Ty08husker

We actually have a lot of instate talent in Nebraska. The way Solich got fired and the Cally years plus the success of UNK and UNO have helped change their minds to go elsewhere than UNL. I know of a couple of players that didnt go to UNL because of this exact reason. Pelini just needs to build that respect that Tom Osborne had with HIgh School players and you will see the top high school recuits go to UNL and also the next tier players go to UNL as walkons instead of going to a smaller school and knowing they will play. High Schoolers want to play for a coach. Its the biggest reason most players that are on the fence with one school or another.

Well when looking at getting a playoff in college football. It all starts with the beginning. Meaning right now there are 120 teams in Division I college football (I dont believe in the FBS and FCS crap). With that many teams it would extremely easy to make 12 conferences with 10 teams each. You begin the season with 3 non-conference games against a defferent conference each week. Then year to year you rotate what conferences play each other. The matchups between the conferences are decided between the conferences but the conferences dont decide when they play what conference. The NCAA decides that. So if the conferences want 1v1 fine. But here you really dont know who 1v1 will be because the schedules are made years in advance. Then you get the conference games and with 10 teams you have 9 conferences games. Everyone plays everyone. Winner decided with most wins (no conference championship in any conference). That brings the total games to 12. If there is a tie well the NCAA can decide if there is a uniform tiebreaker among conferences or let the conference decide how they will determine the champion (except playing another game of course). Then after conference play you have 12 champions for a playoff. Seeding is determined by a poll either AP or you can use the BCS standings but call it something other than BCS. Teams seeded 1-4 get a bye. Team 5-12 play first round with higher seed getting game on their university site. Second round then is played with Teams 1-4 getting homefield advantage. Then the last 2 rounds (semifinals and finals) are played on neutral sites that the NCAA determines before the season starts. There are details that I am missing but this is the jist of it. I know some people will hate it. But the biggest arguement for the BCS is that the regular season is the playoff. But it complete bullsh#t to think that you can have 12-13 games to figure out what the top 2 teams are. Its insanity. The regular season here is a playoff but decides what 12 teams not 2 get a chance for the National Championship. I just graduated from UNL in 2008 and i cant wait until my generation become the ones that decide this crap in 30 to 40 years. Maybe then if the world is still around we will have that playoff in the best sport in the USA - college football.

All i have to say about the season is after the Iowa State game i feel damn good about the coaching staff. A lot of teams could have packed it up and started looking toward next season. But now they are in the Big XII Game. Ill take it.