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Bring back the BCS System!! Better for college football long-term

Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:19 pm
Posted by TigerFan244
Member since Jan 2012
2591 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:19 pm
The current system enables the rich getting richer. That’s why we have so many blah games. Everyone else knows that they’re not playing for anything. There’s such a demand to be “perfect” that it’s basically rendering all the other bowl games meaningless. You saw how UGA was completely disinterested after missing out on the top 4 and having to play TX last year. With the mad rush to be in the top 4, even one off game during the season and you can get screwed. So teams have little motivation/incentive to schedule good teams.

This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 5:12 pm
Posted by dukee7
Louisiana
Member since May 2019
2270 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:21 pm to
8 team playoff
Posted by Toki Wartooth
Mordhaus
Member since Mar 2019
743 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:22 pm to
Take BCS system to make 8 team playoff.

4 teams really isn’t enough. 8 is the magic number. If you’re 9, too bad. It’s only 1 extra game for 2 teams so saying the season would be too long with 8 team playoff doesn’t hold much water.
Posted by KingofthePoint
Member since Feb 2009
10129 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:22 pm to
You contradict yourself big time
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
24274 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:23 pm to
I have to say that I never thought I’d miss the BCS, but I kinda do. Was way more exciting, every game meant everything. Now, not so much.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202721 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:25 pm to
You are a mad LSU fan.....


Just win and everything else will take care of itself.....
Posted by LSUgrad08112
Member since May 2016
2925 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:26 pm to
No excuse for Texas to drop 2 spots but for Clemson to remain #2, absolute joke of a system. They’re setting Clemson up to lose a game or look like shite all season and still get into the playoffs
Posted by Bread Orgeron
Baw Bakery
Member since Aug 2006
11848 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:28 pm to
6 team playoff. Power 5 Conference champs and then a wildcard. 1 and 2 seed get a bye while 4 vs. 5 and 3 vs. 6 play. Winners of those games face 1 and 2 seeds.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202721 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:29 pm to
Is it Clemson’s fault their schedule sucks??? Yes. But if you have a schedule that easy you should dominate... last year they did.... this year they are not....,
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
70920 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:30 pm to
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Take BCS system to make 8 team playoff.

4 teams really isn’t enough. 8 is the magic number. If you’re 9, too bad. It’s only 1 extra game for 2 teams so saying the season would be too long with 8 team playoff doesn’t hold much water.


Make the AAC a P6 conference.

The G4 conferences pair off and have play-in games.

8 team playoff. Conference champs only. Notre Dame can join a conference or shut up.
This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 1:31 pm
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59090 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

No excuse for Texas to drop 2 spots but for Clemson to remain #2, absolute joke of a system. They’re setting Clemson up to lose a game or look like shite all season and still get into the playoffs


You realize these polls have nothing to do with the playoffs right?
Posted by PetroBabich
Donetsk Oblast
Member since Apr 2017
4609 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:32 pm to
I think an 8 team playoff is coming eventually. But no one who remembers the BCS clearly would want the shite show that gave us LSU/USC "co-national champions" back.
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21305 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:32 pm to
If we think we see the same teams all the time with a 4 team playoff what do you think will happen with an 8 team one?
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20360 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:34 pm to
The BCS era was very kind to us.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59090 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Is it Clemson’s fault their schedule sucks??? Yes. But if you have a schedule that easy you should dominate... last year they did.... this year they are not....,


It’s not their fault their conference sucks. They scheduled non conference games against 2 SEC teams and unlike the new #1 they do play road ooc games. They have have started slow/looked sluggish other years. If they continue to do so, the committee will rank them lower even if they go undefeated like FSU in 2014
Posted by Toki Wartooth
Mordhaus
Member since Mar 2019
743 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:35 pm to
The only thing about conference champs only is putting in the best teams. So out of Auburn, UGA, LSU, and Bama, 3 are not in the running when they are clearly in the top 8 in CFB. Take the majority of the human element out of the process and use the BCS system to set the top 8. I think this is the best way until some better way is proposed.

And I agree that ND should join a conference before being considered to make the playoffs.
This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 1:37 pm
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59090 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

The BCS era was very kind to us.


Well 2 times not so much the 3rd
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202721 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:36 pm to
In a sense they don’t... but all Clemson has to do is keep on winning no matter the margin and they are in..... again... it’s not Clemson’s fault the teams they play are terrible.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84752 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:37 pm to
The system that has selected the same top 4 as the CFP since it started?
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11145 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 1:44 pm to
I agree. We went to the computer rankings to remove human bias. The computers got it right because they weighed strength of schedule heavier than “eye test “. But then the people in charge didn’t like being worthless so started tweaking it to make the voting polls worth more until we’re now back where we started with biased people picking the champions. Although it’s worse now, because it’s only a handful of voters on the committee instead of a big number from all over.

I say 8 team playoff, 5 conference champs and 3 wild cards based on polls. Then you make conference championships very rewarding again, but still have spots for some teams that get screwed by the schedule. And it can all be settled on the field.
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