1. Front Runner ridership is down. It is not just a function of the economy, but of economics in general. If you want people to ride the train, then it always needs to be a better option than hopping the the car. Right now, Front Runner works if it is just me and my wife and there is a stiff fee for parking. RSL games are about all that fits into that category right now.
2. Let me speak about the BCS for a moment. The old bowl system worked in the past because at one time crowning a college football national champion was too impractical. Remember when the college football season was 10 games...(I'm not quite that old)? OK, you are in the Big 10, so you only have 1 regular season-non conference game. Can you really determine a National Champion?
If you really want a true National Champion, then have a playoff. It's that simple. Let's guarantee that for the next 20 years the Championship game will rotate between Miami, Pasadena, Phoenix and New Orleans and ensure that those cities get a simi-final game two out of every three years.
Without a playoff, it will be a BCS champion, not a national champion.
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