Originally posted by svtcarboy:
LIke I said... why not add a game for MLK weekend to play Auburn and USC? That way, there is no wondering.

Lots of extra money for all!



Gateway tried to promote a similar playoff between LSU and USC last year... here's the official NCAA response...

http://www.ncaa.org/releases/miscellaneous/2004/2004011201ms.htm

Originally posted by Myles Brand:

NCAA STATEMENT REGARDING GATEWAY'S OFFER TO UNDERWRITE A POSTSEASON FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE---Gateway Computers has it wrong about who will make the decision regarding postseason football in Division I-A. The decision will not be made by the NCAA staff. It will be made by college presidents in Division I-A. Many of those presidents have not been supportive of a playoff. Coaches are not supportive of a playoff.

Anyone who believes that higher education would jump at a cynical publicity stunt is mistaken and missing the point. This is exactly the type of inappropriate intrusion of commercialism that I warned the membership of yesterday in my speech to the NCAA Convention. It puts all the emphasis on intercollegiate athletics as entertainment and erodes the critical concept that the welfare of the student-athlete is paramount.




What a frickin joke

Diesel owns you