Delany knows playoff would be a win for the Big...

So now its the weather that keeps Big 10 teams from competing against SEC teams? Delany thinks that a Big 10 team leaving the snow and the single digit temperatures of the northeast to play in the dry climate controlled setting of a dome is a disadvantage for a Big 10 team? What will his excuse be if Alabama or LSU goes to East Lansing and wins a game in 4 inches of snow and 28 degree weather? His thought process is "Well we're not good enough to compete when the environment is perfect for football, so maybe our lack of competition will not be such an issue if everyone on the field is too cold and wet to perform?

So now its the weather that keeps Big 10 teams from competing against SEC teams? Delany thinks that a Big 10 team leaving the snow and the single digit temperatures of the northeast to play in the dry climate controlled setting of a dome is a disadvantage for a Big 10 team? What will his excuse be if Alabama or LSU goes to East Lansing and wins a game in 4 inches of snow and 28 degree weather? His thought process is "Well we're not good enough to compete when the environment is perfect for football, so maybe our lack of competition will not be such an issue if everyone on the field is too cold and wet to perform?  

   

Please cut and paste Delany's comments/quotes from the article?   


The article is dudd's opinion on what HE thinks this means.   


Scared to roll into the Big House or Camp Randall in late December to play football?   












                   

Actually, if you read the article....it's the writers opinion, not the B1G's. The only thing the B1G is on record for is the commissioner saying he'd support a plus one. The article was written by a guy with an opinion in order to elicit responses like yours and mine. Two truisms in the article IMHO. Without getting into the 'why' ....it's a generally accepted fact that with few exceptions, the SEC does not travel outside of the southeast too often. Also kind of a reality that adverse weather has on occasion had a dramatic effect on the outcome of football games.

Im an Alabama fan. We are the top program in the country. We're not afraid to play anybody, anywhere. This year we went to College Station to play Penn St. We played LSU for the national title in their own back yard. We played Texas for the title in Pasadena. We'll beat you at our place, and we'll beat you at your place. Doesnt matter to us.

Also cant wait for the game in Cowboys Stadium with Michigan to start the year. Hopefully it will be a good one.

Delany is so full of crap it isn't even funny.  The dude has been doing everything in his power to kill a playoff since day one, and now he offers mere lip service to entertaining one.  This guy can't stand anything being deciced on the field.  Currently bowl games aren't played up in the wastelands - why would playoff games be played there?  The South also draws better - always.

As an LSU fan, we have the top program in the country.  We won the most games, beat the best teams, and split with Bama without even playing them at home.  Just like we beat Bama in Bama, we aren't scared to play anyone anywhere, which is why we travel more than most any other BCS school.

As much as I hate to give any creedence to what Delany says, I'd have to agree here. Football is a game designed for play in the outdoors and the elements, not for an indoor track meet. It is a disadvantage to play in 75 degrees against teams that are designed to play in that climate. Conversely, 6 foot 6" wide receivers with blistering speed on a carpet are not very useful in the slop since they rarely can block. Smurfs in the secondary are also glaring weaknesses against I formations in the cold because they can't wrap up their tackles. "Athletes" as QBs who are limited to pocket passing are rarely newsworthy.

So put half of the bowl games or playoff games and then lets measure who produces what. Until that time, the SEC will reign supreme year after year. Of course this puts the ACC in very poor light, particularly given their recent bowl history.

The South also draws better - always

Always? The Super Bowl seems to do pretty well up north or down south.  So I think your Always is a bit off.

USC fan here. USC has beaten SEC teams handidly the past decade when they had the courage to actually schedule them. If and when one of the top SEC teams actually plays SC and wins, I will eat crow. Until then, you can't claim to be the best in the country just yet. And, don't feed me the Reggie Bush fiasco, what he did off the field did not impact what they accomplished on the field.

If LSU is the top program in the country, then what does that make the program who kept you from crossing midfield for 3 1/2 quarters in the national title game in your own state? For the month leading up to the game, all anyone would say is that playing LSU in New Orleans was just as difficult as playing them in Baton Rouge. Then Alabama came out and dominated the tigers in every aspect of the game, to win their second BCS title in 3 years. Alabama sits alone atop college football. To say otherwise is just sour grapes. 

I have always said northern teams are at a disadvantage when it comes to playing bowl games. The majority of the games are played down south and out west. The players up north have been practicing/training in cold weather for six to eight weeks and then they fly to warm weather for a few days to play a game. There bodies have to adjust to the heat quickly. Wouldn't it be great to see Alabama come up to Michigan on January 1st to play a playoff game, or LSU playing at OSU. The games would be great!

As long as your coach is Lane Kiffen and you seem to lose to an Arizona St or Oregon St every year, you dont get to even talk at the grown ups table. USC has been an also ran since their vacated AP title in 2004. Its been 8 long years since USC was relevent in college football. Maybe theyll go all the way this year (although I doubt it. As long as Lane Kiffen is your coach, I wouldnt plan on competing much). Plus, after next season, we will begin to see the effects of the sanctions and the scholarship limitations. It absolutely kills your depth. Trust me, as an Alabama fan, I saw it first hand a few years ago. Once it was all over with, it took a coach of Saban caliber to bring us back out of it. Until the sanctions are lifted and USC can hire someone whos not a clown to lead them forward, I wouldnt count on much out of the boys from Troy.

Currently bowl games aren't played up in the wastelands - why would playoff games be played there?  The South also draws better - always.    

The discussion is playoffs (or +1 if you will).   

What should the primary factor be when implementing a playoff (or any other championship producing mechanism)?


Should it be 

    a.  Determining a Champion?


or 


    b.  Making the most money?

Which one of those options should be the priority?


If it is crowning a champ, then they can play the game in my backyard.  if it's about money first then...   Well we all know what the answer is.


As far as lip service, I guess you  missed the part where it is actually up to the schools in the conference not him to decide.   Odd though, Slive seems to no be backing off his playoff/plus 1 stance a little now.   Wonder why that is?   Could it be the BCS now favors the SEC unlike before when he first brought it up?    Guess you can't/won't acknowledge that.   
                    

Im an Alabama fan. We are the top program in the country. We're not afraid to play anybody, anywhere. This year we went to College Station to play Penn St. We played LSU for the national title in their own back yard. We played Texas for the title in Pasadena. We'll beat you at our place, and we'll beat you at your place. Doesnt matter to us.

You fail. Learn something about football, then you may re-enter the discussion. Now, get back over to the kids' table and eat your brussel sprouts.

Please tell me which SEC teams DON'T play outdoors and in the elements. I don't believe there is a single SEC campus stadium that is domed or has artificial turf. Sure, they retreat indoors to the Georgia Dome for the SEC Championship game. Kind of like the way the Big Ten retrated inside in Indy this year.

How odd that anyone would think that a CFB playoff would not "draw" up north.  A three-letter rebuttal should suffice: NFL.

Okay, so now that that's taken care of, isn't it also strange that the SAME people who say they would play "anytime anywhere" with their very next breath giving excuses for why playoffs shouldn't play up north in December and January.

Sounds suspiciously as though a certain region of the country is a little scared of giving up their perpetual locational bowl advantage.

State College. My bad.

I would go back to the kids table, but Im afraid someone will come over there and try to molest me. Dont act like Penntophile State is anywhere near the top of college football. Hell, you aint anywhere near the middle. Try to keep away from the young naked boys. Alabama came up to your house and gave JoePa the last ass whipping he ever got, until, you know, the whole cancer thing. 

As much as I hate to give any creedence to what Delany says, I'd have to agree here. Football is a game designed for play in the outdoors and the elements, not for an indoor track meet. It is a disadvantage to play in 75 degrees against teams that are designed to play in that climate. Conversely, 6 foot 6" wide receivers with blistering speed on a carpet are not very useful in the slop since they rarely can block. Smurfs in the secondary are also glaring weaknesses against I formations in the cold because they can't wrap up their tackles. "Athletes" as QBs who are limited to pocket passing are rarely newsworthy.

Has anyone watched Alabama or LSU play football????

You guys are saying come play us in the cold. Ok, how does this hurt what Bama or LSU do to other teams? Alabama pounds the ball with the run game and hits you with play action on offense as does LSU. Alabama doesn't run a defense based on gimmicks and smoke and mirrors, they line up and say run it at us. It is the SAME type football the Big 10 plays, the SEC is just bigger, faster, and stronger than the Big 10. Bama and LSU don't run the spread, you'll see more 2 TE formations out of both these teams than you'll see 3 WR sets.

So Big 10ers are saying we only know how to play football in the cold, it's the only time we can be the best???? I could see the 1990's Florida teams having problems playing in the cold but I'm sorry I just don't see an advantage for the Big 10 because of cold weather over Alabama or LSU.

It's football and usually the team with the best athletes win. It just so happens that the athletes overall are in the SEC currently. Eventually it'll shift. It always does.  

The South also draws better - always

That's odd. Anytime Michigan is playing at home in Ann Arbor, there isn't a larger attendance in the nation. When you outdraw Michigan in attendance let us know. Until then, your comment fails.