We can’t even find 4 teams right now that give us 3 competitive games. Expanding that to 12 is going to produce some amazing upsets but also more blowouts. If your left out of the 12 again you don’t deserve it.
CFP Expanding to 12 Teams
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I think most 5 vs 12 (or at least 6-11, 7-10, and 8-9 games) will be more competitive than 1 vs 4.
The semifinals will probably be as bad as they’ve always been, but we’ll get two competitive rounds before that.
I want to see the details before passing judgement. Particularly, the financials. If the money is split evenly between the 12 qualifiers, then I'm not a fan. The Big10 and SEC (who do not need more money) will get a majority of the money in this and will further divide the haves and have nots.
I'd also like to see if the two conference champs that do not get byes are given the 5th and 6th seeds or will they get lower seeds and then have to play the top at large team.
I'd also like to see if the two conference champs that do not get byes are given the 5th and 6th seeds or will they get lower seeds and then have to play the top at large team.
They already answered the second question. They aren’t guaranteed seeds 5 and 6.
And at tops there will be 2 good teams of the 3 from those conferences. Drops of fast in about all conferences after 1 and 2. Some yrs after 1.
IDK, they matter as much as the people involved make them. In the BCS era it was so hard to get into the title game the other stuff actually felt somewhat important because you needed to pick up wins to get momentum in recruiting and the likes to get to the top 2. Once players started deciding they didn't want to play in them and coaches decided to go to their new jobs instead they became completely irrelevant to anything happening at all. The media also quit caring as well, only promoting the playoff and sometimes the NY6.
Once we have coaches and players deciding being a part of them didn't matter then the system died.
Ok I found it and read it, so if they are not using the Bowl locations for the first round. That means there are going to be some awful cold games played.
Assuming the high seed gets home field, I would assume a mid December game possibly in places like Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ohio. Some of those could be brutal. Especially with fields that are not built for cold, like NFL.
Think how bad the Drake game was a few years ago, and this could be a couple weeks later. Some years this is no big deal, but other years this could be rough.
Assuming the high seed gets home field, I would assume a mid December game possibly in places like Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ohio. Some of those could be brutal. Especially with fields that are not built for cold, like NFL.
Think how bad the Drake game was a few years ago, and this could be a couple weeks later. Some years this is no big deal, but other years this could be rough.
I'm looking forward to a selection show in about 8-10 years after all the tweaking - where 6 Big 10 teams get selected to play 6 SEC teams. Because they're all wonderful, play the toughest competition, and OMG, the eye test!
I agree the awesome part of college football is every game matters. A loss in Sep can be huge.
But I like access for top 6 ranked conference champions. So the other 6 teams- I am OK if 4 SEC teams are among that group as long as a computerized poll (instead of a committee) is used to determine the 6 at large teams.
I will also be curious how conferences select their Champ. The expectation would be having a championship game. But does that hurt teams rated 8-12 that lose in their conference championship game? A loss might knock them out. Also, we will probably see rematches of conference championship games in the quarter final round.
I would prefer CCG's be eliminated with a 12 team playoff.
The first round they can choose where they play I thought I read. Most teams would obviously pick their home field, but some may have a large domed stadium nearby they might pick.
It won’t be that bad but anyone that thinks those two conferences won’t get favored treatment sure as hell hasn’t been paying attention.
Cold weather and rain are part of football. The NFL gets by playing in Green Bay in January. College football will be fine playing in Madison or State College in Dec.
Green Bay has a state of the art Football field that is heated and uses a state of the art grow light and heat system to keep it growing and not frozen solid past November.
Very well could be some years. Just depends on everyone’s records, strength of schedule, and who’s on the CFB Playoff committee that year.
Also how does Notre Dame feel about never having a chance at a first round bye as they will not be a conference champion?
They are leaving the door open to the CFP overruling a school's decision and forcing a game to go to a neutral site:
I doubt we will see this applied evenly. Michigan is never going to have to leave the Big House (although maybe they will choose to play in the Lions' dome, if they want a controlled environment). But say Buffalo becomes the next G5 darling and eventually gets a home CFP game. What are the odds they make them play indoors at Syracuse? What about Iowa State? Could they make us play in the Vikings' dome or at Arrowhead if the forecast called for a blizzard in Ames?
Buffalo could probably go to the bills stadium. Probably heated and in better shape. Although, it could depend on the bills home games.
