B.B. Hemingway Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, teachercd said: Home games in the first round would be amazing. Could you imagine the atmosphere? The SEC would never go for it, but how fun would it be to see Alabama or Georgia have to come into Lincoln mid December? 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 21 hours ago, Huskers93-97 said: Now you say what about G5. So UCF. I say keep working hard and maybe you will earn a spot at the P5 table the next time expansion comes along. But why should someone with the 100th hardest schedule have an equal shot at the playoff as someone fighting an SEC, ACC or BIG10 Schedule. Or Maybe the G5 just needs to be a subset division to the P5 and hold their own playoffs/national title game. Strength of Schedule 2018: 76. Clemson (0.901) 83. UCF (0.907) 5 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Expanding to 8 with transparent guidelines for rankings easily understood is important. If they go to 8 with a committee approach, I think it's a disaster. 1 Quote Link to comment
DrunkOffPunch Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Landlord said: Strength of Schedule 2018: 76. Clemson (0.901) 83. UCF (0.907) Source? Sagarin has Clemson at 48 and UCF at 89. FWIW Nebraska was 20. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I got it from here: https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/8/29/17795292/college-football-2018-strength-of-schedule-week-14-rankings Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 21 hours ago, southernoregonhusker said: It's a done deal. With a nod to Vanilla Ice, it's all about the Cash Cash, baby. Da na na nananana. It's always been this way. Find out what makes the most money, then convince people it's the best way to determine a champion. Cable subscriptions continue to plummet, fatigue is setting in, time to juice this up. It's not principally about, nor is it ever, about fairness, efficacy or accuracy. 1 Quote Link to comment
DrinkinwitTerrellFarley Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 12 hours ago, B.B. Hemingway said: The SEC would never go for it, but how fun would it be to see Alabama or Georgia have to come into Lincoln mid December? I don't think the SEC matters as much as the Bowl Director Cartel. Once everyone sees how much better of a game it is for fans to have it at the campus of the higher seed instead of some antiseptic NFL stadium, they will have to ratchet up the propaganda to keep the semi-finals in a Bowl. Quote Link to comment
DrinkinwitTerrellFarley Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Just now, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said: I don't think the SEC matters as much as the Bowl Director Cartel. Once everyone sees how much better of a game it is for fans to have it at the campus of the higher seed instead of some antiseptic NFL stadium, they will have to ratchet up the propaganda to keep the semi-finals in a Bowl. Bowls will fight tooth and nail against any campus games. NCAA and the universities have no obligation to listen to them or worrying about supporting southern tourism. 1 Quote Link to comment
gossamorharpy Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 8:45 PM, Mavric said: Because there are two teams in each game and 4 is a power of two lol, i mean, that's prolly the best explanation yet Quote Link to comment
CheeseHusker Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I think eight works as long as you get rid of the championship games and get every P5 to play the same number of conference games. Seeing Alabama lose the SEC title game and then come back and win the damn playoff every other year suggests to me that it's just more problematic than it should be. God I wish we had this setup back in the 80s and 90s. I like to think we might have had one or two rematch shots with OU. 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 23 minutes ago, CheeseHusker said: I think eight works as long as you get rid of the championship games Never going to happen. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 9:36 AM, BIG ERN said: It will eventually be 8... Yes I think the 4 team playoff was the 'medicinal' marijuana of sports to get the camel's nose in the tent. Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Notre Dame Joe said: Yes I think the 4 team playoff was the 'medicinal' marijuana of, this one sport that must continue to be different than every other sport in actually having a good way to determine a champion who no one need question, to get the camel's nose in the tent. Fixed it for you. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 12:38 AM, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said: I don't think the SEC matters as much as the Bowl Director Cartel. Once everyone sees how much better of a game it is for fans to have it at the campus of the higher seed instead of some antiseptic NFL stadium, they will have to ratchet up the propaganda to keep the semi-finals in a Bowl. On 12/14/2018 at 12:40 AM, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said: Bowls will fight tooth and nail against any campus games. NCAA and the universities have no obligation to listen to them or worrying about supporting southern tourism. I think the SEC will ally themselves with Southern Tourism to prevent their champion from having to play an Ice Bowl. Quote Link to comment
mrandyk Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 8 would be a start. Imagine how fun (and profitable) the March Madness version of college football would be. I can't believe the NCAA hasn't implemented a real playoff yet. I really like the FCS model of 24 teams with the top 8 getting a bye, and home games through the early rounds. Regular season games mean a lot more when at-large bids and seeding are constantly in play, and the playoff games would be significantly more watched than comparable bowl games. For example - I can not muster any reason to care about Washington playing Ohio State in the Rose Bowl this year, but I would absolutely be watching if the winner went on to play Oklahoma or Georgia in the quarterfinals. Same with Texas-Georgia or any other "marquee" bowl game. All of them are pointless exhibitions and it's amazing they've been kept around in this capacity for so long. 1 Quote Link to comment
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