Two loss teams should never be considered
These are students not pro ball players and these are not basketball teams, its football.Conference champions from D1A should all get in. Any remaining slots covers the shoulda woulda. Rank them 1-16 and play a bracket. The top teams have the path of least resistance. First two rounds at home if they can accommodate 60,000 seats; else NCAA has neutral regional sites available to favor higher seed. Ticket sales split 50 home team, 25 away tea, and 25 to NCAA to fund tournament. Win or don't complain.
ridiculous. I don't care who the guy is. I'm out.they would be favored by 3-7 points according to Jim Feist power rating
These are students not pro ball players and these are not basketball teams, its football.
I think his point is, 20-year-old kids aren't typically built to withstand a 16+ game season. It wasn't long ago when playing 12 games in a year was a big deal. In my Dad's day, they only played 9. The bigger you make the playoff, the more likely that injuries will factor into who wins out -- and it's more likely to not be the best team from the regular season.It's a tournament of actual conference champions. The NFL playoffs are a joke in comparison.
I get it, you only want Power 5 teams. It's rather narrow-minded IMHO.
Jesus, when will this ever stop? Every single solitary year some guy and his buddy were kicking around an idea about a playoff system that makes the regular season meaningful and something about bowl games and crap.Some HM members may recall seeing this in past years. Before the new CFP, while it was already seeming to be inevitable, a buddy and I were kicking around what type of playoff system would be best for keeping the regular season as meaningful as possible, encouraging good non-conference games, keeping fan travel to a minimum, and giving all teams a chance to be in the field (even the G5). What we came up with was a 12 team field, with three 'tiers' to lessen the chance that teams would just try to cruise into neutral site games without really playing anybody.
Based on Massey Composite Ranking (although I can update with real CFP rankings tomorrow night...). This will change quite a bit with the two big SEC games coming up this weekend (Alabama/LSU & Georgia/Kentucky).
#9 Ohio State at #8 Kentucky
- Winner at #1 Clemson
#12 West Virginia at #5 Michigan
- Winner at #4 LSU
#11 Penn State at #6 Notre Dame
- Winner at #3 Georgia
#10 Florida at #7 Oklahoma
- Winner at #2 Alabama
Bubble Teams to Watch:
#13 Utah
#14 Iowa
#15 Wash State
#16 Central Florida
#17 Mississippi St
#18 Fresno St
#19 Texas
#20 Texas A&M
Alternatively, maybe a 6 team field, with the champions of each P5 conference and the top G5 team or ND (maybe with a certain minimum ranking requirement?)?
#7 Oklahoma at #6 Notre Dame
Winner at #1 Clemson
#13 Utah at #5 Michigan
Winner at #2 Alabama
Last year's playoff of conference champs would have been...
#12 Central Florida at #8 USC
Winner at #1 Clemson
#5 Ohio State at #3 Georgia
Winner at #2 Oklahoma
That hurts and isn’t necessary.Hell Pops huskers couldn't make a 64 team playoff this year
Except in hockey, baseball, soccer, cricket, basketball, pingpong and any other sport under the sunTwo loss teams should never be considered
As someone wiser than I said, we should be rooting for bama to win the SEC -- so they don't get 2 teams in again.I agree with Bilsker about Alabama as it's going to take two losses by them to keep them out of the playoffs on any given season apparently.
Jesus, when will this ever stop? Every single solitary year some guy and his buddy were kicking around an idea about a playoff system that makes the regular season meaningful and something about bowl games and crap.
We already have too many playoff teams. I thought playoffs were supposed to be the magical fix it all to any doubts about who's champ?
Gimme back the ambiguity. That was at least more fun to debate than who's playoff format is more bestest and why we need more teams.
It's ridiculous.