re: Just go ahead and either cancel these bowl games or expand the playoffs

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36 teams TOTAL make the postseason and it would actually mean something to play in a bowl game again.

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Why do people keep saying this...it's not true and people would still opt out as much as they are now. Before the playoff the vast majority of the bowls were meaningless exhibitions, just like they are now. The shift that's happened is players with NFL aspirations have become more cautious about protecting their futures by not playing in these games. I can't say I blame them.

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No more Weedeater, Mayo, and Potato bowls.

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How dare you.

This would’ve been the CFP bracket.

#1 Alabama vs #16 BYU
#2 Clemson vs #15 Iowa
#3 Ohio St vs #14 North Carolina
#4 Notre Dame vs #13 Northwestern (assuming they’d flip flop NW and UNC to avoid rematches)
#5 Texas AM vs #12 Coastal Carolina
#6 Oklahoma vs #11 Indiana
#7 Florida vs #10 Iowa St
#8 Cincinnati vs #9 Georgia

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12 team playoff would be great

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No it would not. There have three competitive semifinals in six years. Why expand it to include more undeserving teams?

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Alabama wasn't in the playoffs last year. My honest opinion is that they would have slaughtered Oklahoma and would have given any of the other teams a serious fight.
Don't forget, they face-planted hard in the first half against LSU, and still lost by less than a TD. I didn't want a rematch.

There are plenty of other historical examples... take LSU in the 2001 season. 3 loss team, NOBODY wanted any piece of them in a playoff game.

12 or 16 teams would be ideal. You have less concerns about getting the resume perfect, and instead pick the teams who could make runs. There's a lot of teams that peak late and don't get a chance, and just as many that luck into an easy schedule and sneak in on record and reputation.

I grew up loving the bowls, but they're dead now. Go ahead and make the playoffs a serious option. SEC played 10, ACC played 11, adjust the regular season accordingly, the game count doesn't matter. The extra games played by LSU last year (SEC Championship, 2 playoff games) didn't hurt anyone.

For me as a fan, I will never spend my money going to a bowl game unless it is the CFP and Natty. There is no point in spending money to go watch a meaningless scrimmage, not to mention most star players quit.

I much prefer to continue spending my money to go the big OOC games like LSU at Texas, LSU at UCLA in the Rose Bowl, LSU vs Wisconsin at Lambeau, etc. or conference road games where I haven’t been yet. These games still matter and count and are a lot more fun than the meaningless scrimmages bowl games.

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This would’ve been the playoff

1. Alabama (SEC) vs 16 UAB (CUSA)
8. Cincinnati (AAC) vs 9 Georgia (At large)
4. Notre Dame (At Large) vs 13 Oregon (Pac 12)
5 Texas A&M (At large) vs 12 Coastal Carolina (SBC)

2 Clemson (ACC) vs 15 Ball st (MAC)
7 Florida (At large) vs 10 Iowa St (At Large)
3 Ohio St (Big 10) vs 14 San Jose St (MWC)
6 Oklahoma (Big XII) vs 11 Indiana (At Large)

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I gotta love seeing the Sun Belt champ ahead of not just the Mountain West, MAC or CUSA teams, but also the Pac 12


That conference has come a long ways.

This would have been the best year to experiment. Cancel all bowl games and have a true playoff system using conference champs and 4 at large bids taken from whatever poll you think is the best.

16 teams, 8 games.......one true champ at the end. It would have been very interesting and exciting to see the outcome.

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The ONLY thing that could stop this shite would be a large number of NFL GMs holding it against guys who quit their college teams.

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you saw the Christian McCaffrey 4 year old thread bump today. It seemed to have worked out for him, therefore NFL GMs won’t do so. Why would they?

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I never thought I’d say this, but there’s absolutely nothing that can make these players actually care about these bowl games anymore

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Nor should there.

When that much money is on the line, do anything you can to preserve it. These kids owe their families more than their university or college teammates.

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Advocating for less football is something I will never understand about the MSB.

If it's that's boring, don't watch it.

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I don't mind watching Appalachian st vs Miami (OH).
Watching OU play vs Fla scout team, however,is not appealing

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It seemed to have worked out for him, therefore NFL GMs won’t do so. Why would they?

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I would love to see NFL GMs say that it is an indictment of their character and that they want nothing to do with any player who quits when things get tough.