Why do we limit it to the ACC-Big 10 Challenge?
913617
yea im a IU fan and we always get beat by duke in that thing..but i think theres gonna be a Big East Sec challenege next year
1022386
maybe adding 3 or 4 play-in games would be ok\nother than that, no, the bball season lasts too long already\n128 teams wouldn't fit on a bracket page anyway
273672
Teams are seeded based on their conference records. Then they compete to see who is the best of all the teams in a tournament. The winner is automatically chosen for the NCAA tournament.  In other words if a team is not having a great season, they can still win their conference tourney and make the Big Dance! Arkansas did that a few years ago. They had a terrible year, but they won four straight games and made it. WOW!! :)
1088004
It's all about the mighty dollar. Television crews have to set up their equipment and the stations advertise. College athletic programs depend on dollars generated from the football team and athletic directors are always looking to bolster their exposure by scheduling the big name teams. With the success of the USC, Miami, Ohio State, Texas, Notre Dame and few I've left out, every team in America is looking to schedule a game with them. So by signing contracts well in advance with these well known teams, a smaller school can lock into a non-conference game and get much needed exposure even if the scoreboard isn't a close contest. But just think of the headlines and publicity if a smaller school like Boise State or Fresno State can knock off one of the big boys? Last year's USC vs Fresno State game was a great battle.
896740
Sounds good to me. Or to appease the NCAA buttheads that created the BCS, use the BCS to rank teams based on their record against strength of schedule. This way, only the best of the best make the playoff and the other bowls wouldn't be screwed out of their tie-ins with the conferences unless those tie-ins belonged to teams who finished in the top 16.
954940
Frankly I agree that the 32 team number is great.  At fifty years old I remember when there were half that number.  I would, however, move teams.  The southeast has far too many teams in the conferences.  With the large NCAA and NASCAR schedules move one of the Florida teams to Nebraska or Oklahoma.  I would then move the NO Saints to Arizona, and Arizona to NO.  Neither owner deserves a team.  Bidwell can't do anything right and Benton is a disgrace.  Notice Benton's been so quiet since his problem plagued city sold-out his stadium?  If they want to own them, fine, make them move them!!
378060
no. the violation has to be pretty bad to do that and the burden of proof strong.\n\nand its a bcs champtionship. college football is the only collegiate sport that doenst have a national champion because the bowls are greedy and too short sighted to have a playoff!
980662
The SEC is the best and toughest conference to play in. The problem with the Sec is that the teams keep knocking each other out. Michigan is a joke...Ohio state is a joke...and I don't think that Ohio State will win the National Championship this year. Arkansas is on a roll and I believe they will win out after I watched them play against Tennessee. There is no way these Big East and Big Ten schools can go undefeated in the SEC year in and year out.
831811
Because the crosstown or intrastate games would make for the best rivalries. You always want your biggest rival to be the last game, because you will be most prepared, and it may save an otherwise disappointing season. You also have the entire off season for bragging rights and recruiting.
969761
I think its hard to pick just 2 teams to play for the national title as plenty of worthy teams are going to get squeezed out of an opportunity to play.
214865
It is almost impossible, but it is, but not many would do it, but probably has happen once at least. With all the upsets like #15 maybe winning like Winthrop almost did yesterday, be hard. 16 games were yesterday and I got only 1 wrong, which is still not bad at all. 2 years in a row that Syracuse messed up my bracket by losing in the first round.
972287
As far as Wisconsin getting to the Rose Bowl, it is not possible because a conference can only have 2 teams in the BCS.  I'm not sure what they would do if Michigan were to beat OSU in the champioship game, but i don't think we'll have to worry about that.
760478
It all has to do with the confidence the coaches have in your team beating your opponents.  Louisville lost a lot of confidence when they lost to Rutgers (c'mon - it's Rutgers!).  They lost - rather handily - to an unranked team.  And the ranked teams they DID beat wasn't by much.  The ones voting on their ranking felt there were 10 other teams that were doing better with their schedules than they were.  That is all.  If rankings depended on who you beat, Rutgers would be #3, wouldn't they?
732016
there are so many colleges that they need to break it out.  Plus theres a lot of money to be made playing in a good conference\nb
737829
It is a combo of both. You cannot put up average numbers for the best team in the country and expect to win the Heisman. On the other hand you cannot expect to play a schedule that does not include a team in the top 40 and put up record numbers either. I think the most important thing is how the school markets you, big performances in games that mean a lot to your season especially against good teams, TV time-more specifically prime time when the most people that have votes can watch you, and yes it is true-playing for a big time program automatically gives you an edge in the voting.  To be in a smaller program in a much less respected conference means you have to have some eyepopping numbers and it wouldnt hurt if you played both ways or had a significant role in special teams. I do agree that Brennan needs more attention than he is getting now, but plays in the wrong time zone against teams that are not gonna allow him to win it all. But, hey dont feel bad for Colt, he will be playing on Sundays soon enough making the big bucks and he will slip far enough that he will be on a good team instead of a really bad team right off the bat.
26256
It is a restriction imposed for several reasons.\n\n(1) Incentive to reach higher levels.\n(2) Stops (excessive) spamming by users.\n(3) Makes each post seem that bit more valuable making  users only post when their answer is quality.\n(4) Stops users rising up the levels too quickly.\n\nI think it is a good thing overall.
935
It's all about reputation. Not that Coach K isn't a good coach, and not that he doesn't have good players, but picking a preseason number 1 is all about hype. Duke generates some of the best hype in the country, thanks to a bunch of ACC-biased commentators. Also, there can only be one winner, and it's not always the best team that wins. Sometimes, it's just the one who doesn't hit a cold streak in March.