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Hypothetical 16 Team Playoff
Posted on 11/27/18 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 11/27/18 at 7:33 pm
If we jump straight to a 16 team playoff and only add 1 more game in the schedule, we can eliminate the ability for teams to sit at home on championship Saturday and still compete for the title.
10 Automatic bids - Earn a bid to your conference championship
6 At Large bids - Next highest 6 in the CFP rankings that follow the regular season
I realize this puts Pitt into the mix. But they would be playing in the ACC title anyway. This scenario makes it so Notre Dame has to play a game on December 1st instead of sitting at home. Kick off bowl season with the round of 8 on December 15th instead of watching two teams you don't care about. Have less crappy bowl games because 4 of them get promoted. Have fun matchups like LSU v Michigan and UCF v Florida in the first round.
10 Automatic bids - Earn a bid to your conference championship
6 At Large bids - Next highest 6 in the CFP rankings that follow the regular season
I realize this puts Pitt into the mix. But they would be playing in the ACC title anyway. This scenario makes it so Notre Dame has to play a game on December 1st instead of sitting at home. Kick off bowl season with the round of 8 on December 15th instead of watching two teams you don't care about. Have less crappy bowl games because 4 of them get promoted. Have fun matchups like LSU v Michigan and UCF v Florida in the first round.
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Posted on 11/27/18 at 7:37 pm to AggieDub14
Why stop at 16? Why not make it where everyone gets a do over.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 7:39 pm to SouthernInsanity
16 teams would be the ideal number if you wanted to incorporate the P5 championship games into the playoff. It would result in 5 conference champions and 3 at large teams who had to win a game against a quality opponent to make it to the round of 8.
It's basically modeled after the NFL.
It's basically modeled after the NFL.
This post was edited on 11/27/18 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 11/27/18 at 9:44 pm to AggieDub14
The main flaw I see in your plan is that it values a bid to the BDF championship the same as a bid to the SEC championship. No way in hell those achievements are equivalent.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 9:48 pm to SchizoAg
Will never be larger than 8 .. and that is years away best Hope is 6 and it’s not gonna be here any time soon . Baring another couple of SEC vs SEC for the championship . And the backlash from all the other conferences demanding it for “ fair play “ .
Posted on 11/27/18 at 9:51 pm to AggieDub14
I just want the P5 Champions and 3 at larges.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 9:58 pm to Manzielathon
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I just want the P5 Champions and 3 at larges.
So an 8-5 Pitt would make the playoffs?
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:12 pm to Manzielathon
I don't want friggin Pitt, northwestern or Utah in a playoff. They have done NOTHING to warrant consideration. A 7 win team that got hot one day does not belong in the playoffs. I don't give a shite if that one day they won the SEC, THE ACC or the FCC.
I don't like the conference championship setup anyway. Half the team's participating in conference championships are ranked 15th or lower. Yea, they won their division. They were better than 5 other teams. Big deal. Now, if u play the two BEST in each conference, ok. Hell, we played Florida in 2016 and they weren't even ranked. I'm not sure Florida was even ranked in the very first one in 92. What was mizzou ranked those years they played in it?
I don't like the conference championship setup anyway. Half the team's participating in conference championships are ranked 15th or lower. Yea, they won their division. They were better than 5 other teams. Big deal. Now, if u play the two BEST in each conference, ok. Hell, we played Florida in 2016 and they weren't even ranked. I'm not sure Florida was even ranked in the very first one in 92. What was mizzou ranked those years they played in it?
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:12 pm to Korin
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So an 8-5 Pitt would make the playoffs?
Yeah that would be awful. You could maybe do a thing where p5 champs with 2 or fewer losses automatically get in or something but a straight autoqualifier, nah.
This post was edited on 11/27/18 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:15 pm to TouchdownTony
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I don't like the conference championship setup anyway
Yeah and the bigger the playoffs get the bigger the problems with it become.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:15 pm to AggieDub14
That's about fricking retarded.
you managed to bring the worst of every type playoff into one bracket:
A. 16: too many teams
B. totally imbalanced layout.
you have in round 1
1 vs. 4, a 2 v. NR, 11 v. 17
C. Why bring in Pitt or Northwestern? Conferences aren't equal, and for damn sure, all the divisions are not equal. So, no need to equally reward all P5 division winners.
D. So, all the first round losers ( say a #4 UGA), their season is over the first day of December? No more looking forward to a New Year's Day bowl, etc?
you managed to bring the worst of every type playoff into one bracket:
A. 16: too many teams
B. totally imbalanced layout.
you have in round 1
1 vs. 4, a 2 v. NR, 11 v. 17
C. Why bring in Pitt or Northwestern? Conferences aren't equal, and for damn sure, all the divisions are not equal. So, no need to equally reward all P5 division winners.
D. So, all the first round losers ( say a #4 UGA), their season is over the first day of December? No more looking forward to a New Year's Day bowl, etc?
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:15 pm to AggieDub14
No no no. 4-team playoff has ruined interest in the bowl games. An 8-team playoff would destroy the conferences. It would actually penalize the teams that played for a conference championship.
It was probably best with just two teams...or even before that when popularity contest after bowl game. Then a conference championship or a bowl win left everyone happy...now only one team ends the year happy.
It was probably best with just two teams...or even before that when popularity contest after bowl game. Then a conference championship or a bowl win left everyone happy...now only one team ends the year happy.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:20 pm to SchizoAg
16 TEAMS???? Lmao are you drunk?
I remember saying after we finally got a 4 team playoff that you watch and see, somebody is going to say we need 8 (Which is dumb) and someone else will go overboard and say we need 10.
You completely outdid everyone by jumping to 16. Why stop there? How about 32? Surely 32 teams deserve a shot at the title. Of course, that's really unfair for #33, #34, #35 and #36. I kinda feel like those four teams get screwed.
I remember saying after we finally got a 4 team playoff that you watch and see, somebody is going to say we need 8 (Which is dumb) and someone else will go overboard and say we need 10.
You completely outdid everyone by jumping to 16. Why stop there? How about 32? Surely 32 teams deserve a shot at the title. Of course, that's really unfair for #33, #34, #35 and #36. I kinda feel like those four teams get screwed.
Posted on 11/27/18 at 10:25 pm to AggieDub14
This is nonsense as are most ideas outside of 4 teams, some decent ones with 6. Turn the whole fricking season into a tournament under your model.
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