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Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:24 pm
Off-season thread since I'm an Arky fan. 6 teams. The winner of the championship game from each P5 conference makes it. 5 slots filled, you have representation from each of the main conferences so ratings/interest is going to be solid. The 6th team in is whoever has the best resume from a non P5 conference, this way you don't have the whining from the cinderella team that always think they should be in.
Thoughts? Faults? I think it cuts down on the constant disagreement about who has the better resume out of multiple teams, strength of schedule, favoritism, politics, etc..
Thoughts? Faults? I think it cuts down on the constant disagreement about who has the better resume out of multiple teams, strength of schedule, favoritism, politics, etc..
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Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:25 pm to nope
Totally random and original
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:25 pm to nope
That's what I've wanted for awhile. People will bitch about the idea for some unknown reason though
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:26 pm to nope
Sounds great until a 3 or 4 loss conference champ gets in.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:26 pm to Weagle25
Man what a good idea. Here's another random idea: maybe the Big 12 should have a championship game!
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:27 pm to nope
quote:nope
nope
*Actually just being a smartass, I totally agree with your idea. I think the current setup deemphasizes the importance of conference games.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:27 pm to blackandgolddude
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Big 12 should have a championship game!
Not sure if I'm just getting woosh'd here, but they do have a championship game now
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:29 pm to PrivatePublic
quote:Yeah, kinda like when NC State came out of nowhere to win the NCAA basketball championship. Remember how boring that was.
Sounds great until a 3 or 4 loss conference champ gets in.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:30 pm to blackandgolddude
Thought they had one now?
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:31 pm to nope
There should be a P5 playoff and a G5 playoff. All 5 P5 conference champs automatically in and 3 at large to get the best of the rest. Same setup for the G5.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:32 pm to Kentucker
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All 5 P5 conference champs automatically in and 3 at large to get the best of the rest.
If you aren't the best team in your conference, why are you in the playoffs?
It continues to baffle me that so many people are ok with that
This post was edited on 11/19/17 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:33 pm to FearlessFreep
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Yeah, kinda like when NC State came out of nowhere to win the NCAA basketball championship. Remember how boring that was.
I remember how boring every NCAA playoff is until the final four.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:38 pm to nope
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nope
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:50 pm to nope
terrible
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:56 pm to nope
I would go with 8 teams, p5 + top 3 rated non-p5 camps/independents.
Make it a true tournament of champions.
Otherwise, yes, conference champions are irrelevant which takes away from college football tradition.
Make it a true tournament of champions.
Otherwise, yes, conference champions are irrelevant which takes away from college football tradition.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:15 pm to nope
So put in a G6 team just for the sake of doing so and watch them get blown out every year instead of a P5 team that might actually deserve it? Why not the conference winners and then the 6th team can be whichever is most deserving? I never understood why people are just dying for a 'Cinderella' even when you have to basically rig the system to make it happen. Not really a Cinderella then, is it?
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:24 pm to nope
I've been wanting to see the 5 p5 champions in the playoffs for awhile. Let the playoff teams be decided on the field, not in a board room by a committee.
Ideally there would only be 4 power conferences and you'd take those champs.
Ideally there would only be 4 power conferences and you'd take those champs.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:26 pm to blackandgolddude
You mean other than the championship game they now have?
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:49 pm to ChiTownBammer
I'm not seeing these teams getting blown out every year in their bowl games against top P5 teams. Western Michigan lost by 8 to a team that will may be in the playoffs this year, Houston over FSU in 2015, Boise St over AZ in 2014, UCF over Baylor in 2013..
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:59 pm to dbeck
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Ideally there would only be 4 power conferences and you'd take those champs.
4 conferences with 2 divisions of 8. That's 64 teams which covers anyone with a remote chance of winning it all.
Win your division, win your conference = get in.
Problem is that out of division or out of conference games matter less. So you need to have more than 4 teams in the playoffs. Make it 8 total and reduce the season by one game. No one needs to play cupcakes anymore. The four atlarge teams can be picked with a formula. With points assigned for: overall record + OOC record weighted by who you played + other objective points. Get rid of voting and ranking.
Also, there should be relegation. End up last place in your conference? You get relegated.
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