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I've said it for years and will keep saying it. The way it changes is if Bama (or an SEC team) ever gets left out.
 
- 8 team playoff
- P5 conference champs are auto bids
- Conferences decide how champions will be selected
- 3 at-large bids decided by playoff committee rankings
- At least one of the at-large teams comes from a non-P5 conference
- P5 conference champs can't be seeded lower than 6th
- Non-conference champs can't be seeded higher than 6th
- Non-P5 schools can be seeded in the Top 6 only if they won their conference (but could still be 7/8)
- Quarterfinal games are played at the higher seeded team's field
- Semifinal and Championship games are played in bowl games as they're done now
 
gtrower said:
- 8 team playoff
- P5 conference champs are auto bids
- Conferences decide how champions will be selected
- 3 at-large bids decided by playoff committee rankings
- At least one of the at-large teams comes from a non-P5 conference
- P5 conference champs can't be seeded lower than 6th
- Non-conference champs can't be seeded higher than 6th
- Non-P5 schools can be seeded in the Top 6 only if they won their conference (but could still be 7/8)
- Quarterfinal games are played at the higher seeded team's field
- Semifinal and Championship games are played in bowl games as they're done now
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This is the perfect solution to me. Brings in enough teams but keeps the regular session important because home field is extremely valuable in college football.
 
GSUGTATL said:
So if VT beat Clemson, you ppl think they would have deserved a playoff birth more than the Tigers? No ööööin way
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Eh, Clemson would probably be a wildcard in that situation.

I would really only buy into the 8 team model if they forced the conferences to all go to 16 teams. I would also want them to drop back to an 11 game schedule. These guys are taking a lot of hits and very few are going to have NFL money to fall back on.
 
GSUGTATL said:
So if VT beat Clemson, you ppl think they would have deserved a playoff birth more than the Tigers? No ööööin way
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Let the playoffs start with the conference championships -similar to basketball conference tournaments.
 
gtphd said:
And it brings in more money while extending the season further into the new year. Why wouldn't the NCAA want this?
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Because it'll ding revenue from early-season games, especially out-of-conference games, which will now mean precisely squat to the season. College football is unique in that every single week matters. Go to 8 teams in a playoff, and I think that'll no longer be true. We could even see teams who clinch their divisions rest starters like in the NFL. That would be a bad thing for college football, IMO.

4 teams was a good way to get out of the BCS quagmire without going so far as to render the regular season inert. Being left out at #5 is a lot more palatable than being left out at #3. The only real problem with the 4-team format is that it needs a rule stipulating conference champions only.
 
Flywheel said:
Because it'll ding revenue from early-season games, especially out-of-conference games, which will now mean precisely squat to the season. College football is unique in that every single week matters. Go to 8 teams in a playoff, and I think that'll no longer be true. We could even see teams who clinch their divisions rest starters like in the NFL. That would be a bad thing for college football, IMO.
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I don't think so. Our 2nd string offense kicked ass in Blacksburg.
 
gtrower said:
- 8 team playoff
- P5 conference champs are auto bids
- Conferences decide how champions will be selected
- 3 at-large bids decided by playoff committee rankings
- At least one of the at-large teams comes from a non-P5 conference
- P5 conference champs can't be seeded lower than 6th
- Non-conference champs can't be seeded higher than 6th
- Non-P5 schools can be seeded in the Top 6 only if they won their conference (but could still be 7/8)
- Quarterfinal games are played at the higher seeded team's field
- Semifinal and Championship games are played in bowl games as they're done now
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I like this, but I'd extend it to 16 teams. All 10 conference champs get automatic bids and all conference champs get seeded 1-10. Imagine LSU playing their quarter-final game at Buffalo.
 
GT65_UGA89 said:
Let the playoffs start with the conference championships -similar to basketball conference tournaments.
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Unless you solve the problem of cross-divisional scheduling you run the risk of a more-deserving, one-loss divisional co-champion getting left out of the conference-level "first round".
 
Flywheel said:
Because it'll ding revenue from early-season games, especially out-of-conference games, which will now mean precisely squat to the season. College football is unique in that every single week matters. Go to 8 teams in a playoff, and I think that'll no longer be true. We could even see teams who clinch their divisions rest starters like in the NFL. That would be a bad thing for college football, IMO.

4 teams was a good way to get out of the BCS quagmire without going so far as to render the regular season inert. Being left out at #5 is a lot more palatable than being left out at #3. The only real problem with the 4-team format is that it needs a rule stipulating conference champions only.
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I agree somewhat, and am actually totally fine with the four team playoff even though I think eight would be ideal. The haven't been any selection "travesties" with four -- every left out team has had at least one pretty significant blemish.

However, I feel you're exaggerating the impact of going to eight games on the regular season. I can't imagine a team giving up possible home field advantage in the first round to rest their players on the final regular season game (and possibly giving up a wild card spot should they lose their conference championship game.)

Home field is a big deal, though obviously not nearly as big as making it into the playoffs.
 
gtphd said:
And it brings in more money while extending the season further into the new year. Why wouldn't the NCAA want this?
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NCAA makes the lion's share of their money from the NCAA basketball tournament. I don't think they make much from bowls or the football championship.
 
andrew said:
I agree somewhat, and am actually totally fine with the four team playoff even though I think eight around be ideal. The haven't been any selection "travesties" with four -- every left out team has had at least one pretty significant blemish.

However, I feel you're exaggerating the impact of going to eight games. I can't imagine a team giving up possible home field advantage in the first round to rest their players on the final regular season game (and possibly giving up a wild card spot should they lose their conference championship game.)

Home field is a big deal, though obviously not nearly as big as making it into the playoffs.
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You may be right, but if we go to 8 teams, someone at #9 will kick and scream and within 2 years we'll be talking about going to 16 teams. You can't have a tournament that makes everyone happy and still have the regular season matter at the same time. At least having 4 conference champions in the current format lays down some rules by which teams know what they're playing for, and aren't hoping a committee of retards will see things their way.

If it were laid out in the rules, Ohio State fans would've had no beef with this season if Penn State took their spot. If you can't win your conference, much less your division, you can't play for the national title. Done. I just think it's horridly ironic that this was the message the committee sent 2 years ago when they scrapped TCU in favor of the Buckeyes, and now they've reversed their logic, again for the Buckeyes.

Your best bet at getting in is to change your mascot to "Buckeyes" and hope the committee makes a mistake on the paperwork.
 
Flywheel said:
You may be right, but if we go to 8 teams, someone at #9 will kick and scream and within 2 years we'll be talking about going to 16 teams. You can't have a tournament that makes everyone happy and still have the regular season matter at the same time. At least having 4 conference champions in the current format lays down some rules by which teams know what they're playing for, and aren't hoping a committee of retards will see things their way.

If it were laid out in the rules, Ohio State fans would've had no beef with this season if Penn State took their spot. If you can't win your conference, much less your division, you can't play for the national title. Done. I just think it's horridly ironic that this was the message the committee sent 2 years ago when they scrapped TCU in favor of the Buckeyes, and now they've reversed their logic, again for the Buckeyes.

Your best bet at getting in is to change your mascot to "Buckeyes" and hope the committee makes a mistake on the paperwork.
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I agree with all of this, just wanted to chime in that nobody is going to feel bad for 4 loss LSU when they get left out at #9.
 
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