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Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:24 pm
Posted by nope
Member since Sep 2016
98 posts
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..
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95853 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:25 pm to
Totally random and original
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46174 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:25 pm to
That's what I've wanted for awhile. People will bitch about the idea for some unknown reason though
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:26 pm to
Sounds great until a 3 or 4 loss conference champ gets in.
Posted by blackandgolddude
San Diego
Member since Apr 2012
2866 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:26 pm to
Man what a good idea. Here's another random idea: maybe the Big 12 should have a championship game!
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17258 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:27 pm to
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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 by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95853 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:27 pm to
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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 by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17258 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:29 pm to
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Sounds great until a 3 or 4 loss conference champ gets in.
Yeah, kinda like when NC State came out of nowhere to win the NCAA basketball championship. Remember how boring that was.
Posted by nope
Member since Sep 2016
98 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:30 pm to
Thought they had one now?
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:31 pm to
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 by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46174 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:32 pm to
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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 by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:33 pm to
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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 by Decker
Member since Nov 2015
3435 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:38 pm to
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nope
Posted by Orange_and_Blur
Gainesville
Member since Nov 2017
644 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:50 pm to
terrible
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44003 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:56 pm to
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.
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1126 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:15 pm to
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 by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29446 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:24 pm to
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.
Posted by AlaCowboy
North Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
6938 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:26 pm to
You mean other than the championship game they now have?
Posted by nope
Member since Sep 2016
98 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:49 pm to
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 by hamete
Member since Oct 2014
16 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:59 pm to
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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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