Once the bowl system implodes, you're going to have to do something to let some of these fanbases (such as ours) feel like they have at least chance to compete. FCS has a 24 team bracket...I don't see why FBS cannot either. Plus going past 16 gives the committee a chance to offer byes to the top teams and still let them host home playoff games. Those are going to be wild.
I think it is darn-near certain the playoffs expand.
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Yes CU had 2 back to back QBs that were excellent, but even that era was tarnished by failed PED testing and players being declared ineligible. Were others guilty, maybe so but they didn't have players declared ineligible.
I just feel getting a bye is too big of an advantage. In the 4 man teams that didn't play in conference championship games but still selected came in with fresh legs and won the championship more than once. 16 or 32, no one gets a bye.
I think CFB may start to look at CBB.
Essentially CBB starts and ends with a tournament that takes care of all fanbases “who care” and casual fans who aren’t die hard for conference or even team but just want to be entertained by interesting match ups.
Classics, invitationals, shootouts, ACC v SEC, etc to start.
March Madness, 64 teams to end.
Bowl games are essentially Classics and Invitationals. I’ve always thought it makes sense to play most of them to kick off the year. Avoid a lot of issues like injured rosters, players sitting out, transferring, coaches getting canned before bowl game…
Also interest, an upper class team in a bowl they feel is below them…fans won’t travel as well.
Expand the playoffs, keep the NY6 bowls, maybe even incorporate them into the playoff structure. Move all the other bowls to beginning of season.
That would also solve the SOS, and “well if IU and SMU played in the SEC…”
Okay let’s see it. KU, Unc, Duke, IU, UK, MSU in the “We care about basketball that’s our excuse” bowls.
SMU can play Vandy in the Richer and smarter than all the other programs in our conference bowl
UGA v Penn St in the let’s go ahead and decide this 2 loss SEC v 1 loss BIG argument now Bowl.
Essentially CBB starts and ends with a tournament that takes care of all fanbases “who care” and casual fans who aren’t die hard for conference or even team but just want to be entertained by interesting match ups.
Classics, invitationals, shootouts, ACC v SEC, etc to start.
March Madness, 64 teams to end.
Bowl games are essentially Classics and Invitationals. I’ve always thought it makes sense to play most of them to kick off the year. Avoid a lot of issues like injured rosters, players sitting out, transferring, coaches getting canned before bowl game…
Also interest, an upper class team in a bowl they feel is below them…fans won’t travel as well.
Expand the playoffs, keep the NY6 bowls, maybe even incorporate them into the playoff structure. Move all the other bowls to beginning of season.
That would also solve the SOS, and “well if IU and SMU played in the SEC…”
Okay let’s see it. KU, Unc, Duke, IU, UK, MSU in the “We care about basketball that’s our excuse” bowls.
SMU can play Vandy in the Richer and smarter than all the other programs in our conference bowl
UGA v Penn St in the let’s go ahead and decide this 2 loss SEC v 1 loss BIG argument now Bowl.
I've gone back-and-forth on believing that getting a Bye for those Top 4 teams isn't quite the advantage you'd think and it's in part by seeing how poorly teams on Louisville's schedule--and Louisville itself--did coming off of BYE weeks. That seemed like it was a trend across College Football.
Momentum in playoff situations is really important in the MLB and NFL playoffs; those teams that have their slot locked up early relative to everyone else load manage their starters and it seems like the current trend is that they lose continuity in the process.
There is no question with the advent of the Portal opening and the opt outs for bowls that Bowl participation amounts to little more than a pre-Spring Game. I'd advocate for preseason bowls as you are here.
I hated the idea of 12 teams. Hated it. Totally unnecessary and is simply there to put three loss teams in. We gain nothing by having this many teams in it from the same conference.
We spent all regular season and had a conference championship game to determine who was best and then we're just going to be like "Ah. Doesn't matter. You're still getting into the playoff." Hell you can left out of a playoff now by being good enough to make a conference title game and then lose because it adds an extra loss where as a team not good enough to make the game can stay in ...say Georgia makes SEC title game and loses--they now have more losses than Tennessee cause they played that extra game. UGA could get left out.
I argued for years that eight teams was the right answer. Take your major conference champs, three wildcard spots and the non P5 best, no byes, and you could've just used the four prestigious bowl games (Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange) as your regionals. Then you got the CFP/Championship which should honestly be played at the same venue like you'd see in high school football.
I also want to know how people are financially going to be able to go to all of these games in different places within a three week period and get off of work? Quarterfinal, semi, and championship game spread out all over the country?
We spent all regular season and had a conference championship game to determine who was best and then we're just going to be like "Ah. Doesn't matter. You're still getting into the playoff." Hell you can left out of a playoff now by being good enough to make a conference title game and then lose because it adds an extra loss where as a team not good enough to make the game can stay in ...say Georgia makes SEC title game and loses--they now have more losses than Tennessee cause they played that extra game. UGA could get left out.
I argued for years that eight teams was the right answer. Take your major conference champs, three wildcard spots and the non P5 best, no byes, and you could've just used the four prestigious bowl games (Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange) as your regionals. Then you got the CFP/Championship which should honestly be played at the same venue like you'd see in high school football.
I also want to know how people are financially going to be able to go to all of these games in different places within a three week period and get off of work? Quarterfinal, semi, and championship game spread out all over the country?
Pre SOS at UF UGA dominated the series, one he arrived he immediately got the AD to schedule a bye week before our game and UF dominated until we followed suit and started to win one occasionally. Was that the only reason, of course not. But they were fresher, healthier and a new wrinkle every year until we started taking a bye the same week.
