Here's my college football playoff system:
Let's use the BCS system to rank the top 12 teams.
Teams ranked 1 through 4 get a bye week the first weekend.
The remaining eight teams play four games: No. 5 vs. No. 12; No. 6 vs. No. 11; No. 7 vs. No. 10; and No. 8 vs. No. 9
For the second weekend, you take the winners of those four games and re-seed, with No. 1 facing the lowest seed, No. 2 the next lowest, etc.
For the third weekend, you have the semifinals.
Final weekend, championship game.
You might have to shorten the regular season so it ends by the first week of December. The playoffs run from early December, finishing up New Year's Day, or right around then. How exciting would that be?
November 2008 Archives
Sports fans have their own views on politics. I'm wondering where the sports fanatics stand. Place your unofficial vote here.
Looking for predictions on Friday's Moore League "showdown" between Poly and Compton. I put "showdown" in quotes because every year it seems there is some school that emerges and thinks it has a chance against Poly, and then every year, it loses. Granted, there have been some relatively close games in recent years, but no victories over Poly.
Honestly, when you win 45-0, and your coach is disappointed in your performance, as Poly coach Raul Lara was after last Friday's win over Cabrillo, you know you're dealing with a powerhouse. Since I'm a gambler (legally, of course), I'm going to put a pointspread on the game and you can "place your bet." Here it is:
Compton (+8 1/2) at Poly.
Does anybody have any idea why Bryshon Nellum was shot? Was it the neighborhood he was in? Does he have enemies in LA? Why would such a good kid get shot?
