[petitfour]

Get rid of the NCAA.

[al_c]

Referees should not announce the number of the player who committed a penalty. Football is a team sport. The team commits a foul and the team is penalized for it. It's not the NCAA's fault that ABC's announcers are too incompetant to figure out which player committed the hold.

But then the viewers at home wouldn't know which player to cuss out. ;o)

[scott says]

The NCAA definately needs a playoff, or at least a modification of the current BCS. The past couple of years have been really bad. Two years ago you had USC and LSU "sharing" the title. Last year USC won, but Auburn was undefeated as well, and should have had a shot at the title. Until, or if they ever revamp the entire system, there should be the BCS plus one--let the last game be the true championship game, of course this isn't perfect either, but at least it is a start.

[subterfuge]

Media Relations: the NCAA WANTS the delays, they get more money that way.

Intellectual Consistency: (playoff) Why would they shoot this cash cow?

Showboating: this has been extended to the whole game in a manner of speaking. You can't take your helmet off, you can't signal 'first down' when you make one etc...just like the NFL, the No Fun League.

Number calling: what's wrong with holding someone accountable? I guess we can't have a player "feeling bad." And the NCAA only started doing this a couple of years ago. It hasn't made anyone cry yet AFAIK.

Academics: players have always been permitted and even encouraged to get degrees in anything any other student could get. Even medical degrees.

I think the NCAAs biggest problem is meting out penalties for colleges who engage in cheating. Tennessee for one should have gotten the death penalty. So should have Ohio State and Kentucky but for some reason they've been allowed to cheat with little consequence.

[dakine]

Cash, large amounts, to starting QB and RB....

[RabidBartender]

Move some real teams to the Pac 10, so the defending champ doesn't have a cakewalk this year. SEC, Big Ten, Big XII all have at least 5 or 6 really good teams on any given year.

I like the referees not calling player numbers on penalties thing too.