OT: CFP

[ragtimejoe1]

With our 12 game scrimmage winding down, it will be interesting to watch the new playoff evolve. I think clarity will set in by the end of the season, but I hope not. I hope chaos ensues throughout. If it ended today, there would be screams for an overhaul. A conference champion playoff model would be proposed. Hopefully, we continue to work towards that but my concern in that the G5 would be left out. Instead it would be the P5 + 3 wild-cards for an 8 team playoff. We might have a shot at the wild-card for the entire G5 or not.

How long does CFB stay with the current model in your opinion?

 

[McPeachy]

With our 12 game scrimmage winding down, it will be interesting to watch the new playoff evolve. I think clarity will set in by the end of the season, but I hope not. I hope chaos ensues throughout. If it ended today, there would be screams for an overhaul. A conference champion playoff model would be proposed. Hopefully, we continue to work towards that but my concern in that the G5 would be left out. Instead it would be the P5 + 3 wild-cards for an 8 team playoff. We might have a shot at the wild-card for the entire G5 or not.

How long does CFB stay with the current model in your opinion?

Thought about the same thing. And I agree, would be great to see some mad chaos. I would love for the SEC to be left out, that would almost guarantee college football would expand to 8 next season. Can you imagine Saban losing his shit if that were to happen! Glorious!

 

[Cornpoke]

With our 12 game scrimmage winding down, it will be interesting to watch the new playoff evolve. I think clarity will set in by the end of the season, but I hope not. I hope chaos ensues throughout. If it ended today, there would be screams for an overhaul. A conference champion playoff model would be proposed. Hopefully, we continue to work towards that but my concern in that the G5 would be left out. Instead it would be the P5 + 3 wild-cards for an 8 team playoff. We might have a shot at the wild-card for the entire G5 or not.

How long does CFB stay with the current model in your opinion?

Thought about the same thing. And I agree, would be great to see some mad chaos. I would love for the SEC to be left out, that would almost guarantee college football would expand to 8 next season. Can you imagine Saban losing his shit if that were to happen! Glorious!

Until every conference champion is included in the playoff. It's not a playoff. But I agree I think it's important the SEC lose. It's actually a good thing for the equilibrium college football when the SEC loses.

 

[SnowyRange]

Until every conference champion is included in the playoff. It's not a playoff.

It's not a tournament. It's a playoff between the best teams. That's the way it should be, and that will be true whether there are 4 or 8 teams.

 

[Cornpoke]

Until every conference champion is included in the playoff. It's not a playoff.

It's not a tournament. It's a playoff between the best teams. That's the way it should be, and that will be true whether there are 4 or 8 teams.

So your telling me the NFL shouldn't put all it's division champions in the playoff and since they do it should be called a tournament? Or Baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer. Only certain Division winners should be included in the playoff? That would be interesting.

 

[cali2wyo]

I'm ok if not every conference is represented, unless there's an undefeated P5 conference champ outside the top 4. I think the thing that would make people lose their minds would be to have 2 representatives from the same conference. I was worried LSU would only drop to 4 because damn it, Alabama was a good loss. The Committee dropping LSU to 9th after their loss was reassuring to me. I also think Notre Dame needs to officially join a conference, they already play an ACC schedule. If the current top 4 win out including conference championships (or Iowa in place of Ohio St) and either Baylor/Ok St go undefeated there will be some serious debate. They say conference championships are important, so Notre Dame may drop a spot despite doing nothing but win. But the Big 12 doesn't have a championship game so essentially they've done the same thing Notre Dame did by winning all their regular season games.

But really, I just hope the SEC gets left out. If Florida finishes the season ugly but beats Bama in the conference championship, it seems likely that there will be 4 teams more deserving than them.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

In some format, it needs to be expanded a bit. How many times do we find out a conference is over or underrated after bowl season? IMO, that is strong enough evidence to expand it some to make sure the top teams are included.

With that said, I'm more of a fan of allowing surging teams win a championship. To me the best team at the end of the season matters more than the best body of work throughout the season. That is what I like about the NCAA tourney. If it were just a season's work, WYO never would have gone last year.

In football, 8 teams would be plenty almost every year as long as the selection process was fair. I'm not really a fan of every conference champ to the playoff. I'm not sure there is a G5 team that belongs in the playoff conversation this year.

 

[SnowyRange]

So your telling me the NFL shouldn't put all it's division champions in the playoff and since they do it should be called a tournament? Or Baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer. Only certain Division winners should be included in the playoff? That would be interesting.

You make a fabulous point...which would even be relevant as soon as college football puts identical budget caps on schools and has the schools assemble teams through a draft, to ensure parity, then sticks them in geographical divisions, and then has them play a giant nationwide round robin during the regular season.

Until then, the NCAA should pick the best 4 (or 8) teams and have them play off.