But this isn't really relevant now, if the conferences were like they are now, the results would've been totally different. Plus we saw the CFP committee move the goalposts to make sure they got the right brands in the playoff, nothing after the BCS ended should really be taken serious. BCS results were much less biased, the SEC and Big 12 were head and shoulders ahead of everyone else when you took out the human element.
Those league want the guaranteed check each year, just in case they have an off year and only deserve 3 spots. No way they agree to letting the ACC and B12 getting 3 spots every year, as they eliminates the possibility of them getting more than the guaranteed 4 spots.
But half the NFL playoff teams don't come from only two divisions. That's what the B1G/$EC are pushing. Imagine every year the entire NFC East and AFC West were automatically put into the field and then everyone else had to fight for the last 8 spots. That's what the B1G/$EC are calling for.
But what I was responding to was saying that expending it was a mistake to expand the playoff to 12 which I disagree with.
With the talent distribution the way it is it really doesn’t. A bunch of FBS teams are basically glorified HS Varsity programs. It’s really only the P4 that count and even in the P4 there are very few teams that can compete with the top programs
Playoff should've been capped at 8, that would've been perfect. But was never going to happen.
If any other conferences were in the same position as the B1G/SEC in all this, they'd be doing the same thing.
And the ACC's middle of the pack to bottom dwellers are much worse than the other 3 power conferences.
If you seriously don't think Yormark or the ACC commish would be doing mostly the same things if their conferences were in the same position as Pettiti and Sankey, I think you're kidding yourself.
Then there are too many FBS teams and too many P4 teams. Without expanding the Big 12 would have zero representation almost every year.
In hindsight it would have been smart for the Big 12, PAC 12, and ACC to push for an NCAA ran championship
It's not the winning, it's the money that football brings in to the schools. Money is the reason that they expanded the playoff from 8 to 12 and before long it will be 16. The conferences and the schools like Alabama and Ohio State that will get in on a yearly basis want that extra money and the fame that goes with it. Basketball will never have that pull, no matter how many championships schools from the Big East win.
If that's your rationale for why you don't think Yormark would do whatever he could to make the Big 12 the most $$$$ as humanly possible in college football, I'll just go ahead and disagree. Lol.
Ok which teams would you like to cut then? Pretty sure if you cut most of the G5 no one would even notice
I think we agree on the facts, but disagree on that a large talent disparity means we should have a smaller playoff.
