Interesting, but I would rather have 8. No one would want to schedule a game in that short time span.
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Except for Iowa. They play 9 trophy games a year already so they get nothing.
Burst my bubble, wait, A non top six school [124 schools] can add one scholarship from normal every other year. This would approx open up the spots needed for these recruits to sign. NCAA would be required to pay for these scholarships instead of the schools each year out of the billions they rake in each year. If it seems to difficult, my questions is have you looked at the federal tax code....lol.
I just sent this by facebook to the NCAA: Please expand the football playoffs to 8 teams. Five league champs, highest ranked non Power five and two highest ranked atlarge. If this does not happen, I am afraid myself and millions of others will lose interest in the football playoffs. Thanks
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SO, "STOP THE HATE, GO TO EIGHT!"
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Been thinking about this quite a bit lately......
8 playoff teams- Conf. Champs and three wilds (one of which is the group of 5). I would also add that if you didn’t make the CCG, you can’t make the playoffs, so no SEC teams back dooring in w/o at least playing in the CCG.
I would also hold off on ranking any teams until at least 4 weeks into the season. To me, it is amazing how much rankings cloud judgement. Given our current setup, it should be no surprise that so few different teams have been in the playoff. The present formula is simple.....start the season ranked in the top 10-15 and don’t lose (which for Alabama, Clemson, OSU ....... blue bloods, is easier to do). When they do lose it is typically to another ranked team which means they don’t fall too far in the rankings and depending on the timing of the loss, they can recover and possibly get back in the playoff hunt.
I think a side benefit of holding off on the rankings would also lead to teams trying to schedule more competitive non con games early in the season.....i.e trying to “jockey” for ranking position, which would also mean fewer conf. games (which would be problematic).
8 playoff teams- Conf. Champs and three wilds (one of which is the group of 5). I would also add that if you didn’t make the CCG, you can’t make the playoffs, so no SEC teams back dooring in w/o at least playing in the CCG.
I would also hold off on ranking any teams until at least 4 weeks into the season. To me, it is amazing how much rankings cloud judgement. Given our current setup, it should be no surprise that so few different teams have been in the playoff. The present formula is simple.....start the season ranked in the top 10-15 and don’t lose (which for Alabama, Clemson, OSU ....... blue bloods, is easier to do). When they do lose it is typically to another ranked team which means they don’t fall too far in the rankings and depending on the timing of the loss, they can recover and possibly get back in the playoff hunt.
I think a side benefit of holding off on the rankings would also lead to teams trying to schedule more competitive non con games early in the season.....i.e trying to “jockey” for ranking position, which would also mean fewer conf. games (which would be problematic).
Just look at the sigma that there is for actually playing and losing to a non-power 5 team. How many times have we been told that ISU can't be good because they lost to Louisiana. Yet we are told that teams like Coastal or Cincinnati should get a playoff spot, even if they didn't play their conference championship.
The real solution is to just go to 8 team, and fight it out.
The real solution is to just go to 8 team, and fight it out.
The college football rankings start in Nov if I remember correctly. So many weeks played. I may be wrong.
I don't know about Implosion but seeing the same BLUEbloods in the CFPlayoffs every years is getting really boring....
...and remember GO CYCLONES.
Nobody would want to watch a first round game between #8 Cincinnati and #1 Alabama.
Six teams really should be enough. I want the #1 and #2 in each conference to play in the CCG. Each P5 gets one slot for their CCG winner.
I want the top two rated G5 teams to play on CCG weekend, regardless of conference, and the winner of that game also be guaranteed to get a spot.
This is your championship field. They are seeded 1-6 by BCS score and top two seeds get a bye. Bottom four play and the winners play the teams with the bye. #1 gets the team with the lowest remaining seed. #2 gets the other. Winners play the following week for the title.
This is only two more games than is currently played, maintains importance of conference play and championship games, guarantees a seat at the table for a G5 and every conference champ every year, avoids sacrificial lamb first round 1 vs 8 games, and has the nice added effect of forcing ND into the ACC.
Six teams really should be enough. I want the #1 and #2 in each conference to play in the CCG. Each P5 gets one slot for their CCG winner.
I want the top two rated G5 teams to play on CCG weekend, regardless of conference, and the winner of that game also be guaranteed to get a spot.
This is your championship field. They are seeded 1-6 by BCS score and top two seeds get a bye. Bottom four play and the winners play the teams with the bye. #1 gets the team with the lowest remaining seed. #2 gets the other. Winners play the following week for the title.
This is only two more games than is currently played, maintains importance of conference play and championship games, guarantees a seat at the table for a G5 and every conference champ every year, avoids sacrificial lamb first round 1 vs 8 games, and has the nice added effect of forcing ND into the ACC.
5 conference champions, 1 top ranked G5, and 2 at-large teams, but no more than 1 from each conference.
College football has already imploded. Most fans watch their own team and that is it. The results of this season showed that 4, maybe 5 teams played games that really mattered in the grand scheme of the CFP.
Baseball gets it. They keep expanding playoffs and it keeps more fans watching. Same thing in college and pro hoops and the NHL. Even the League has figured out that the more teams in means more teams with a chance and more teams that are close that keep fans watching. The way the system is set up right now even a one loss ISU team would have potentially missed the CFP because they didn't start the season ranked higher than the teams that got in. The system is a joke and if it wasn't for the Clones, there would be weeks where I watch zero college games. On the other side, I never miss a week of NFL games.
I agree with most of your post! The one point on which I disagree is bolded. The one thing the Committee has done since the start is look past the rankings. ISU was ahead of the curve on this this year and stubbornly so by the CFP Committee IMO. If Iowa State was the 11-1 Big Xii Champion this year, I think they definitely would have gotten in over Notre Dame after their ACC CCG flop. If not, it would have been due to losing to Louisiana not their pre-season ranking.
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I could go with this, but add that to qualify, each school must have played 10 other P5 schools during the regular season, not counting any conference championship games. Getting old seeing ISU play more P5 schools on a yearly basis than Alabama during the regular season.
Thinking way outside the box: 12 team. 4 byes. Four rounds to determine National Championship
TOP HALF OF BRACKET:
12 vs 8, winner vs 1
9 vs 5, winner vs 4
BOTTOM HALF OF BRACKET:
11 vs 7, winner vs 2
10 vs 6, winner vs 3
5 Power League Champs
2 highest ranked Group of 5
5 at large highest ranked, must of played in power 5 league championship game or be independent.
11 total games. Blue blood four only plays one more game than now vs team seeded at best 6, worst at 12.
1st and second rounds at higher seed home field. Last two rounds as they do now.
THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE: 1st round Dec 27, 2nd round Jan 2nd, 3rd round Jan 9, Championship game, Jan 16th. [Dates would be tweaked for tv, I'm sure]
OR move everything up a week and one less regular season game, or one less bye week for each team.
THIS IS IT, tell me why it is not AWESOME!
SHARE THE WEALTH, MOVE TO TWELVE!
TOP HALF OF BRACKET:
12 vs 8, winner vs 1
9 vs 5, winner vs 4
BOTTOM HALF OF BRACKET:
11 vs 7, winner vs 2
10 vs 6, winner vs 3
5 Power League Champs
2 highest ranked Group of 5
5 at large highest ranked, must of played in power 5 league championship game or be independent.
11 total games. Blue blood four only plays one more game than now vs team seeded at best 6, worst at 12.
1st and second rounds at higher seed home field. Last two rounds as they do now.
THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE: 1st round Dec 27, 2nd round Jan 2nd, 3rd round Jan 9, Championship game, Jan 16th. [Dates would be tweaked for tv, I'm sure]
OR move everything up a week and one less regular season game, or one less bye week for each team.
THIS IS IT, tell me why it is not AWESOME!
SHARE THE WEALTH, MOVE TO TWELVE!
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No scholarship reductions if we go to 12 teams. Better include Far west or West coast so ISU is included.
But if we only do the Midwest, schools like Ohio State won’t get to benefit.No scholarship reductions if we go to 12 teams. Better include Far west or West coast so ISU is included.
