[Hank 91]

I seem to remember that the Pac-10 turned down an ESPN deal some time ago -- perhaps ten years ago -- precisely because they would've had to go away from the Thursday-Saturday basketball schedule that makes so much sense. And JPRI is absolutely right. A football playoff would probably cause kids to miss maybe one extra Friday of classes, considering most of those playoff games would be played during winter break. Also, I'm betting a brobdingnagian percentage of football players don't schedule Friday classes. Heck, I was an English major, so I rarely had Friday classes.

[Hank 91]

I seem to remember that the Pac-10 turned down an ESPN deal some time ago -- perhaps ten years ago -- precisely because they would've had to go away from the Thursday-Saturday basketball schedule that makes so much sense. And JPRI is absolutely right. A football playoff would probably cause kids to miss maybe one extra Friday of classes, considering most of those playoff games would be played during winter break. Also, I'm betting a brobdingnagian percentage of football players don't schedule Friday classes. Heck, I was an English major, so I rarely had Friday classes.