Category Archives: Death to the BCS

As UConn and Va. Tech bleed, bowls roll in money

Posted on March 4, 2011 by danwetzel

Maybe Connecticut shouldn’t feel so embarrassed after all. University records released this week show the Huskies spent nearly $1.8 million more than the Big East allocated for participating in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. The biggest culprit: $2.9 million in unsold … Continue reading →

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Is Mark Cuban persuasive enough to kill the BCS?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by jeffpassan

The heart of Death to the BCS is the numbers, the ones that nauseate college football fans, the millions of dollars universities forfeit to the thieves who run bowls and the hundreds of millions more they deny by obstructing against … Continue reading →

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The big day and the weeks ahead

Posted on October 16, 2010 by jeffpassan

In early February, we turned in the manuscript for Death to the BCS. After two years of work, we felt like we had sufficiently unraveled the Bowl Championship Series, and I won’t lie: I wanted to climb atop a mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in BCS, BCS standings, Death to the BCS, Pitchforks and torches, Sugar Bowl greed | 4 Comments

Why we wrote Death to the BCS

Posted on October 5, 2010 by jeffpassan

Welcome to entry No. 1 of what will be many on this blog. Dan and I will post throughout the season, especially once the Bowl Championship Series standings come out after next week’s games. We hope this will become the … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Book, Death to the BCS, Inconvenienced cheerleaders, Your dog hates the BCS | 5 Comments