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if BYU were to join the Pac 10 next year, I doubt BlueK would be up in arms about calling Marshall a mid-major team.
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Your BCS feedback is obviously biased against my mid-major status.
Of all the feedback I have on my profile, the only negative ones are from you and Archaea. I'm just as good as both of you. I deserve a chance.
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I would still think the BCS is stupid. I mean, seriously, what other league college or pro determines a champion in such an idiotic way? Ask fans of any team, BCS, or not, if the BCS makes any sense and 90% would rather have a playoff.
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Regardless of the scenario, it doesnt change the fact that these mid-major conferences will never be looked at as being on equal ground with the majors/BCS/whatever you want to call them. if we went to a playoff format, you think all of a sudden Big 12 fans are going to say, "whoa....the MWC conference....they are as good as we are! Look at their recruits, their conference schedule, etc!"
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IMO, the problem here lies with pride.
The Baylors of D1 CFB get lumped in with the "BCS" title that rightly belongs to the 20-or-so EXCELLENT programs in the country. Meanwhile, the "mid-major" title gets applied to BYU, which gets lumped in with the SDSU's of D1 CFB. Personally, I don't think "Quality of program" really matches up all that well with the BCS conference lines. For example, I think Utah & BYU belong in probably the third tier of programs (the top two being the 5-10 "ELITE" schools like USC, followed by the dozen-or-so "VERY GOOD" programs that consistently put together national-title-type teams). BYU is, IMO, probably one of the top-35 programs over the last 30 years. I don't think any other mid-major is in that group.
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this thread is way longer than it ever deserved. Please let it die.
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