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I'm guessing even the most ardent conservative out there agrees with Barack Obama on this point: college football's bowl system is whack and ought to be put out of its misery.
He said it in a pre-election interview during "Monday Night Football' and he repeated it Sunday on "60 Minutes."
Now that's change we can believe in.
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Seems the Obama economy would be of first interest not college football! I guess he is to busy surrounding his self with the Clinton Mafia to notice his tax plan has the country going south. If the oil companies makes money he wants to take it, if the car companies lose money, he wants the tax payers to bail them out! Sounds like a plan to me me.
Posted on November 21, 2008 7:07 AM
Gee I wonder who he would pick to call/cover the games? Judging from his change based picks so far in DC it could be fresh new faces like Brent Musberger and Pat Summerall. Unfortunately, I believe his first two new faces have passed away... Kurt and Keith.
Posted on November 21, 2008 7:09 AM
I guess he is to busy surrounding his self with the Clinton Mafia to notice his tax plan has the country going south.
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This statement makes no sense. I didn't vote for Obama, but how can you blame him for the current state of the economy when he's not even in office yet?
Posted on November 21, 2008 8:59 AM
Speaking of change, are there alternatives to TypeKey? It keeps kicking me out. I believe others on the LTE blog are having the same problem as the number of responses is very low today.
Posted on November 21, 2008 3:24 PM
If Obama really wants to impress me; how about moving the Super Bowl to a Sat. night? This could easily be accomplished and would help prevent the #1 most unproductive (Super Bowl Monday) business day of the year.
Posted on November 22, 2008 12:57 AM
A playoff for College football is the worse thing imaginable. It would marginalize many of the teams. They system they have today makes sense. If this reflects the quality of ideas that B. Obama has, we are in for a rough road.
Posted on November 22, 2008 4:15 PM
Joe:
Does a hoops playoff marginalize teams?
Posted on November 22, 2008 5:32 PM
Final four based on the final rankings. Two major bowls get the semis on New Year's Day, one gets the finals a week later, and the other gets nothing for the year (cycle rotates the next year). This keeps the regular season significant, the bowls intact, and a true champion.
If Obama is on board with this, then he's OK with me. If not, he's a lousy socialist who pals around with terrorists.
Posted on November 22, 2008 10:28 PM
Just saying, look back to 2000, Bush was not yet in office, the internet bubble was busting, who got the blame, Bush. The liberal media dammed him to hell. On the other hand, Obama killed the country with one remark. I going to tax capital gains, to death. If it does not make sense to you, get out and talk to the folks that spend big money on stocks, most of them headed for the door, when Obama promised to tax capital gains!
Posted on November 23, 2008 6:53 AM