RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a gadget that allows you to browse sites that have constantly changing content (much like your own).  So for example when i put a RSS bookmark in my toolbar and click on it, it lists the last 7 posts from either you or MaconDawg from Dawgsports.  Other websites may have a longer list, yall must have yours configured to not list as many. for example EDSBS has 15 or so.  That's purely preference though.

Not that you have time these days, especially with ERK, i mean Rose, around but cleaning up the sidebars might not be a bad idea.  There is a ton of sponsors over there on the sides.

Just a thought though.  Hope all is well

much younger and much more living.

I just wanted you to know that even though I disagree with you on a few issues related to my research project, I continue to visit your site and enjoy your writing style.

Although we have had our disagreements, I believe it is healthy when two people from different backgrounds and perspectives, who share a common passion - college football - can communicate and agree to disagree.  After all, I believe this is the true purpose of the blogsphere and an area that the mainstream media does not cover well.

There are many aspects of your rebuttal that is spot on and I believe you are very knowledgeable on the subject matter related to the college football association movement and its affect on the current BCS Controversy.

However, there are many areas that the BCS affects outside the boundaries of the football field.  Baseball is also a passion of mine and since I am extremely connected in the scouting and college baseball coaching world, there are some unintended consequences of the BCS that affect baseball programs at the college level in a negative manner.

This is one reason why I contend or disagree that the rising tide of the CFA has raised all boats.  On the surface you are most certainly correct Kyle, but there is an undercurrent here that has affected non revenue sports, specifically at the non-BCS level, of which the CFA, the bowl alliance and the BCS is responsible for.  Since the NCAA has lost the ability to govern the sport, via the Board of Regents decision in 1984, they really cannot due much about the system.  The fan base continues to rebuke the NCAA over the BCS mess, but the NCAA can do little or nothing about it because they do not control it.

Nonetheless, I visit your site because I enjoy the writing and your knowledge base even though we get into a bit of spitting contest on occasion.  I consider SMQ, Dawg Sports and Conquest Chronicles to be the best sites on the net for college football news with a sweet blend of homerism and objective vantage points.

One thing I will contend and disagree a little with is your comment that I continue to move the line to support my own argument.  It is really hard to answer all of the issues related to the BCS since the line or target is constantly moving from season to season, and to answer it justly, you essentially have to write a book to make it complete, which is exactly what I have done considering my five year research project on the subject.  

Many of my responses my seem like I am moving the line to meet my argument, but the real culprit is the fact that I cannot write a complete answer for the length of the article would be as vast as an ocean.  Therefore, I apologize if it seems like I am doing this, but the main point is I may be several steps ahead of you on a subject and have failed to bring you up to speed.  Hopefully, the book project will do just that.

I thought the comment was a little ingenious because if you were to describe the BCS, the concept of moving the line constantly to meet an agenda would be an accurate description of the mystery behind the BCS.  I have included this concept and many of your responses in my book project and believe I have done so in a respectful manner that paints Dawgsports and T. Kyle King in a positive light.

I have made that criticism (and I considered making it during the comment thread over at Orson's place, because it did seem as though you treated, say, West Virginia as privileged in one sense, as a member of the C.F.A., and as disenfranchised in another sense, as a program that has not historically been regarded as elite), but I hope you will agree that, in the comment thread linked to above, I tried to explain the passage Orson quoted in the context of our discussion, and to do so in an evenhanded manner that encouraged his readers to check out both sides of the debate. I was explaining rather than advocating.

You make a good point about the side-effects for other sports. The fundamental reason I am a conservative is my belief in the law of unintended consequences . . . all changes produce ripple effects which are unknown and unknowable, so we always ought to proceed with caution. This is why I generally share your disdain for the B.C.S. (which I prefer only to the extent necessary to prevent a playoff) and I would like to see the historic bowl system restored to the extent possible. I would be very interested in hearing a further explication of your point regarding the effects on other college sports.

In any case, as always, I continue to enjoy our debates and your insights. I greatly look forward to reading the book in its entirety and I will be more than happy to help you publicize it upon its release; I may not agree with everything in it, but it fosters discussion and disseminates information about a crucial subject in sports, so it deserves attention.

I appreciate your kind compliments, both here and at Every Day Should Be Saturday, and I hope you are doing well.