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=__** Man 1- BCS messed up? **__= The BCS this year is more controversial than ever. For the BCS championship game, the Sugar bowl, #1 LSU is playing #2 Alabama. What? The rules are 2 teams cannot play a bowl game if they are from the same conference, but in the BCS championship game LSU and Alabama are both from the same conference, and many other BCS bowl games are very cofusing as well.

I am Kansas State fan, and what a ride it has been this year. A 10-2 season, our best season since 2003. But wait, there's more, in the final BCS polls we were ranked number #8, ahead of Oklahoma and Wisconsin. But hold on, we got a bowl, the Cotton Bowl, not a BCS bowl. How? We are in the top 10, how didn't we make it in a BCS bowl?

[|take987] What is BCS?
 * re: Man 1- BCS messed up?**

BCS stands for "Bowl Championship Series” and is all of the bowl games that are "At large" or larger bowl games like the Orange bowl, the Rose bowl, Sugar bowl, Tostitos Fiesta bowl, and the BCS national Championship game between the 2 best college football teams in the Nation. Only top 25 teams in college football play in these bowl games.

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=__** TOPIC 2- NBA TRADES **__= News on Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, and the new 2012 NBA basketball season coming up.

Finally some amazing news for the NBA fans out there....the Season is back in session! As of winter 2011, the lockout is officially over. The sides have come to some new agreements and the new agreement will help the teams with less income in the NBA. But, thank gosh they're playing again. The new season will start on Christmas day. The seasonal openers are some great games like Boston at New York, Miami vs Dallas, and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Chicago. And new trade offers that are very surprising are going to add spice to this season.

Dwight Howard, the Center for the Orlando Magic and the MVP and dunk contest winner of the last 2 contests, announced that he wanted to move away from the Magic. And Chris Paul, the reliable Guard for the New Orleans Hornets was first going to trade to the Lakers, but now is looking to go to the Clippers after the Commissioner David Stern stepped in and vetoed the deal, saying that "It took advantage of all other low income teams." So, as of this week Paul is looking at the Clippers to help him out.

Teams like the Detroit Pistons or the Sacramento Kings are examples of teams with low income and low CAP space, they cannot participate in trades like the Orlando Magic or the Chicago Bulls can. These teams (Magic, Bulls, Lakers, etc.) were ruling until this year when the smaller teams in the NBA stood their ground and told the NBA board that this system was not working with them, it was working against them. And this new agreement will allow other teams with low income to make trades and certain moves that allow them to become a better team. It is going to be fabulous to see these great teams stay ahead with the big boys.

Recent news involving the Chris Paul trade. Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, will be traded to the Los Angeles Clippers by tonight, December 14. Eric Gordon will be traded to the Hornets, while Paul will go to the Clippers. Paul has been with the Hornets for 6 years.

So, do you agree with the new setup in the NBA, where smaller teams actually get a chance to stay up with the larger teams and help control trade and money, or do you think the old version of the NBA worked, where smaller teams sat around and watched with their hands tied 'round their backs, while the big teams controlled trade and money within the league?

Also, do you believe players like Dwight Howard and Chris Paul should request a trade just because of the money or should they trade because of their team or the team they're trying to get traded to?