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Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:07 pm
by Stallion
pretty good line by a TCU Fan who is billing the Fiesta Bowl as the 'Segregation Bowl" because TCU and BSU are "Separate but Equal". Plessey v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:09 pm
by expony18
really wikipedia?

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:10 pm
by Stallion
I cited the case to an official reporter

But here you go Justice Marshall 163 U.S. 537
16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L. Ed. 256; 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:11 pm
by SMU 86
The BCS definitely did a good job segregating those two schools from the BCS school's bowl games.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:11 pm
by ponyte
I think it is good that two top ranked undefeated teams are meeting. The problem is at a minimum it should be Ciny and TCU. The BSC found a way to protect its Precious.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:12 pm
by expony18
still. sad that you referenced wikipedia

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:13 pm
by BRStang
Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:15 pm
by Stallion
the guy who made the joke didn't even cite the case, but with my legal expertise and acumen I decided to put into a legal framework that even a kid lawyer like you might get. Hence Wikipedia for your benefit

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:16 pm
by SMU 86
BRStang wrote:Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?


The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:17 pm
by ponyscott
ponyte wrote:I think it is good that two top ranked undefeated teams are meeting. The problem is at a minimum it should be Ciny and TCU. The BSC found a way to protect its Precious.

I mean really..... the #1 is against the #2...why shouldn't it be #3 VS #4? Makes too much sense I guess....and Boise State beat Oklahoma in a BCS game and that game is still mentioned as one of the top sports stories and bowl games in the last decade. It creates interest in CF and that's not a bad thing.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:18 pm
by expony18
haha thanks

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:18 pm
by BRStang
SMU 86 wrote:
BRStang wrote:Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?


The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.


No, I know that's what it appears, but is there some type of formula that the BCS can hang their hat on? I suppose that if there isn't right now, they'll make one up when the questions start mounting.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:24 pm
by FroggieFever
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:26 pm
by SMU2007
SMU 86 wrote:
BRStang wrote:Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?


The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.


No they didn't. Boise beat OU a few years ago...irrelevant

Re: Segregation Bowl

PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:27 pm
by SMU 86
No real formula just the bowl reps choosing who they want if the team does not automatically go to that bowl. It is not just what it appears that is really what happened.