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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Sept 22, 2019 19:15:01 GMT
I enjoy the pageantry and atmosphere of college basketball and college football over the NBA/NFL. Speaking of which, I can't watch most NCAA basketball games because of the droning sound they make every time the other team gets the ball. As well as watching players choke under pressure with awful free throw shooting. And the whole scheduling thing giving the power programs more home games than road games by paying off lesser opponents. And it's a catch to have one foot in bounds? And a shorter 3-point line? Cute. Hey, I get Cowboys-Dolphins today! Almost like Ohio State vs whoever yesterday. Than again, 20 point spreads are rare on Sundays, commonplace on Saturdays. I actually love the 1 foot inbounds rule  I think in college hoops - NCAA is thinking about (or already has) moving the 3 point line back. Don't know if it starts this season or if it's still in progress (i.e. will debut the season after)
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Post by _ on Sept 22, 2019 19:44:32 GMT
Which do you prefer and why? 
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 23, 2019 3:40:44 GMT
Pro. For every random Oregon-Alabama matchup to enjoy, the other 90% of games pretty much mean nothing to me. Including the weekly 50 point blowouts. At least with the NFL, a bad game like Jets-Raiders can still hold my attention longer. Besides, in college football, if your team loses more than once, your championship aspirations are already over - & that could be in September. I agree with you on the College Football Playoff. I'm a big believer in a Sweet 16 run from Thanksgiving until Christmas with the Championship Game being played on New Years Day. What is it about a 6-0 Raiders/Jets game in the 4th quarter that can hold your attention when you have no affiliation to either city? I get the argument can be reversed and the same can be said for two colleges playing each other that you didn't attend - but for me it's the pageantry/atmosphere - and the game being played on a smaller scale so to speak where the players aren't being paid money (well - 99% of them I'd hope) and a majority of them know they won't make it to the next level and are playing for pride, the university, themselves. It's not gonna happen. If some completely non sexy team like Baylor or Oregon State or Syracuse began running that Sweet 16 table, no one would maybe even give a fcuk before even the new year. Or worse: teams like Boise State whom everyone despises, are they really going to bring in tv numbers? Remember, this is a giant tv show at the end of the day.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Sept 23, 2019 8:28:43 GMT
I agree with you on the College Football Playoff. I'm a big believer in a Sweet 16 run from Thanksgiving until Christmas with the Championship Game being played on New Years Day. What is it about a 6-0 Raiders/Jets game in the 4th quarter that can hold your attention when you have no affiliation to either city? I get the argument can be reversed and the same can be said for two colleges playing each other that you didn't attend - but for me it's the pageantry/atmosphere - and the game being played on a smaller scale so to speak where the players aren't being paid money (well - 99% of them I'd hope) and a majority of them know they won't make it to the next level and are playing for pride, the university, themselves. It's not gonna happen. If some completely non sexy team like Baylor or Oregon State or Syracuse began running that Sweet 16 table, no one would maybe even give a fcuk before even the new year. Or worse: teams like Boise State whom everyone despises, are they really going to bring in tv numbers? Remember, this is a giant tv show at the end of the day. I completely disagree. The college football's Final 4 hasn't generated the buzz for the casual fan and the ratings haven't knocked anybody's socks off - one of the problems it's the games are centered on/around New Years Eve. Know what does generate buzz amongst the casual fan? The NCAA March Madness Tourney - where offices across the country are enamored with it even if they know nothing about hoops. As opposed to 3 games - you're going to have multiple - many on prime time from Thanksgiving until New Years. More games = more ratings = more $. It would be like the Sweet 16 in college hoops - and the tourney in general when an underdog can possibly make a run if just given the chance. The whole country would get behind 'the little guy' - it's David vs. Goliath. Remember when #16 UMBC knocked off #1 Virginia in hoops a couple of years back? If you get an underdog at #16 like a UCF vs. a #1 in Alabama around Thanksgiving- the entire country would be behind them. Kind of like that 'Sister Jean' nun at Loyola University of Chicago in hoops a couple of years back. Let's say they knock 'Bama off. Buzz generated. Story gains steam amongst the casual viewer. Let's say they knock Georgia off next - story keeps generating steam during the holiday season. Oklahoma next. Then a team like Ohio State in the Final. The buildup of each game - little guy knocking off a giant would be sick. But maybe you enjoy Clemson/Bama every year in the Final If the little guy falls - fine - at least they got a shot. Then what you have left are your Oklahomas, Ohio States, Georgia, Alabamas, LSUs, Auburns, Notre Dames, and Clemsons of the world duking it out in the final couple of rounds. Old saying in football - 'Any Given Sunday' (in this case Saturday) - i.e. anybody can knock off anybody. We've seen some crazy upsets over the years.
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