re: My Super Conference Plan (Long)

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bowl season spans like 3 weeks.. a playoff could easily be held in that span

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This assumes each conference is on the exact same conference championship game schedule. What if that doesn't happen?

Also, who gets to schedule these things? And...

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Some of the major bowls will be redesignated as playoff sites

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Again, I don't mean to be picky but the actual scheduling of these things is probably a lot trickier than it might look at first glance. Just saying "do it this way or that" doesn't take into consideration the different human components in making important group decisions. These are real considerations.

I am not saying it is impossible, but I am saying there is always the law of unintended consequences that becomes a factor at some point along the way. The bowls as they have been are imperfect and imprecise, but in an imprecise sport, they have worked over the years to allow many teams and their fans to have some rewards and bragging rights at the end, without forcing the issue of who is really, really, truly the best, numero uno, top team, whatever you want to call it. For instance, it's really fun to speculate on what might have happened if LSU and USC had met for that one big showdown game in 2003 - but if they had met, one team would come out on top - and the other team and fanbase would be left with an also-ran. Sometimes I think it's almost better to let a couple of contenders smolder in the embers of what might have been, without demanding that only one (which may or may not have had a lesser regular season record) be crowned undisputed champ. I know that is heresy to some who favor playoffs, but that's my feeling.

Later: From Ivan Maisel LINK

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Everyone assumes that 16-team leagues are inevitable. There has been little discussion of the logistical nightmares hidden within. Schedules don’t balance. Teams could go seven seasons without playing each other. That’s a conference? “They aren’t conferences. They are consortiums,” Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson told me. His league was created in 1999 when eight members seceded after playing three years in the 16-team WAC. Super conferences may bring riches. But they’ll bring problems, too.

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