re: 12-team playoff is probably going to happen

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12-team playoff is probably going to happen

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Who didn't see this coming from the day the BCS was first formed?

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Which scenario would make a Texas A&M (9-2) vs LSU (9-2) final regular season game more important?

A. There is a four team playoff.
B. There is an 8-12 team playoff.

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Which one of those makes a game between top 5 teams more important?

Do you literally sit there and laugh at the absurdity? That’s odd.

You are telling me that a 2 loss team that presumably didn’t win its division deserves to go to the playoffs?

I am talking about the BCS system where if a top 5 team slipped up and lost to some chump in week 4 then they might have screwed themselves out of a shot at the title. That aspect brought a sudden death aspect to each weekend that we are missing now. With an 8-12 team playoff, a team could lose 3/4 times and still make it in. I argue that’s bad for the sport. The more playoff spots you have, the less each loss matters and the more CFB loses its Uniqueness.

Everyone wants everything handed to them these days, it’s pathetic

If we're looking at a 12 team playoff like this, it's not the end of the world. I do think it's the end of the bowls, and conference championships likely.

Imagine if only four teams played in March madness. Would it be nearly as fun? I don’t think so, I am warming up to the idea myself.

I hear the arguments about making the regular season meaningless...but what if we look at it from another perspective. Could it actually make the regular season more interesting?

Right now, very few schools are signing up to play OOC P5 competition. Few home and homes, with the rare neutral site game. If you don't have the fear of 1 loss and done (unless you're in the SEC), do you create more regular season intrigue by putting new opponents on the schedule?

People put cupcakes in place so they get Ws. Sure, you can keep that model and go for the playoff byes. Or reward your fans and create revenue, new matchups and venues we don't regularly get to see. If it's about money, this is how you maximize it.

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Lol Bama will be in the playoffs every year. This is not what college football needs

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Well UNC is in the NCAAB tourney every year, though very much apples to oranges since one player can get hot and ruin your season.

I like 8 teams: win your conference for an auto bid and three at-larges. I know some might fret at a 15th ranked Washington making the playoff but there needs to be an objective path for all [P5 in this case] to get in so everyone has the same standard. There was a time where the strength of conferences were relatively cyclic, I think having a guaranteed spot for each P5 might help regain that somewhat.

Also bring back a revised BCS system to handle the rankings. The committee ranks teams to justify other rankings and rank teams based on what-ifs (eg Florida only dropping one spot in case they beat Bama to include the SEC champ at 4). If it means rematches then oh well it happens in professional leagues too.

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It's important for the sport in having visibility outside of the SEC and the B1G. Having a PAC champion and Group of 5 team will help promote CFB in other regions. Will they win? Hell, no. But at least they can no longer complain about being given a shot

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They might not win now, but I think recruits might expand their options down the road. The revenue could help these programs compete w/ the other conferences. There’s plenty of talent outside of TX, FL, and GA that can play for other schools not in the SEC/B1G; and hell the ACC and B12 have pipelines there, but they just don’t have the exposure or revenue to compete right now. The expansion might not completely fix that issue but of all the money grabbing going on now this actually might help close the gap between haves and have-nots.

I think the real problem is lack of central governance over the sport; the other conferences were far too late in recognizing what football dollars can do, or in the ACC’s case, just didn’t care. Thank god Swofford is gone.

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12 team playoff makes the regular season absolutely meaningless for Bama, Clempson, Ohio State, etc. Pass.

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Agree that 12 is too much. I do like the idea of Auto-bids for winning your conference; that’s the added incentive to win that could alleviate that issue.

Let's look at 2019.

1. LSU (Bye)
2. Ohio State (Bye)
3. Clemson (Bye)
4. OU (Bye)
5. UGA hosts 12. Auburn
6. Oregon hosts 11. Utah
7. Baylor hosts 10. Penn State
8. Wisconsin hosts 9. Florida

I just think this would result in keeping more of the country's fan bases engaged in the product throughout the regular season and postseason. Will it hurt some of the do-or-die games that would've been had previously...sure. But, I'd argue it would add more of those and be a net-positive. We shall see.