Semi-OT: How would you do the playoff this year?

[stymeman]

make the bowl scenarios play out in a playoff system, allowing for neutral sites and chances for the little guys to beat a big boy once in awhile, kinda like the NCAA tourney. I guarantee more people would watch, or maybe just allowing the big boys to have their own thing and the lesser haves to have their own thing as well....but it's apparent something's gotta give, playoffs are where it's at!!!!

 

[Wyovanian]

Needs to be16 teams. 11 conference champions and 5 wild cards. Puts major emphasis on winning your conference.

I think it would be too large and too many games for 16 teams. Realistically, our conference champ (and the MAC's, the Sun Belt's, etc.) would be beaten badly by the big boys this year.

I think somewhere around 6 or 8 would catch the best teams most years. I get the angle of everyone having a chance, but I think for football, it is just way too many games.

Actually, Beaver nailed it- 16 is perfect and it's not too many games. You'd begin play this weekend with 16 teams, next weekend you'd have 8 teams, weekend after Christmas your final 4, and the Championship played on New Year's Day. as it stands now, the NCG is played well into January.