BCS Selection show.
There's a lot of money riding on the outcome of the rankings.
Moreso than who's number one, two or 10, adminstrators want to know how much money their programs will get.
Each bowl game has a different sized pot of gold.
Missouri and West Virginia threw away a lot.
Ohio State's consistency means they will get another big chunk this year = a better team the next year and more money and so on.
The figures below are from last year's games but you can get the idea of just how much money schools stand to gain lose as a result of their ranking.However, the kids that don't graduate, will lose out on much more, no?
Toyota Gator Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
International Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
GMAC Bowl Game Earnings & Graduation Rates
Outback Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
AT & T Cotton Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Capital One Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
MPC Computers Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Meineke Car Care Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Chick-fil-A Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Alamo Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Insight Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Champs Sports Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Brut Sun Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Autozone Liberty Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Texas Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Game Earnings & Graduation Rates
PetroSun Independence Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Emerald Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Motor City Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Game Earnings & Graduation Rates
Papajohns.com Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
New Mexico Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl
R & L Carriers New Orlean Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl Earnings & Graduation Rates
Which do you think is more important, how much money a team makes in a bowl game or how many of their athletes graduate?
I think the BCS process stinks. It is badly flawed and how they determine the bowl selections is a sham. How on earth could Mizzou get left out of the BCS when they were in the top 10 after playing all their games, but lost the Big 12 playoff to Oklahoma. Kansas gets selected over them, but had a terrible weak schedule and Mizzou beat them for the Big 12 North. Their has to be a better system like the I-AA or II A playoffs. But we all know money is the motivating factor here since the sponsors would lose millions. Heah just look at the graduation rates of these guys. Yeah, really! Is this a good ROI on taxpayers money when many of these guys never graduate. The get a free ride football scholarship and cant find a job when their college football career takes a dive.
Just food for thought folks. Think about it.
Posted by: roger | December 2, 2007 8:15 PM | Permalink to Comment