NCAA Basketball Vs. Football

[Rabid Cougar]

Why is it REAL cool to have midmajor conference 12s and 13s seeds take down 1's and 3's in the basketball tournement but they are never given the chance in football.

Its like there are two different organizations running the show.

[bobcat4life]

Football is a different animal. Its much more physical. The smaller schools have almost zero chance of competing in football. In basketball, a team can have a great night shooting and play great defense and pull off an upset. In football, its hard to compensate for 50 pound differences in the trenches and slower players. Major conference teams play patsies all the time early in the year and its almost always over by the 2nd possession. Its a completely different scene.

[Old Tiger]

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[RoyceTTU]

Originally posted by Rabid Cougar
Why is it REAL cool to have midmajor conference 12s and 13s seeds take down 1's and 3's in the basketball tournement but they are never given the chance in football.

Its like there are two different organizations running the show.

Different organizations do run the show. You don't see bcs in basketball. The way bcs is designed, you can't afford to schedule too many mid level games because your strength of schedule would be too low and you don't have many games to waste. The small guys no matter how good they might be cannot get into the top 10.

[Rabid Cougar]

So that is why Appalachian State cannot beat Michigan, Arkansas State cannot beat Texas A&M, TCU cannot beat Wisconsin?

It is because the Major Conferences and Bowl organizers don't want to give the mid majors a chance... it is about money.

[BEAST]

Originally posted by Rabid Cougar
So that is why Appalachian State cannot beat Michigan, Arkansas State cannot beat Texas A&M, TCU cannot beat Wisconsin?

It is because the Major Conferences and Bowl organizers don't want to give the mid majors a chance... it is about money.


TCU did beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.




BEAST

[Rabid Cougar]

As did Appalachian State beat Michigan and Arkansas St. beat A&M. The big dogs can be taken down in football too!

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by Rabid Cougar
So that is why Appalachian State cannot beat Michigan, Arkansas State cannot beat Texas A&M, TCU cannot beat Wisconsin?

It is because the Major Conferences and Bowl organizers don't want to give the mid majors a chance... it is about money.
It's sad they don't realize that a football tournament would easily surpass march madness as the premiere college event.

[bobcat1]

Originally posted by Emerson1
It's sad they don't realize that a football tournament would easily surpass march madness as the premiere college event. +1 I actually agreed with Emerson on something!;)

[Old Tiger]

Big schools and conferences are scared they will lose money.