2020 College Football Playoff

[suh_fan93]

 

[Mavric]

Gee, I'm sure this is only based on new medical information and the safety of players...

 

 

[jaws]

This is a dumb way to have a championship. It also makes it impossible for a coach at a smaller school to develop a program into nothing more than a new years six participate. It is hard to keep a good up and coming coach at a place with such an arbitrary ceiling. 

[suh_fan93]

I knew ND was getting in even though they got their butts handed to them by 24 pts to Clemson yesterday.  Regardless please scrap (and expand) the 4 team set up/format we currently have.

 

 

[Crusader Husker]

This was a year there are only 2 that deserve to be in, sorry tOSU.  I will be rooting for ALabama to score 80 on Notre Dame.  They beat Clemson in double overtime at home with Clemson missing their best player.  Got rolled when he played.  ND, do us a favor and opt out.  I think we have seen you get your balls kicked in before.

[Cdog923]

1. Expand to 8 teams
2. Have 5 autobids to the P5 conference champs
3. Have 3 at-large bids, with one saved for a G5 conference champ in the top 15. 
4. Play the quarterfinals on college campuses. 

[Mavric]

2 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

1. Expand to 8 teams
2. Have 5 autobids to the P5 conference champs
3. Have 3 at-large bids, with one saved for a G5 conference champ in the top 15. 
4. Play the quarterfinals on college campuses. 

 

Yep, I've said this for years:

• Eight team playoff
• Five Power 5 Conference Champions (provided they are in the Top 12 of the final standings)
• Highest-rated Group of Five Champion auto-qualifies if they are in the Top 12
• Remaining teams chosen by committee
• No more than two per conference

Now that the field is set, how does the playoff itself actually work and how does it mesh with the other bowls?

• Those eight teams are locked into New Year's Six bowls on a rotating basis (as they do now with four)
• Remaining bowl assignments can proceed as they currently do
• Higher-seeded teams host the quarter final game two weeks after CCG weekend
• The four teams that lose in the quarter finals will be matched up in two pre-determined New Year's Six bowl games (rotating)
• The four teams that win in the quarter finals will move on to two other New Year's Six games as the semi-finals (rotating, as they do now)
• Championship game one week later (as it is now)

Bowl structure preserved.  Conference championships matter.  Group of Five teams have a chance.  Doesn't extend the season (time-wise).  Bowl season begins and ends with a bang.

 

QED

[suh_fan93]

Fwiw

 

 

[jaws]

I can already hear the excuses if Cincy wins their bowl game. 

[Crusader Husker]

I would rather see Cincinnati in rather than a team that got their teeth kicked in yesterday.

[ZRod]

You should never ever be allowed in the playoffs in this format unless you've won your conference. Period. 

 

Even in an 8 team format I would still rather see G5 teams over 2 SEC, 2B1G, or 2ACC (sorry Big 12 you suck, and PAC 12 you know your only ever getting 1 in). This committee experiment has been equally as bad as the BCS. It still protects the P5 teams and screws the G5.

[ZRod]

What if you tried to keep something similar to the traditional bowl format, and once championship games are done each conference champion plays another

 

1st round

Rose: B1G vs PAC 12 (because this circle jerk just won't die)

Sugar: SEC vs ACC

Orange: Big 12 vs AAC (probably similar talent now a days)

At Large: bids in the top 8 or 10 with preference to record not conference. Rotate the Fiesta, Peach, and Cotton

 

 

Semi Finals

Rose vs Sugar

Orange vs At Large

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

They should have played the 5 big bowls and then a BCS-style #1 vs #2 on Jan 8th.

 

fwiw I would not have put ND in the playoff after yesterday. 

[Mavric]

[Mavric]