Sec West Dominance Case Study

With younger colleges, emerges new sports programs, like the University of South Alabama (USA), a Division I, Sunbelt football team that started in 2005. As a

Alabama has had success of recruiting players, for example some of the Hall of Famers Ozzie Newsome, Joe Namath, and Derrick Thomas (Heos p.25). They have had some other players that are not yet Hall of Famers Julio Jones and Amari Cooper (Heos p.32). The reason most of these top players they getting to go to their school is because look at how they have had. They have won the most Championships and some of the best coaches (Maisel p.1). They have also had some of the best players have played there and went into the NFL (Heos 1). This year Alabama has had the top-rated recruiting class for the past five seasons, according to 247Sports Composite rankings (Burnett p.1). Alabama is currently credited with nine commits (five four-stars and four three-star prospects), according to 247Sports Composite rankings (Barnett 1). They have just got the second best player in the ESPN top 300 that is number 1 Running backs. It is also a good school for players to be looked at by NFL coaches (Heos 1). In 2011 Hoes stated “That Alabama had sent 39 players to the NFL. That is why Alabama has had success in recruiting some of the top players in the

To the majority of America, Auburn University Football is just a sport. To the thousands of Auburn Tigers fans worldwide, it is so much more than that. Tim Stanfield describes it as “…more than a game…it’s a passion” (Stanfield et al. 61). The culture surrounding Auburn Tigers football is a family and tight-knit community. As Pat Dye, past coach of the Auburn Tigers puts it, “We are close here, and that is part of what it means to be a Tiger” (Glier xii). There are generations of Tigers fans, “family” traditions, and the support and encouragement of a family behind every Tiger out there playing. To be a

My side is Auburn, your side may be ‘Bama, but let me ask you this, what’s more important, statistics and championships, or close friendships and having the most fun possible while getting great grades? To me statics are important but friends and family are more important. That’s why I’m Auburn.

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.

So the stakes are high in competition with all the universities. Fresno State has made several runs in NCAA tournaments, but only baseball and basketball have been crowned champions. Fresno sports have been ranked Division 1 as well as Santa Clara University and University of Washington.

Today, African American athletes play a strong and predominant role in the football program at the university however, this was not always the case. Less than fifty years ago, the Ole Miss football program was just as segregated as it had been in its early days. As a whole, the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA was the last to instrgarate black athletes with the current white ones (Paul 297, 284). Of the ten teams in the conference at the time, the University of Mississippi was the last to integrate (Paul 287). This integration of the team took place ten years after the University itself was integrated. Not only did the school refuse to integrate until years after other teams had already done so but,

Regardless of rankings, each of the 64 teams are starting with zero losses. After all is said and done, the Michigan State Spartans looked like the best team in the country by seasons end. However, the truth about the best team will not be known until the final game concludes on April

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

Known as the Wolfpack, North Carolina State University has competed at the highest level of college athletics, winning two NCAA national championships, two AIAW titles and four other national championships. NC State competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports, and is a founding member and competitor in one of the nation’s premier leagues, the Atlantic Coast

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

This is one area that is frequently disputed. Occasionally, when a small conference school has a remarkable season, but lose in their conference tournament, that school will bump a major or mid-major school from consideration.

By 2014 the SEC Network aired on TV resulting in over 10 million viewers. Once Texas A&M and Mizzou were added into the SEC conference 10,000 homes tuned in to the SEC Network making it the most successful network in cable history, not just sports networks, Slive said. The SEC Network is now in 70 million

From the first two national champions, Rutgers and Princeton, to last year’s debateable Auburn national championship winning team, college football has always had difficulties deciding national champions. The BCS National Championship game was thought to give a less prejudice opinion on which teams play in the championship game than humans did. However, it has stimulated more controversy in college sports than Cal-Stanford “The Play.” The problem with the BCS teams is, it chooses two teams that are based on profit, popularity, and record. The BCS is in need of replacement by a playoff system because with a playoff system college football teams have more of an opportunity to show themselves.