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re: CFB Playoff Exec Direc. said Saban and Meyer advised against 8 team playoff
Posted on 1/5/16 at 2:10 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 1/5/16 at 2:10 pm to Chad504boy
I do think 8 is too many teams to get a crack at a NC. This does devalue the regular season when (especially big name) teams will have seemingly consequential losses largely invalidated by their inclusion in the playoff.
Having said that, it seems inevitable now. Six would be preferable but 8 will happen IMO. The best we can hope for is a logical schedule and qualification system. Spacing out the rounds of the playoff seems like the obvious first step to me.
First round
(two weeks after the last week of the season):
Top Four teams host the bottom four in their stadiums.
Second round
(one week after Christmas, either Saturday or Monday depending on what comes after the New Year's Day Bowl games):
"Neutral" Site Bowl Games with 1vs4 and 2vs3
Final round
(The Monday after the second round):
Championship Game
Having said that, it seems inevitable now. Six would be preferable but 8 will happen IMO. The best we can hope for is a logical schedule and qualification system. Spacing out the rounds of the playoff seems like the obvious first step to me.
First round
(two weeks after the last week of the season):
Top Four teams host the bottom four in their stadiums.
Second round
(one week after Christmas, either Saturday or Monday depending on what comes after the New Year's Day Bowl games):
"Neutral" Site Bowl Games with 1vs4 and 2vs3
Final round
(The Monday after the second round):
Championship Game
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Posted on 1/5/16 at 2:14 pm to molsusports
The only good thing about an 8-team playoff is that teams could schedule harder since they could probably lose 2 games and still make it.
If they go to 8, they will guarantee the P5 teams their conf champ. That fricking blows. There are years where a team could be 9-3 from the ACC and make it in over a 1-loss team that finished second in another conference. Political and media pressure will NEVER let them just choose the Top 8 ranked teams. For that reason, I don't like it.
If they go to 8, they will guarantee the P5 teams their conf champ. That fricking blows. There are years where a team could be 9-3 from the ACC and make it in over a 1-loss team that finished second in another conference. Political and media pressure will NEVER let them just choose the Top 8 ranked teams. For that reason, I don't like it.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 2:39 pm to molsusports
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Having said that, it seems inevitable now.
Why because the dumbass majority on this board want to go to 8?
2 was enough. A majority of the time there's only two deserving teams and they're pretty obvious choices. Occasionally you'll have 3. So the four team playoff sort of makes sense there but there's no way in hell anyone will ever justify an 8 team playoff to me.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 4:37 pm to molsusports
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First round
(two weeks after the last week of the season):
Top Four teams host the bottom four in their stadiums
I don't think we'll see 6 for two reasons:
The bye is such an incredible competitive advantage it is too much IMO.
Also, how would the money work? Do the 3 and 4 seeds keep the home game revenue? ADs may rather the revenue over the bye.
For the record, I love the idea of on-site games.
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