Thanks_Tom RR Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 So, jumping over the promised four-team college football playoff format that goes into effect after the 2014 season, I read this article here and said, "YES"!!! Drop the 4 non-conference games and add one extra week, this will allow for a regular 8 conference game season, plus the conference championship game, the bowl game, and a 64-team playoff. Or make the bowl games the start of the playoffs, and this would leave the extra week off of the schedule. There are 35 bowl games right now, so 70 teams already get to play. Thus, drop 3 bowls, or make them non-playoff bowls, and you have your 64-team playoff. Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Here's a mock bracket from this past season from the article. If we could get past Texas A&M, think we would have been in the Football Final Four playing either Ohio St or Georgia to get into the championship game. Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's basically giving more relevance to the non-conference games, which get played anyway. Quote Link to comment
nebraskafaninwi Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Those seeds don't make any sense. N behind teams they beat in their own division....lol. Quote Link to comment
onlyHskrfaninIL Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Even in make-believe-land Ohio St and Penn St should still be ineligible Quote Link to comment
BIG ERN Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 As a whole it would be awesome, but how long between each game etc. ? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 No thanks. I don't need the #4 team in the Sun Belt in a tournament to figure out a national champion. Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Would not watch the first 3 rounds. Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Lol the seeds make me laugh Baylor, Boise, Northern Ilinois, San Jose St, Utah St, & Texas do not deserve that high of a seed. Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 No thanks. I don't need the #4 team in the Sun Belt in a tournament to figure out a national champion. UL-Monroe played in the Independence Bowl (and promptly got rolled by Frank Solich and company). But, that is my point. The games are going to get played anyway. This would make the non-conference games and those lesser bowl games mean just a little more. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 No thanks. I don't need the #4 team in the Sun Belt in a tournament to figure out a national champion. UL-Monroe played in the Independence Bowl (and promptly got rolled by Frank Solich and company). But, that is my point. The games are going to get played anyway. This would make the non-conference games and those lesser bowl games mean just a little more. Yes, but if, in your example, Nebraska happened to lose to Arkansas St., their season would be over. If they lost to them in the current format, they would still have a chance - albeit a small one - of winning the national title. Also, without any non-conference games it gets harder to figure out who the top teams are. A 9-3 Northwestern team looks a lot better with wins over two non-conference teams that won their bowls than a 5-3 record would look if they didn't get any non-conference games pre-tournament. Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 If we could get by A&M, we could win our region.... Quote Link to comment
TAKODA Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 16 team playoff, maybe someday! 64 team playoff, Never! Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 16 team playoff, maybe someday! 64 team playoff, Never! Adam Kramer, is that you? : ) Quote Link to comment
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