Articles tagged:BCS

Posted: Wed Apr 25 8:24 p.m. by The Associated Press
BCS officials whittling postseason options, say 'status quo is off the table'

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Posted: Fri May 21 11:36 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

BCS officials sent a long-await reply to a Congressional inquiry into college football's postseason, and pretty much told Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to leave college football alone. "While I appreciate your interest, I believe that decisions about college football should be made by university presidents, athletics ...

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Posted: Wed Apr 7 10:51 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Duke-Butler makes case for a college football playoff, depending on whom you ask

He sat at home with his family, watching one of the best NCAA tournament title games of all-time unfold on his television. As Duke and Butler engaged in a game which had unlimited emotion and energy almost pulsating through the screen, Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez took it for what ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 7 12:16 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
The tyranny of the BCS, plus Ekpe Udoh's big night for Baylor

College football's championship game arrives tonight. While most of the focus is on the Alabama-Texas matchup, there's quite a few people wading into the spotlight to talk about the tyranny of the BCS system.We'll start today's college links with voices from the anti-BCS camp.

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Posted: Tue Aug 4 2:10 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Iowa was the lone bright spot in a pitiful postseason for the Big Ten last year, drubbing South Carolina in the Outback Bowl, 31-10.

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Posted: Mon Aug 3 3:22 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Stanford coach and former Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh raised eyebrows in these parts two years ago when he challenged Michigan's academic integrity when it came to admitting football players.

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Posted: Sat Aug 1 1:58 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Former University of Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr wasn’t the only notable name at the annual Motor City Bowl golf outing Thursday at Lochmoor Country Club. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany also stuck around for the post-dinner question-and-answer session with fans, and Delany was fairly candid when asked about the ...

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Posted: Sat Aug 1 9:19 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

Lloyd Carr took a stand Friday by saying he wants to see the way college football creates its national champion changed. After speaking at the Mid-American Conference preseason luncheon to cap the league's media days in Detroit on Friday, Carr spoke with annarbor.com and the Sporting News about the state ...

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Posted: Fri Jul 31 4:27 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

DETROIT - He’s been around the game for more than four decades and throughout the majority of his time at Michigan and before, former football coach Lloyd Carr was opposed to any sort of football playoff. That opinion is starting to shift. In chatting after the Mid American Conference football ...

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