FC: National Championship game ratings down 15% from last year...

[GregInPitt]

I watch no games but ours and that is only out of loyalty. If I want to follow the activities of a corrupt organization like the NCAA, I would rather it be politics where the stakes are higher.

Well summarized.

I watched Gone in 60 Seconds instead. And that came in handy today when Reeder transferred to be with his brother and I could summarize the reason as "A brother's love, is a brother's love"

 

[ILLINOISLION]

True--but I have other things in life than college football these days. Still, kinda sad I missed it from all the reports on the radio this morning.

SO - How was The Bachelor?

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I think the game happens too late in the season. By Jan 11, everyone is at least a week removed from paying attention to college football because their season is over, except for the 2 remaining teams. I think the NCAA might benefit from moving the semifinals to earlier in the bowl season, and moving the final to sometime closer to Jan 1. I pretty much stop getting excited for games after the Jan 1 bowl games. Obviously if I were a Bama or Clemson fan it would be different, but for the casual fan waiting an extra 10+ days (far more days if your team isn't in a bowl, or plays an early one), is just too much time to sustain interest unless you have a personal stake in the game.

Even more ridiculous is a FEBRUARY 7 date for the Super Bowl.....having a bye week after the conference championships is absurd.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Because he makes the rules.

The best thing about this sig pic is that she's looking at a picture of herself. Yes, I enlarged the photo - why do you ask?

 

[RTLH]

Even more ridiculous is a FEBRUARY 7 date for the Super Bowl.....having a bye week after the conference championships is absurd.

If Goodall has his way even more get ready for the Superbowl the end of February.
He desperately wants an 18 game schedule with an additional bye week.

 

[john4psu]

The game just appealed to SEC fans. I look at Clemson as a pseudo-SEC team. I bet there was low interest for this game for anyone west of the Mississippi or north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Clemson ought to consider moving to the SEC. They are too good for the putrid ACC.

I like Clemson in the ACC. With them, FSU, and with Richt at the U, it assures Pitt will never win the ACC. They couldn't win a decimated Big Least conference without the U or VT.

 

[john4psu]

Maybe that's my problem. At one time I was a football fan. Now I am just a Penn State football fan. If I had been given 2 free tickets to the game on the 50, I would given them away. When I look back on all the Toledo/Bowling Green, or Kansas/Missouri type games I watched over 40 years, it makes me sick. So much wasted time for what? At one time football dominated my life. No longer. That said, I don't look down my nose at those who watch as often as I once did. Life is all about choices. If someone enjoys the sport, who am I to judge?

The same could be said FairG about all the time I spent golfing. It was nice to be outdoors but what did it accomplish? We all could perhaps think of something like that. If you enjoyed it then it was for the good.

 

[fairgambit]

The same could be said FairG about all the time I spent golfing. It was nice to be outdoors but what did it accomplish? We all could perhaps think of something like that. If you enjoyed it then it was for the good.

I see a distinction john. Golfing is something you did. You played the game. You got some exercise. In watching football I did nothing. I can justify it by saying it was relaxation, and that is true in part, but it was really just a waste of time. I don't regret the Penn State games. I regret watching Syracuse play Boston College, or UCLA play Oregon. I'm at an age where, even if I live to 100, I have more years behind me than in front of me. I guess part of aging is looking back and wishing you had made better use of time. Money is important to nearly all of us, and yet on our death beds few of us will want more money. We will want more time.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

I see a distinction john. Golfing is something you did. You played the game. You got some exercise. In watching football I did nothing. I can justify it by saying it was relaxation, and that is true in part, but it was really just a waste of time. I don't regret the Penn State games. I regret watching Syracuse play Boston College, or UCLA play Oregon. I'm at an age where, even if I live to 100, I have more years behind me than in front of me. I guess part of aging is looking back and wishing you had made better use of time. Money is important to nearly all of us, and yet on our death beds few of us will want more money. We will want more time.

 

[PantherO]

I am old and 8:30 on a Monday night is too late if you don't have a dog in the fight.

I think both the Super Bowl and the College Football Championship should both fall on a Saturday.