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re: The entire CFP should be played on campus
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:23 pm to AUTiger789
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:23 pm to AUTiger789
I’d like the entire post season revamped.
12-team playoff with all rounds except the championship played on campuses.
For teams not in the playoff…
Take the bowls and order them by total payout, highest to lowest. Guarantee that 50% of the payout go straight to the players. Let the winner of each bowl game get twice the payout as the loser. Then have the committee rank the teams 1-50 in the Final poll… after the 12 playoff teams are set aside, pair teams in order as long as they are from different conferences.
So for example. Say the Orange Bowl has the highest payout at $5 million per team ($10 million total). They get the #13 and #14 ranked teams in the committee rankings. The winning team gets $3.335 million that goes directly to the players… 85 scholarship players = $39,000 per player. The players of the losing team would get about $19,500 each. The school itself would collect aroun $2.5 million each… much of which goes to pay for team travel expenses, etc.
This would make the bowl games more evenly paired… #13 would play #14… #15 vs #16… all the way down to #49 vs #50.
This would incentivize players to want to play and actually win. Sure the future 1st round draft pick might opt to sit out and not risk injury, but for 99% of players it would be a major incentive to potentially get some pretty good money for a free trip somewhere fun and a 3-hour game.
12-team playoff with all rounds except the championship played on campuses.
For teams not in the playoff…
Take the bowls and order them by total payout, highest to lowest. Guarantee that 50% of the payout go straight to the players. Let the winner of each bowl game get twice the payout as the loser. Then have the committee rank the teams 1-50 in the Final poll… after the 12 playoff teams are set aside, pair teams in order as long as they are from different conferences.
So for example. Say the Orange Bowl has the highest payout at $5 million per team ($10 million total). They get the #13 and #14 ranked teams in the committee rankings. The winning team gets $3.335 million that goes directly to the players… 85 scholarship players = $39,000 per player. The players of the losing team would get about $19,500 each. The school itself would collect aroun $2.5 million each… much of which goes to pay for team travel expenses, etc.
This would make the bowl games more evenly paired… #13 would play #14… #15 vs #16… all the way down to #49 vs #50.
This would incentivize players to want to play and actually win. Sure the future 1st round draft pick might opt to sit out and not risk injury, but for 99% of players it would be a major incentive to potentially get some pretty good money for a free trip somewhere fun and a 3-hour game.
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Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:31 pm to Nasty_Canasta
quote:And the stands are nearly empty in some.
How many people are really watching the motor city bowl or the the last chance bowl
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:40 pm to Topwater Trout
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I don't see Buffalo fans crying about going to cold weather games.
They live in Buffalo, New York. The average high temp in January is 31, the low 20, and they average 11 days of snow that month. That is their normal.
You put them in south Louisiana in August and see what they say.
Likewise put somebody from south Louisiana in Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium in January and see what they think when the windchill is 11 degrees and snow flurries are hitting them in the face.
College football figured out long ago post season bowl games should be held in a warm environment for multiple reasons.
Some people really are hell bent on destroying college football and turning it into the NFL minor league.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:44 pm to captdalton
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College football figured out long ago post season bowl games should be held in a warm environment for multiple reasons.
Nobody is watching in Charlotte or Birmingham or Frisco the lowest tier bowl games. They should do a NIT format of the teams who didn’t make the playoff.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:47 pm to BuckI
I want the winter Olympics in Miami too.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:50 pm to bigDgator
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want the winter Olympics in Miami too.
Hell the Saudis built an indoor winter playground in the desert for the Olympics. Anything is possible
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:51 pm to BuckI
Agreed.
Until the NC which should be neutral site.
Until the NC which should be neutral site.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:52 pm to captdalton
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Likewise put somebody from south Louisiana in Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium in January and see what they think when the windchill is 11 degrees and snow flurries are hitting them in the face.
I know a bunch of yankees who say 30 here feels colder than single digits up north. and you are giving extremes to try and prove your point. I guess you think NFL teams that play in cold weather don't draft players from the south lol
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College football figured out long ago post season bowl games should be held in a warm environment for multiple reasons.
the bowl system is what made cfb suck in how a champion was determined. One of the most exciting sports didn't even have a true champion until 25 or so years ago. The bowls are stupid as hell and thankfully the playoff will kill the bowls...more than half the teams go to bowls now when in the 70's the entire top 25 didn't always make a bowl.
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Some people really are hell bent on destroying college football and turning it into the NFL minor league.
NIL is to blame for that. Playoffs will only make it better.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:55 pm to captdalton
No CFP will be played in Buffalo.
It is a good thing the Civil War was fought in the South; had Gettysburg happened in winter, you guys would have never left your fires and group hugs.
It is a good thing the Civil War was fought in the South; had Gettysburg happened in winter, you guys would have never left your fires and group hugs.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 12:55 pm to BuckI
Agree 1000%
Posted on 11/6/25 at 1:26 pm to BuckI
I tend to agree with playing on campus. Asking tens of thousands of fans to attend multiple neutral site games is really tough.
I would keep the championship game at a neutral site, and might be persuaded on the semis, although my suggestion would be to have the same town host the semis (both of them) and the final one week apart. Could you imagine a semifinal double header, like you see with the Final Four? What an event that would be.
I would keep the championship game at a neutral site, and might be persuaded on the semis, although my suggestion would be to have the same town host the semis (both of them) and the final one week apart. Could you imagine a semifinal double header, like you see with the Final Four? What an event that would be.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 1:58 pm to scottydoesntknow
I just want to some sicko / toilet bowls for the bottom 12
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:16 pm to Nasty_Canasta
All the degenerate gamblers. So 50% of this sites traffic at least.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:24 pm to DE4D
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All the degenerate gamblers. So 50% of this sites traffic at least.
With players making business decisions and sitting out, even the gambling angle isn’t what it was
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:50 pm to BuckI
This year's CFP Championship will be played on January 19th in Miami, FL.
So, it's the 3rd Monday in January...you get your choices of places to play:
Miami, FL - OR...
- Columbus, OH - historically the average high is 36F and the low is 22F with around a 35% chance of snow. Big stadium, crappy weather...
- Bloomington, IN - and their 56,000 seat capacity stadium. Crap stadium and crappier weather.
- Provo, UT - and their 63,000 seat capacity stadium - even crappier weather than Ohio
- Lubbock, TX - 60,000 capacity stadium in crap-hole part of Texas "Happiness is Lubbock, Texas in the rear view mirror"
Sure...Hard Rock Stadium only holds about 65,000 people...but it's in Miami, so you have a week of sunshine and the beach before you go to the game.
So, it's the 3rd Monday in January...you get your choices of places to play:
Miami, FL - OR...
- Columbus, OH - historically the average high is 36F and the low is 22F with around a 35% chance of snow. Big stadium, crappy weather...
- Bloomington, IN - and their 56,000 seat capacity stadium. Crap stadium and crappier weather.
- Provo, UT - and their 63,000 seat capacity stadium - even crappier weather than Ohio
- Lubbock, TX - 60,000 capacity stadium in crap-hole part of Texas "Happiness is Lubbock, Texas in the rear view mirror"
Sure...Hard Rock Stadium only holds about 65,000 people...but it's in Miami, so you have a week of sunshine and the beach before you go to the game.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:53 pm to madmaxvol
Nobody’s bitching about the actual championship location. It’s the playoff games that should be on campus
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:54 pm to madmaxvol
I would take Columbus.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:54 pm to BuckI
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The entire CFP should be played on campus
I think the semis and final are good venues for neutral site games.
Quarter finals and above (with expansion) should be home field for the higher seed.
But, before that, they should end autobids and simply put the top teams in as the system in place has ranked them.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:57 pm to Nasty_Canasta
Market volatility and derivatives
Posted on 11/6/25 at 3:03 pm to Nasty_Canasta
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Nobody’s bitching about the actual championship location. It’s the playoff games that should be on campus
The Championship Game is the final game of what??? Oh, the College Football Playoffs...that's right.
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