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Alabama has had success in the there football program. Alabama has had some of the best coaches in College football history like Bear Bryant (Hoes 7). They have also won 17 National Championships (Heos 7). They have also had the best recruiting, for example they have drafted legends like Ozzie Newsome and Joe Namath (Heos 25).

The playoff system should give every school in division 1 opportunity to earn a chance to make it in the playoff picture, all 11 conferences in the FBS. Since the BCS conference automatically qualifies for BCS bowl games, power five conferences will only play for New Year's bowl game.

Being in the middle of high school, I am thinking about my future more than ever now. I have made mostly A’s and B’s all of my life, so I will probably have the chance to go to a good college if I choose to do so. This decision will be one of the biggest decisions of my life, and I will need to put much thought and research into this decision. Early in my life, I began going to Clemson University football, baseball, and soccer games. For this reason, I am now a big Clemson fan, and I hope to go there for my college career. Another college I am interested in is Furman University. I have grown up most of my life living on the outskirts of Furman, and I have also been to many sports

The turmoil at Florida after Urban Myer left, the chaos that has been Tennessee, which has only recently been calmed by the inception of Butch Jones or the consistent underperformance of Mark Richt coached Georgia teams. However, although coaching is a factor, perhaps the true reason lies with recruiting. It stands to reason that the better players on the field will win. Yes, we all know of the team that overperforms. They play above their ability. In most cases though, when lined up across from each other on the line of scrimmage, the best player will win. This year, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are all boasting top 10 recruiting classes, although Tennessee might be just outside. However, they have had two top 10 classes in recent years. Better players, an upgrade in coaches and a desire to regain dominance or at least relevance in their own conference is why this might be the SEC east’s

Imagine a world where The College Football Playoffs were so intense it would have everyone on their toes in excitement. It would brighten everyone's day to be able to come home and host a friendly party for these big games. Therefore College Football Playoffs are a very well-liked new system. The College Football Playoffs is a bracket of four teams to decide who is the best college football team. This system replaced a computer poll that pick the top two teams of college football and had them play together for the championship. The College Football Playoffs started in the 2014 season and has not been around for too long. It was Larry Culpeper's idea to put four teams into a bracket and play as if it was a tournament( Oster). This however has its weaknesses. Adding these extra post season games

The Bowl Championship Series has worked for years. The overall effectiveness of the Bowl Championship Series shows when you look at its track record. The Bowl Championship Series consistently puts the top two college football teams from the regular season against each other. With a playoffs, it is a shot in the dark. A playoff rewards teams that do well in the post season rather than the regular season. So in essence, it is taking away from the importance of the regular season. The excitement of the college football regular season is unparalleled. Because every professional sport and every other collegiate sport uses a playoff system to determine it’s champion, the

When looking at NCAA division programs, one will notice different factors that make it that type of division. These factors all have to be considered when an athletic administrator is looking to move their program up or down in divisions. These decisions are crucial to the university because the outcome can have a positive or negative effect on more than just the athletic staff. One thing an administrator needs to look at is the athletic competition for that university. This is important, because you want to be able to compete at that type of level. You don’t want to waste time and money on a team that can’t compete at the division’s level. Another factor you have to look at is the amount of people. This is important because you need the right amount of staff and people in general to help the program function, whether that be coaches, game-day operators, or fans bringing in revenue. Money is another factor; without money the program won’t survive. Without money, the programs won’t have the means to succeed.

The whole conference realignments were mainly about business. Schools joining the most popular conferences to enhance their brand, so they could recruit better players. Yet, they win more games, and receive better T.V deals. The T.V exposure brings a lot more exposure to their Universities that will also benefit through student enrollment. If college sports were not a business, Louisville would have stayed right in the Big East and the ACC would have been content with their top football teams in their conference leaving and finding another

I thrive in smaller, yet motivated, environments where I am given the opportunity to reach my full potential, which is why I believe TCU would be a perfect fit for me. I am excited by the reputation of passionate and dedicated professors at TCU. I know that my professors at TCU will give their full attention to me and support me whether it be academically or in everyday life. Additionally, I find the TCU spirit captivating. I hope to try out for the TCU Show Girls if I have the honor of becoming a TCU Horned Frog.

Texas A&M and the University of Missouri were members of the Big 12 conference before joining the SEC in 2012.

The “contradiction at the heart of big-time college football,” as Michael Oriard describes it, is the competing demands of marketing and education. The 1890s proved to university administrators that there was an enormous market for collegiate football, which postulated opportunities for university building. Since this ubiquitous realization, there has coincided this blatant, yet unchanging contradiction that academic institutions are permitted to profit off of the services provided by its student-athletes while the athletes must idly accept that they are amateurs, donating their efforts to their respective schools. The schools then direct this revenue toward strengthening their athletic departments, and thus continues this seemingly endless growth of big-time college sports, all while athletes remain uncompensated and academics continue to take a backseat.

Five games, in-conference or not, is a slap on the wrist, especially for a program like Louisville. The Cardinals aren’t some bottom-feeder program. They are a blue-blood. A member of the upper-echelon of the sport. The sort that can easily afford a few missteps each regular season, as it is not as if Louisville will be fighting like hell to get off the bubble in March.

There is more to look at when a team loses other than just they lost, who they lose to, how much did they lose by, and when in the season did they lose. Ohio State lost two games one against a high-ranking opponent in September and one against a smaller not ranked team early in November. Alabama lost to one high ranking team late in November when teams need to win and lost to a team they were favored to beat. Even though Ohio State lost twice and once to an unranked opponent it was still early in the season while as Alabama lost very late into the season when teams need to

Article goes into depth about the disruption of the existing conference alignment which created a non-public Football Conference. This will essentially change the format of the New Jersey State Football Interscholastic Athletic Association. Having the opportunity to increase the chance of playing higher-profile games within the conference team and the ability to gain out if state competition. Although the change would cause many issues throughout the football system, the benefits of the recruiting athletes and transferring rules play a significant part in the process in figuring out the non-football conference format.

Southwestern University: F The recent success of Southwestern University’s football program is causing SWU’s president, Joel Wisner, more problems than he faced during the team’s losing era in the early 1990s. For one thing, increasing game-day attendance is squeezing the town of Stephenville, Texas and the campus. Complaints are arising over parking, seating, concession prices, and even a shortage of programs at some games. Dr. Wisner, once again, turns to his stadium manager, Hank Maddux. This time, he needs a guaranteed revenue stream to help fuel the stadium expansion. One source of income could easily be the high-profit game programs. Selling for $6 each, programs are a tricky business. Under substantial pressure from