I agree with the ND comments about joining a conference. Get on board or suffer the consequences. Furthermore I would drop the JMU & Tulane type auto allocations and truly go with the top 12 teams based on the criteria that was better applied this season. IF JMU and/or Tulane are in the top 12, so be it. If you had the best 12 this season, you would likely have ND & Vandy. We would have some really good matchups next weekend across the board.

lsusa•16 hours

The problem with dropping the auto bids is that it becomes a purely subjective list of who the top 12 truly are. Leaving some objective measure for making the playoffs is necessary.

captron•19 hours

Herbstreit and ESPN have already done a lot of the "fixing" college football and had a major hand in what it is today.

Thanks Herb and ESPN.

Koolazzkat•21 hours

We’ll it’s basically a budget NFL now, might as well organize it like the NFL.

southernboisb•3 hours

In fairness, how long have we’ve heard about conferences/teams “getting preferential advantages/schedules”?
Yet not many want everyone to be identical to eliminate that opinion?

BK785•21 hours

Go back down to a 6 team playoff. All these teams are watering down the playoffs....

RandySavage•22 hours

"Expand", yeah that'll do it. We've expanded by 600% in 12 years and it sucks worse than ever. Society is the worst.

Timeoday•23 hours

Obviously he is a punk trying to win a popularity contest with the US catholics. Neuter Dame had the softest schedule in the Top 25. WORD!!

Broadside Bob•1 day

Expand to 16? Number 17 will whine.

Damien8003•1 day

I've had a fix since BCS days.

Each conference has a Conference Championship. Win CC and go to playoff. Only conference champions play in playoff. Conference doesn't have CC......join one that does. Ranking only matters in seeding playoff.

Fck rankings. Fck at large bids. Fck what universities are big money draws because fans travel well.

atltiger6487•1 day

only conference champs make the playoffs? So the SEC only gets 1 team in the playoff? You do realize an 11-1 SEC team, that doesn't make the Conf championship game, may be the best team in the country. You'd exclude them?

Damien8003•24 hours

Yep.

Fully realize that. But, if you don't win CC, you don't go to playoff. Gives it more meaning. Sucks to suck.

John Casey•24 hours

This only works if you go to an all conference schedule.

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VoxDawg•1 day

We're well past time to stop giving preferential treatment to those entitled brats.

Whodat1•1 day

join a conference and win it

Homesick Tiger•1 day

Or, Notre Dame could join a conference and win their way into the playoffs. Funny he didn't mention that.

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