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Posted on 11/12/14 at 5:47 pm to GreyReb
I always thought it should be an 8 team playoff. Take the top 8 teams with no conference auto bids.
Opening round on NYE and NYD at the BCS bowls
semifinals 7-10 days later (depending on when the next sat is)
finals on the saturday of MLK weekend
Opening round on NYE and NYD at the BCS bowls
semifinals 7-10 days later (depending on when the next sat is)
finals on the saturday of MLK weekend
Posted on 11/12/14 at 5:48 pm to Cheese Grits
I seriously can't believe someone sane would want a 16 team playoff.
Do you really want to see the same 10-12 teams in the playoff every year with 4 randoms?
The entire regular season becomes a seeding contest.
The field has to be small enough that a single loss could keep you out. And 2 losses almost guarantees you are out.
If you really want 3 and 4 loss teams playing for a national championship you're crazy.
Games like the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl this year would be absolutely meaningless and hollow, they'd only affect seeding.
Last year's Iron Bowl was huge, in a 16 team playoff nobody would give 2 thoughts about it again once the playoffs started, because Alabama and Auburn would have both been in with high seeds.
The people who want a 16 team playoff just want to see THEIR team in the field, regardless of whether or not they're deserving.
Football isn't like basketball or baseball, you can't play a series of games, it's single elimination.
A huge field would not lead to a better champion, it would lead to a champion determined way more by luck and injuries and what happens in 4 games vs. what happens in 12-13 games.
That's one great thing college football has over the NFL in my opinion. The Super Bowl champion is very often not the best team, or even one of the best 2-3 teams, however the national champion in football is almost always one of the top 2-3, if not usually THE best.
A small field rewards a team for having a good regular season and keeps the regular season games very meaningful.
If you want to see a shitty regular season look at college basketball. "big" games don't matter at all, two top ten teams play late int he year, who cares, they'll both get #1 or #2 seeds, etc.
Do you really want to see the same 10-12 teams in the playoff every year with 4 randoms?
The entire regular season becomes a seeding contest.
The field has to be small enough that a single loss could keep you out. And 2 losses almost guarantees you are out.
If you really want 3 and 4 loss teams playing for a national championship you're crazy.
Games like the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl this year would be absolutely meaningless and hollow, they'd only affect seeding.
Last year's Iron Bowl was huge, in a 16 team playoff nobody would give 2 thoughts about it again once the playoffs started, because Alabama and Auburn would have both been in with high seeds.
The people who want a 16 team playoff just want to see THEIR team in the field, regardless of whether or not they're deserving.
Football isn't like basketball or baseball, you can't play a series of games, it's single elimination.
A huge field would not lead to a better champion, it would lead to a champion determined way more by luck and injuries and what happens in 4 games vs. what happens in 12-13 games.
That's one great thing college football has over the NFL in my opinion. The Super Bowl champion is very often not the best team, or even one of the best 2-3 teams, however the national champion in football is almost always one of the top 2-3, if not usually THE best.
A small field rewards a team for having a good regular season and keeps the regular season games very meaningful.
If you want to see a shitty regular season look at college basketball. "big" games don't matter at all, two top ten teams play late int he year, who cares, they'll both get #1 or #2 seeds, etc.
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 11/12/14 at 5:52 pm to nc14
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Bring back the BCS, it worked. As for more, hell no. Stop thinking about left out and shift to who is undeserving. Why do people assume left out?
It's entitlement. It's this "Everybody gets a trophy" mentality.
You got teams who are going 9-3 and 8-4 demanding to be included in the national championship playoffs like they deserve it.
Most fans are dumbasses and short sided. They just want to see THEIR team int he playoffs, with no thought at all to how good it is for the sport.
Making the playoffs should be a difficult feat.
Finishing in the top 16 is trivially easy for many big programs.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 5:53 pm to IAmReality
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The field has to be small enough that a single loss could keep you out. And 2 losses almost guarantees you are out.
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Games like the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl this year would be absolutely meaningless and hollow, they'd only affect seeding.
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The people who want a 16 team playoff just want to see THEIR team in the field, regardless of whether or not they're deserving.
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A small field rewards a team for having a good regular season and keeps the regular season games very meaningful.
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 5:59 pm to IAmReality
I'd want a top 16 team playoff because I think more playoff football is better than less playoff football.
The 8 opening round games would be crazy over a 4 day weekend. It would blow the opening round of the NCAA basketball tournament out of the water
The 8 opening round games would be crazy over a 4 day weekend. It would blow the opening round of the NCAA basketball tournament out of the water
Posted on 11/12/14 at 6:24 pm to Gulf Coast Grinder
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Hell, my wife and I make a damn good living and (assuming MSU's best case scenario) I'm trying like hell to determine how I can afford to to go to the SEC CG, the first playoff game, and the NC game. And I have advantage because I live 1.5 hours from NO so I could make the 1st round a day trip. In addition, I can fly for free to the other venues due to flyer miles, but still, that going to add up to be a ton of cheese.
You have nothing to worry about. You are Miss. St. remember? You have zero chance to beat Alabama.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 6:51 pm to RedMustang
Hell no to six. The most unfair thing of all would be to make four teams beat each others brains out while two teams take the weekend off. And I couldn't care less if the pros do it. They have deeper rosters.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 6:58 pm to GreyReb
Why not 32 ? why not go back to 2 ?
Better yet, scrap this dumbe azz committee, keep 4 teams, and use the BCS mertic.
Better yet, scrap this dumbe azz committee, keep 4 teams, and use the BCS mertic.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:13 pm to TIGER62
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extra games for a six or 8 team playoff - could cause travel problems
Nah, no hosts..... have a one National Championship Tournament location like the world cup over 3 weeks. That way everyone only has to travel to one place.
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:15 pm to Cheese Grits
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Games like the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl this year would be absolutely meaningless and hollow, they'd only affect seeding.
There is literally no way you could make me not care about the Iron Bowl and beating Auburn. They could be a 2 win team and... hell, we could BOTH 2 win teams and I would care about the Iron Bowl.
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