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Hypothetical 5 Team playoff
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:38 am
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:38 am
A 5 team playoff might look something like this and allow for a representative from each of the 5 major conferences:
1st Round - #1 gets a bye, #2 plays #5 and 3 plays 4.
2nd Round - Winner of 2 vs 5 gets a bye, #1 plays winner of 3 vs 4.
3rd Round - Championship
This way it would only add 1 extra game.
1st Round - #1 gets a bye, #2 plays #5 and 3 plays 4.
2nd Round - Winner of 2 vs 5 gets a bye, #1 plays winner of 3 vs 4.
3rd Round - Championship
This way it would only add 1 extra game.
This post was edited on 1/7/15 at 9:39 am
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Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:38 am to davesdawgs
Mine as well just go to 6.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:39 am to davesdawgs
How you have the Power 5 conferences, and only have a 4 team playoff is beyond comprehension.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:40 am to davesdawgs
That makes no sense. You goto 6 with 2 byes or goto 8 with no byes.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:40 am to davesdawgs
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1st Round - #1 gets a bye
frick
no
8 teams, conference champions only. Seedings based on SOS.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:40 am to davesdawgs
Just do 6 with two byes if you are going this route. In fact 6 seems to reward the top 2 and I would think would eliminate somebody being "left out". Though I guess this year the debate would have been Baylor, Mich St, and Miss St. Better then leaving out TCU.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:42 am to CBandits82
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Mine as well just go to 6.
Yep, having 1 at large slot might satisfy those who complain that the 5 major conferences don't have the best team but the question is who gets the at large bid? Many would want ND in the playoffs every year.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:46 am to davesdawgs
LSU got this if only it were a 29-team playoff
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:47 am to davesdawgs
Why stop at 5? 64 team playoff is the only way to ensure everyone gets a fair shot.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:49 am to CBandits82
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Mine as well just go to 6.
This. I like 4, but I wouldn't mind a move to 6 using a system like the NFL. It would be the 5 BCS conferences plus 1 at large bid. This year, that at large would have likely been TCU.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:52 am to BoominHogtown
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64 team playoff is the only way to ensure everyone gets a fair shot.
That leaves out half the teams. Only TRUE fair way is 128 team playoff.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:54 am to davesdawgs
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1st Round - #1 gets a bye, #2 plays #5 and 3 plays 4. 2nd Round - Winner of 2 vs 5 gets a bye, #1 plays winner of 3 vs 4. 3rd Round - Championship
This is dumb because it would possibly mean the #3 team would have to play 3 games and the #5 team would only have to play 2.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:54 am to kingbob
quote:The only issue with the at large spot is there will be a very vocal group that wants some criteria for a non-Power 5 school to have a chance at getting into that slot.
I like 4, but I wouldn't mind a move to 6 using a system like the NFL. It would be the 5 BCS conferences plus 1 at large bid. This year, that at large would have likely been TCU.
Already we have the highest ranked non Power-5 with a way into the New Years 6.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:59 am to BoominHogtown
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64 team playoff is the only way to ensure everyone gets a fair shot.
Actually you can have a 128 team playoff if you use only conference champions and have everyone get a fair shot.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:01 am to GIbson05
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That leaves out half the teams. Only TRUE fair way is 128 team playoff.
The remaining 64 teams will all go bowling doe
This post was edited on 1/7/15 at 10:02 am
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:14 am to davesdawgs
Not team should ever get a buy week, very unfair advantage
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:15 am to WildTchoupitoulas
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Actually you can have a 128 team playoff if you use only conference champions and have everyone get a fair shot.
No system can be considered 'fair' until FCS teams got a chance to compete too.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:23 am to BoominHogtown
To the OP, that is far too complicated. Have #4 v #5 during the week of the New Orleans Bowl, then the winner enters the 4-team playoff as it is currently constructed.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:33 am to CBandits82
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Might as well just go to 6.
Yep. One spot for each of the Power 5 champs, plus a single at-large bid (which could be allocated to the best non-champ, to a non Power 5 team, or to Notre Dame until they are forced to join the ACC). Give a bye to the top two teams as a reward.
None of that is revolutionary. The biggest step is this: Get rid of the bowls and play the games at the favored team's home stadium. Create a revenue sharing system for the road teams and their conferences. Hold the championship at a neutral site, which is funded by the Power 5.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:35 am to WildTchoupitoulas
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Actually you can have a 128 team playoff if you use only conference champions and have everyone get a fair shot.
Yeah, why even have a season? Just start day 1 with the AP preseason ranking and start the playoff with all of the teams in there. #1 plays #128 and #2 plays #127 and so on. If you lose 1 game you are out. LOL.....
Of course this is all BS. 4 is enough. You got to give power to the season. Football should be more than who is best at the end of the year.
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