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How's this for an 8-team playoff set up?
Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:26 pm
1. Reduce the regular season to 10 or 11 games with a 9-game conference schedule.
2. Every Power 5 Conference must have a conference championship game.
3. The Power 5 champs have an auto-bid into the playoffs.
4. The remaining 3 slots will be given to the highest ranked at-large teams.
5. The first round will be played in the home stadiums of the top 4 seeds.
6. The semi-finals will rotate among the major bowls (like it is now).
7. The championship game will be bid on for a host city (like it is now).
2. Every Power 5 Conference must have a conference championship game.
3. The Power 5 champs have an auto-bid into the playoffs.
4. The remaining 3 slots will be given to the highest ranked at-large teams.
5. The first round will be played in the home stadiums of the top 4 seeds.
6. The semi-finals will rotate among the major bowls (like it is now).
7. The championship game will be bid on for a host city (like it is now).
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Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:27 pm to RollTide1987
sounds great... won't happen anytime soon though
Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:28 pm to RollTide1987
I'd rather get rid of conference championship games than make them mandatory
ETA: I should say that with the current system I'm not a fan of conference championship games. With your proposal, it might be necessary to determine a conference champion since not every team plays each other.
ETA: I should say that with the current system I'm not a fan of conference championship games. With your proposal, it might be necessary to determine a conference champion since not every team plays each other.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:30 pm to RollTide1987
6 will be less controversial IMO.
1. Pick your power 5 conference champions.
2. Make everyone play a conference championship
3. 6th team is a wildcard. Can come from power 5 conference or teams like Boise.
4. Top 2 teams get bye weeks. First 2 games played at neutral sites. The week after conference championship weekend.
5. Go from there to the current rotation.
1. Pick your power 5 conference champions.
2. Make everyone play a conference championship
3. 6th team is a wildcard. Can come from power 5 conference or teams like Boise.
4. Top 2 teams get bye weeks. First 2 games played at neutral sites. The week after conference championship weekend.
5. Go from there to the current rotation.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 12:59 pm to RollTide1987
No more than 4 needed. We don't need more teams in. Reward greatness during the season as opposed to one team getting really hot late. If you really want to shake things up eliminate divisions, eliminate cupcake games, and simply have more conference games each year. Then have the actual top 2 in each conference play one another in conf champ games.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:02 pm to tigerfan84
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4. Top 2 teams get bye weeks. First 2 games played at neutral sites. The week after conference championship weekend.
This should never happen. The line between the 2nd and 3rd best teams isn't that great that they should be rewarded to heavily. Very unfair.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:02 pm to St Augustine
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No more than 4 needed.
Tell that to TCU. Co-champs of the Big 12, #3 in the nation going into the final week of the season, and then left out after winning 55-3 in their final game.
We saw the wisdom of that action when TCU rocked Ole Miss to the tune of 42-3.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:05 pm to RollTide1987
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Tell that to TCU. Co-champs of the Big 12, #3 in the nation going into the final week of the season, and then left out after winning 55-3 in their final game.
We saw the wisdom of that action when TCU rocked Ole Miss to the tune of 42-3.
Then they should have won all their games. And their conference should have played an extra one.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:06 pm to tigerfan84
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6 will be less controversial IMO.
1. Pick your power 5 conference champions.
2. Make everyone play a conference championship
3. 6th team is a wildcard. Can come from power 5 conference or teams like Boise.
4. Top 2 teams get bye weeks. First 2 games played at neutral sites. The week after conference championship weekend.
5. Go from there to the current rotation.
I've gone back and forth vs 6/8, but this isn't too bad.
But then, what if your conference champ is a team like WISC in 2012 (where PSU/OSU were banned from postseason play). Would there be some W/L Requirment? Just curious.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:07 pm to RollTide1987
Again, read my post. If we eliminate all the fluff each season and actually have each conference have a uniform system where the top 2 are vying for their conference we have a defacto playoff within the context of the season. Adding unnecessary amounts of unworthy playoff teams makes it more of a grind/system of attrition for the truly worthy teams.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:09 pm to RollTide1987
I would give an option.
If you see you have no shot at being in the championship you can play 12 games and have home games vs a "AA" and a C-USA.
If you want to be in the mix for the playoffs, you only schedule 10 games that year. Those ten games must be against D-1-A opponents.
If you see you have no shot at being in the championship you can play 12 games and have home games vs a "AA" and a C-USA.
If you want to be in the mix for the playoffs, you only schedule 10 games that year. Those ten games must be against D-1-A opponents.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:09 pm to RollTide1987
This is the setup I have been saying myself. The one time in my life that I agree with a Bama fan about something.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:10 pm to sassyLSU
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I would give an option.
If you see you have no shot at being in the championship you can play 12 games and have home games vs a "AA" and a C-USA.
If you want to be in the mix for the playoffs, you only schedule 10 games that year.
That's dumb as frick.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:12 pm to KosmoCramer
Kosmo
AD's at Purdue and Vandy are not giving up that revenue.
AD's at Purdue and Vandy are not giving up that revenue.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:14 pm to sassyLSU
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AD's at Purdue and Vandy are not giving up a chance to win a conference or national title and disenchant their boosters
fify
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:15 pm to SpartyGator
There would be fewer complaints after a move to 8 than having to hear how 6 still isn't enough. IMO fans of 6 should just go with it and make the "peoples voice" if you will sound more unified. 3 at large/wild card bids is reasonable
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:16 pm to RollTide1987
I would add :
8. Alabama is not allowed in
8. Alabama is not allowed in
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:24 pm to sassyLSU
Should have stuck with BCS for rankings and let the top whatever play for it. You left out sucks for you.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:38 pm to BoogerEater
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Should have stuck with BCS for rankings and let the top whatever play for it. You left out sucks for you.
The top 4 BCS teams made the playoffs this year.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:40 pm to RollTide1987
I say we expand division 1A to 128 teams and have just one long fricking bracket for a season. We could even have it double or triple elimination. Let the AP make the preseason poll count by ranking 1-128 and let 'em have at it.
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