It sure it, and that highlights how hard it is for the ACC to break through

But I'm very impressed how far the ACC has come in breaking through that over the past 25 years.

For decades starting in the 1960s through the 1980s the NCAA had a monopoly on college football television and forced the nation to watch a Big Ten game at noon every Saturday and a PAC12 game at 4:00 every Saturday on ABC. Notre Dame got on TV when they played the Big Ten or PAC12.

All of the other conferences were relegated to a random game here or there. The Rose Bowl was pushed, and everyone else was pushed aside. The guy in charge at the NCAA for college football TV was a guy from the University of Washington. We are in much better shape today with that cabal broken up. But there remain remnants still.

In response to this post by obxhokies

Posted: 01/03/2017 at 5:27PM

Last month I said, What if on the rare occasion the Unexpected happens -- obxhokies 01/01/2017 09:13AM

Conference championship eligibility is based on only 66% of the season... -- lawhokie 01/03/2017 10:02PM

Agree ---- but wouldn't the fact that tOSU didn't even Win -- obxhokies 01/04/2017 4:56PM

I question why you would use conference championship as an indicator ... -- lawhokie 01/05/2017 09:59AM

In a Playoff System --- Pretenders are quickly rooted out -- obxhokies 01/05/2017 4:24PM

Agree. tOSU didnt even win their Division. The -- hokie-c 01/02/2017 09:19AM

I thought OSU's win against Michigan was actually a red flag. -- Maroon Baboon 01/02/2017 1:22PM

Yeah, their O had gone in the tank. They were very fortunate to -- reestuart 01/02/2017 08:56AM

I hope that USC blows out PSU and Wisconsin gets beat by the MAC team -- Mr. Touchdown 01/01/2017 12:38PM

Historically no one remembers....TosU has been blown out in bowls a lot -- Vienna_Hokie 01/01/2017 12:42PM

The AP writers will over rate them again this summer. 2 in top 5. -- HOO86 01/02/2017 4:15PM

Self-fulfilling prophecy that feeds itself -- obxhokies 01/03/2017 12:19PM

It sure it, and that highlights how hard it is for the ACC to break through -- HOO86 01/03/2017 5:27PM

7-7 all time in the Rose and have gone 10-6 in BCS games over -- reestuart 01/02/2017 4:27PM

That's Ohio State. The Big Ten is 13-29 in Rose Bowl since 1970. -- HOO86 01/02/2017 5:32PM

Doh. Sorry. To be fair, I thought tOSU's record was a lot worse... -- reestuart 01/03/2017 09:12AM

A lot? What's that? 3 in 15-20 years? ** -- reestuart 01/01/2017 8:54PM

Great Points by Both Above 👍 ** -- obxhokies 01/01/2017 1:02PM

Perhaps playing Rutgers wasn't good preparation? -- HOO86 01/01/2017 11:02AM

What if Tech did the unthinkable... what would the playoff look like? -- Calamitous 01/01/2017 10:55AM

The way the ESPN Big10 cabal works I think Mich would have gone over PSU -- Vienna_Hokie 01/01/2017 12:29PM

In my scenario --- Conference Champs are in ---- BUT -- obxhokies 01/01/2017 1:04PM

Great post! Couldn't agree more. ** -- LHSHokie 01/01/2017 09:54AM

It sure it, and that highlights how hard it is for the ACC to break through

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