RE: Virginia attorney general joins suit against ACC

[Keith Wedinger]

This entire conference mess is being driven by the fact that in Division
I football, there are the have's (aka BCS) and the have-not's.  I think
Miles Brand and the NCAA need to step in and state that when the BCS
contract runs out, there will be an NCAA sanctioned Division I football
playoff open to ALL Division I schools.  The time to level the football
playing field is LONG overdue.  Take a look at NCAA men's basketball.
True, only the powerful schools have a realistic shot at winning the
whole thing but every school playing Division I basketball has a shot to
get to the dance.  No one is excluded.  Every school playing Division I
football should have a shot at reaching the playoffs regardless of their
conference affiliation.  Give each Division I conference an automatic
bid, fill out the rest of the 16 team field with at-large bids and let
the fun begin.  The bowls that are not made part of the NCAA football
playoff can serve as the NIT for football.  And if some of these bowl
games disappear, so be it.  There are WAY too many bowl games anyway.

J. Keith Wedinger
Webmaster
Bearcatnews.com
Sciotofootball.com



-----Original Message-----
From: richard l. kandell [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:18 AM
To: address@hidden

This is developing more turns than a soap opera.  I just read where
Florida State and Georgia Tech are absolutely furious at Duke, who is
one of the modern day football light weights, for holding up the
expansion.  So, in the possible event of the ACC vote not going forward,
I propose the following 12 team all-sports conference, the hell with the
ACC, the BE, & C-USA, and you can divide it up any way you'd like, and
give it any name you want  - and there is no way that the BCS, if it
survives into the future, can leave them out - they are an immediate
powerhouse in both football AND basketball (and ND can stay with what's
left of the BE):

Fl. St.
Miami
Georgia Tech
UC
UofL
Memphis
BC
Syracuse
Va. Tech
W. Va.
Pitt
UConn

See if Mr. Goin can pull that one off  :-)

Richard K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wedinger, Keith" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:52 AM
Subject: [UC Basketball] Virginia attorney general joins suit against
ACC


> This just keeps getting uglier and uglier.  Wonder when the ACC will
throw
> up its hands and say, "it's just not worth it".
>
> http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0612/1567209.html
> <http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0612/1567209.html>
>
> J. Keith Wedinger
> Senior Software Developer
> Sterling Commerce