR firm to convince voters than an undefeated Broncos team would be deserving of a BCS bowl. Okay, but I'm not going on a junket to Boise. [ESPN via Midwest Sports Fans] More »

Did Lou Holtz Just Say That Notre Dame Will Play For The BCS Title?

Dashiell Bennett — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Yes. Yes, he did. He doesn't think they are the second-best team in the country, but they have the "best chance" to run the table and face Florida for all the marbles. The infuriating part is that he's right. More »