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Archive for the ‘Debates’ Category

July 28th, 2008

Education is Powe(r)

Three years after the 2005 prospect signed to play for Ole Miss, the wait is finally over - Jerrell Powe is finally eligible to play football.
Powe, who’s saga has shown that the NCAA is both committed to education and a stickler for rules, initially decided to play for Ole Miss coming out of high […]

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June 13th, 2008

Living Up to Daddy’s Standards

Father’s day is coming up, which got me thinking about some of the college football players who are “legacies” - their fathers played…and played well. The Mannings certainly come to mind right away and I’m looking forward to seeing Jack Elway play as ASU.
Here’s a few questions I just wanted to throw out there:
~Is […]

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May 30th, 2008

The SEC: Stuck in their Signing Ways?

This past week, the SEC head coaches (well, the majority of them anyway) proposed that an early signing day be added to the schedule, allowing prospects to sign on the Monday before the start of the contact period (Dec. 1). In effect, the proposal would have split the signing period in two, but it looks […]

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May 27th, 2008

Football Players Shouldn’t have to Work…

Today, the AP reported that Oklahoma is taking new precautions to avoid football players getting paid for work they did not do. Because of the NCAA fiasco last year, employers are now no longer allowed to have more than five players at a time working for them.
But OU ad the NCAA are missing the […]

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May 23rd, 2008

JoePa Calls Out the BCS Commissioners

People often give the Big Ten ‘tude for being old-fashioned, but at least one head coach in this conference is in favor of a playoff system.
Earlier today, Penn State’s Joe Paterno called the BCS commissioner’s reasons for saying no to a playoff “bogus.” Say JoePa, who will be turning 82 on his next […]

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May 17th, 2008

Weak Conference Links

Today, Olin Buchanan at ESPN posted a really interesting question: Which conference is really the BCS weak link? His article refers to the ACC and Big East, who’s teams have struggled to compare to those in the Pac-10, SEC, Big 12, and Big Ten.
But let’s not forget that there are quite a few other Div-I […]

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May 15th, 2008

Big Ten Recruiting Break Proposal

Earlier this week, I talked about the problem I had with spring recruiting. So, today when I read in the news that the Big Ten was proposing a new NCAA (or at least Big Ten) rule to prohibit recruiting for a two-week period, I was excited to read what they had to say.
And now […]

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April 30th, 2008

BCS Top Dogs Say No to a Playoff System

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Saying the BCS was in an “unprecedented state of health,” ACC commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday that college football will not change the way it determines its national champion as it prepares to begin negotiations for future television contracts that will probably run through the 2014 season.
“We will move forward […]

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April 26th, 2008

A Salary Debate - 2008 NFL Draft Countdown

It’s countdown time - we’re just hours before the 2008 NFL draft, and every day here at BCS Frenzy, I’ve been bringing you resources, news, and opinions as part of the draft countdown!
Note: Starting at 3, I’ll be covering the draft from start to finish!
On the (less than) 1 day before the draft, BCS Frenzy […]

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April 18th, 2008

Bowl Games: Are they Getting too Expensive for Schools to Participate?

No one is happy with the current BCS bowl system, and now there may be a new problem regarding the million lessor bowls - expensive. With travel costs on the rise and ticket rules creating problems, will schools even want to participate in bowls?
Financially, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for many teams. […]

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