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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 07:47:14 PM

Title: Riddle me this...
Post by: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 07:47:14 PM
We are in the East bracket and we are playing in our game in California.  If it really means nothing, how about the get some corporate sponsors and give that money to the schools.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: PBRme on March 14, 2010, 07:51:45 PM
Quote from: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 07:47:14 PM
We are in the East bracket and we are playing in our game in California.  If it really means nothing, how about the get some corporate sponsors and give that money to the schools.

Hope your briefs are more coherent than this post
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: mr.MUskie on March 14, 2010, 07:53:11 PM
Quote from: PBRme on March 14, 2010, 07:51:45 PM
Hope your briefs are more coherent than this post

yeah, had trouble following this one too.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: 4everwarriors on March 14, 2010, 07:57:06 PM
I can translate. D08 is merely stating his opinion, in Sudanese, that we got uck-fayed being placed in San Jose.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 07:57:43 PM
Quote from: PBRme on March 14, 2010, 07:51:45 PM
Hope your briefs are more coherent than this post

What's hard to understand... We are in the East Bracket and we are playing on the west coast.  Does that make sense to anyone else?

On a side note, all I am saying is that it seems like the bracket names mean nothing.  Therefore, the NCAA should get money out of it.  Sorry to confuse you.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: Coleman on March 14, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
Quote from: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 07:57:43 PM
What's hard to understand... We are in the East Bracket and we are playing on the west coast.  Does that make sense to anyone else?

On a side note, all I am saying is that it seems like the bracket names mean nothing.  Therefore, the NCAA should get money out of it.  Sorry to confuse you.

Yeah, I understood this idea completely. Not too hard guys. Rename the brackets like bowl games (Citigroup Bracket, FedEx Bracket, etc.) rather than direction-oriented regionals.

While it would probably raise a crapload of money, I don't really like the idea. College sports is already too commercialized and corporate. I personally don't like the FedEx Orange Bowl. I like the Orange Bowl. Or even worse..the Papajohns.com bowl or the San Diego Country Credit Union Bowl. It just sounds tacky.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 08:13:30 PM
Quote from: Victor McCormick on March 14, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
Yeah, I understood this idea completely. Not too hard guys. Rename the brackets like bowl games (Citigroup Bracket, FedEx Bracket, etc.) rather than direction-oriented regionals.

While it would probably raise a crapload of money, I don't really like the idea. College sports is already too commercialized and corporate. I personally don't like the FedEx Orange Bowl. I like the Orange Bowl. Or even worse..the Papajohns.com bowl or the San Diego Country Credit Union Bowl. It just sounds tacky.

I completely agree that the corporate names are lame but a big check to MU would be sweet.  And I am still kinda sour about playing in CA against a PAC 10 team.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: BM1090 on March 14, 2010, 09:51:26 PM
I understand it too. I don't really like the idea but the money would be great
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: Tugg Speedman on March 14, 2010, 10:01:03 PM
Instead of cutting down the nets, a vice-president of corporate communications from the bracket sponsor would present an over-sized check to the head coach of the winning team.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: Coleman on March 14, 2010, 10:16:22 PM
You could give each school a cut proportional to how far they advanced. Or have the conferences split the total winnings amongst all their schools. That would be great for the Big East.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: warriors1991 on March 14, 2010, 10:37:11 PM
The bracket names refer only to the location of the 2nd weekend of games nowadays.

Back before they started giving preferential location to the highest seeds to minimize travel, all the "East" bracket games were played...in the east. Now the first two rounds' locations mean nothing. But if you look at the sites for the Regional Finals, those are all still in the location of the named bracket.
Title: Re: Riddle me this...
Post by: GGGG on March 15, 2010, 07:54:26 AM
Quote from: ErickJD08 on March 14, 2010, 08:13:30 PM
I completely agree that the corporate names are lame but a big check to MU would be sweet.  And I am still kinda sour about playing in CA against a PAC 10 team.


If you think that MU would get any cash out of this idea, you're nuts.
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