12-Team Playoff On the Way

[TonkaSker]

Couple things I'm hoping for:

 

- P5 + Top G5

- High seeds host until the final four.

[Red Five]

If we could ever go 10-2 again we’d make the playoff.

[HuskerNation1]

Lol...we could be paired against the top seed and lose by one score.  I am curious how many automatic bids are given vs at large.

[Red Five]

 

[The_Fan_Man]

To put this into perspective, Tom Osborne would have only missed the playoffs in 1973, 1976, 1977, and 1990. They would have gotten a first round byes in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997.

 

Since Osborne, we get in 1999, 2000, and 2001 but only get a first round bye in 1999.

[jaws]

I'm all for expanding the playoffs if it included smaller regional conferences and not the mega conferences we are headed towards. I hope all the money is worth it. 

[Dogs In A Pile]

57 minutes ago, Kayvan said:

If they’d just expand it to 128 teams we might have a shot. 

 

You drinkin' that Kool-Aid again? There are 130 FBS teams I believe.

[Mavric]

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

No way do they wait until 2026 to do this.  My best guess is it starts in 2024.

 

I think earlier as well.  Maybe in the middle?

 

 

[Mavric]

[Kayvan]

42 minutes ago, Dogs In A Pile said:

 

You drinkin' that Kool-Aid again? There are 130 FBS teams I believe.

Hey, I said “have a shot.” Definitely still not a given.

[Red Five]

I’m holding they change and allow 1st and 2nd round games on campus. 
 

[Mavric]

 

[BIG ERN]

On 9/2/2022 at 3:19 PM, The_Fan_Man said:

To put this into perspective, Tom Osborne would have only missed the playoffs in 1973, 1976, 1977, and 1990. They would have gotten a first round byes in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997.

 

Since Osborne, we get in 1999, 2000, and 2001 but only get a first round bye in 1999.

Saban is great but people forget it's easier now with the playoff era. 

 

Nebraska 5 titles with 0 total losses. 

[BIG ERN]

Also, doesn't this just save the Big 12 and Pac 12? Auto bid if you win that conference. B12 will be elementary without Oklahoma and Texas. P12 seems it may lose USC and UCLA. 

[Mavric]