tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post1861472686082038702..comments2023-10-14T05:50:09.559-04:00Comments on Saurian Sagacity: The Official Blog for Inquisitive Florida Gators Fans: Saurian MailbagHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-67221656477792590522007-01-08T15:47:00.000-05:002007-01-08T15:47:00.000-05:00Henry, your point about additional conference game...Henry, your point about additional conference games would seem to be refuted by the PAC-10 schedule for '07. It's clearly more difficult than the SEC's.<br /><br />I wasn't taking a shot at UF with my 1-AA reference - that would be hard for me to do since the Gators and Dawgs flip the same 1-AA opponents in '06 and '07. I don't like any D-1 school playing those games.<br /><br />As for your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-730836529639335152007-01-08T14:19:00.000-05:002007-01-08T14:19:00.000-05:00I don't see how playing an additional conference g...I don't see how playing an additional conference games helps the situation at all. In fact it's been the increase of conference games from 6 to 7 and then from 7 to 8 that caused Miami to be dropped from UF's regular schedule. The conference games you have the less incentive you have to play tough out of conference games because of the economics I outlined above.<br /><br />As far as 1AA, againHenry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-43320152735852542462007-01-08T06:40:00.000-05:002007-01-08T06:40:00.000-05:00If "meaningful intersection play" is your goal, wh...If "meaningful intersection play" is your goal, why do you need playoffs to accomplish that?<br /><br />One quick way I can think of to help achieve that during the regular season would be to no longer permit 1-AA games to count towards a school's bowl eligibility.<br /><br />Another would be to follow the PAC-10's lead and mandate that all conferences require their member schools to play nine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-80006471002123652022007-01-07T18:01:00.000-05:002007-01-07T18:01:00.000-05:00That's my whole point. A playoff would compel mea...That's my whole point. A playoff would compel meaningful intersectional play like we've never seen before. As great as college football is now with its regional rivalries etc, it's not as great as it could be if you had teams from different regions, with different styles duking it out for something more important than say the sugar bowl trophy.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-78692210605966858042007-01-07T11:02:00.000-05:002007-01-07T11:02:00.000-05:00Because you are looking at the glass half full. T...Because you are looking at the glass half full. The Gators would take 8 home games (out of 12) every year if they could get away with it. Anything less (as is the case when we play FSU on the road) is revenue lost. They lose a home game every other year. What you are suggesting is lose a home game every year. Let's be real, you know that the football program is responsible not only for Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1617562566415388742007-01-07T10:00:00.000-05:002007-01-07T10:00:00.000-05:00Yes there will always be controversy about who mak...Yes there will always be controversy about who makes the tourney or not. But you have to admit that an 8 team tourney right now is more likely to contain the best team in America than the current 2-team format.<br /><br />And it's a big stretch from an 8 or 16 team tourney to a 64 team tourney. <br /><br />You're right we're gonna have to agree to disagree.<br /><br />And Mike, the reason teamsHenry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-78782834991901235222007-01-07T09:25:00.000-05:002007-01-07T09:25:00.000-05:00Henry, I think this is one of those "agree to disa...Henry, I think this is one of those "agree to disagree" discussions that we're not going to resolve.<br /><br />But I do want to make two points in response to your post.<br /><br />First, with regard to the regular season as a "means to an end", you're right that every team begins a season with a goal or goals. That wasn't my point. Florida played in the SECCG this year as an organic part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-16093822342135436952007-01-07T00:36:00.000-05:002007-01-07T00:36:00.000-05:00Sorry, but I have disagree vehemently. You say th...Sorry, but I have disagree vehemently. You say there would have been nothing at stake in the OSU/UM game. Like I said in the post, I think you are wrong. For one thing the Big 10 title would still have been at stake. For another, playoff seeding. But even if you don't buy that, then you could make it so that your rivalry games are played earlier in the season. <br /><br />In high school youHenry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-4009640312947820752007-01-06T23:15:00.000-05:002007-01-06T23:15:00.000-05:00I don't know if I want playoffs. One of the big a...I don't know if I want playoffs. One of the big attractions of college football is that it is a very regional game, with strong regional ties, rivalries, and loyalties that professional sports cannot emulate. This entire thing about crowning a national champion is overblown; I will be happy if the Gators win on Monday, but, even if we don't, I'm still pleased that we are undoubtedly the best Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com