IMO the MAC,CUSA,MWC,AAC,Sunbelt

[Phantom]

I like the idea. You can never have enough college football.

 

[GoldRusher]

The logistics of making this happen would be extremely difficult not to mention taking away the opportunity for any major payday would hurt their budgets substantially as well.

I might agree but what is their product worth when they are the only game going? We love our college football, I know I've watched many games that had nothing to do with my team and would theirs if I had the time in the fall. What would their tv contracts be compared to a road game or two worth of beatdown a by a P5 school?

 

[TexasExes98]

I like the idea. You can never have enough college football.

I agree ^^^^^ Plus, these mid majors rarely ever sellout their home games during regular football season, so it really wouldn't matter if the NCAA moved their season to the spring.

 

[wiskyisgood12]

I'm going to pass for numerous reasons. I don't see any reason to believe that a Northern Illinois-Bowling Green game would be more heavily attended or receive higher ratings if it were in the spring as opposed to the fall. Plus, the more mid-major kids are going to get completely forgotten about by NFL scouts. If their season is in the spring, and they go an entire fall just focusing on Power 5 kids the mid major kids who are good enough will disappear from everyone's consciousness.

 

[GoldRusher]

I agree ^^^^^ Plus, these mid majors rarely ever sellout their home games during regular football season, so it really wouldn't matter if the NCAA moved their season to the spring.

I would argue that attendance would increase. I could absolutely see for instance a UAB picking up college football starved Bama and Auburn fans needing to get their fix and heading to a UAB game to take on say ULL. Not all obviously but alot. I know for a fact that there are WVU fans that don't see Marshall as a rival at all that pull for the Herd when they are playing an out of state team.

An early summer Saturday night playoff game between Boise and Southern Miss in the south? You kiddin me? BIG crowds IMO.

 

[wiskyisgood12]

I would argue that attendance would increase. I could absolutely see for instance a UAB picking up college football starved Bama and Auburn fans needing to get their fix and heading to a UAB game to take on say ULL. Not all obviously but alot. I know for a fact that there are WVU fans that don't see Marshall as a rival at all that pull for the Herd when they are playing an out of state team.

An early summer Saturday night playoff game between Boise and Southern Miss in the south? You kiddin me? BIG crowds IMO.

The argument against is, would it be a big enough attendance increase to justify such a big change?

 

[WestEndVol]

There are incoming freshmen that haven't even graduated High School yet. How would they be ready or even able to participate if it starts in March? I like football as much as the next guy, but could never see something like that working.

 

[trojanfan12]

I watch softball on the P12 network all the time. Pac-12 softball is second to none plus some of dem chicas got some nice heinies.

Never heard of no "softball pron" before.

 

[GoldRusher]

There are incoming freshmen that haven't even graduated High School yet. How would they be ready or even able to participate if it starts in March? I like football as much as the next guy, but could never see something like that working.

Early entry guys get in Jan. could spur kids to finish HS quicker.

 

[GoldRusher]

I'm going to pass for numerous reasons. I don't see any reason to believe that a Northern Illinois-Bowling Green game would be more heavily attended or receive higher ratings if it were in the spring as opposed to the fall. Plus, the more mid-major kids are going to get completely forgotten about by NFL scouts. If their season is in the spring, and they go an entire fall just focusing on Power 5 kids the mid major kids who are good enough will disappear from everyone's consciousness.

If you are good enough, the pros find you now no matter what level. No reason to think they wouldn't find you then.

 

[GoldRusher]

?My Avi supports UL-Lafayette.

Well aware, nice combo

 

[Kid Vicarious]

Well aware, nice combo

Thanks, props to WestEndVol tho. he made it look nice

 

[trojanfan12]

The idea does have some merit. However, there are some fairly obvious issues that would have to be worked out.


One of the big one's is as the Boise fan pointed out, what about those mid-majors who would like to move up to BCS level and have shown that they can beat BCS level teams? Part of how they measure themselves and their progress towards moving to BCS level is by playing BCS teams.


Just using Boise as an example, if memory serves, when they first started playing BCS teams, they pretty well got their asses handed to them. But they worked on getting better recruits (likely by grabbing kids that had been passed over by the BCS schools and offering them a chance to play the schools that passed on them), started winning some of those games and even got to BCS bowls. The same could be said for Utah who managed to get themselves into a BCS conference.


Additionally, what do we do with the bowls, especially the lower tier bowls, that take many of these schools that will now be playing in the spring.

 

[GoldRusher]

The argument against is, would it be a big enough attendance increase to justify such a big change?

If things are going the way it looks like they are going for these conferences (meaning the P5 pulling further and further away and getting more and more exposure in the fall which we all know is going to happen) then there wont be a program for the non P5's schools at all, worth the risk imo.

 

[GoldRusher]

The idea does have some merit. However, there are some fairly obvious issues that would have to be worked out.


One of the big one's is as the Boise fan pointed out, what about those mid-majors who would like to move up to BCS level and have shown that they can beat BCS level teams? Part of how they measure themselves and their progress towards moving to BCS level is by playing BCS teams.


Just using Boise as an example, if memory serves, when they first started playing BCS teams, they pretty well got their asses handed to them. But they worked on getting better recruits (likely by grabbing kids that had been passed over by the BCS schools and offering them a chance to play the schools that passed on them), started winning some of those games and even got to BCS bowls. The same could be said for Utah who managed to get themselves into a BCS conference.

Additionally, what do we do with the bowls, especially the lower tier bowls, that take many of these schools that will now be playing in the spring.

O heaven forbid we lose a few bowl games that cost programs money ( I kid)

Again the other option is looking more n more like no program at all, why not take a risk like this?

 

[pennstatenut]

Relax. I know it's hard to watch West Virginia in the fall but that doesn't mean we need spring football for you to feel better.

 

[GoldRusher]

Relax. I know it's hard to watch West Virginia in the fall but that doesn't mean we need spring football for you to feel better.

Just a dirty way to act, perhaps you need a shower...

 

[Olyduck]

Why in the world would you want to see another Northern Illinois vs Florida Sate game (referencing that BCS game a few years ago)in our playoffs again? Let the little guys play the little guys and keep em out if our big boy world. Let em have their own playoff/ccg/ ect. Their own separate deal. Enough with the "cupcake" games for P5 programs, earn it!

Utah over Pitt
Utah over Alabama
Boise State over Oklahoma
TCU over Wisconsin
vs
UGA over Hawaii
FSU over Northern Illinois

and while UCF was in the Big East/AAC last season while they still had a bid it was their first year up from CUSA and they won over BIG XII champs Baylor

and we also had a Boise State vs TCU game that if you split it up I think both those teams could have ran with any of the top 10 that season.

 

[pennstatenut]

Just a dirty way to act, perhaps you need a shower...

I'm sure you'd want to watch.

 

[GoldRusher]

Utah over Pitt
Utah over Alabama
Boise State over Oklahoma
TCU over Wisconsin
vs
UGA over Hawaii
FSU over Northern Illinois

and while UCF was in the Big East/AAC last season while they still had a bid it was their first year up from CUSA and they won over BIG XII champs Baylor

and we also had a Boise State vs TCU game that if you split it up I think both those teams could have ran with any of the top 10 that season.

Boise and UCF are all that remain out of a P5 conference, Im not saying there aren't good teams in the non P5 group, hey someone has to be the big dog in the non P5 , why not them?
IMO those days of the Boise and UCF's getting those big post season wins are over, people are kidding themselves if they think this committee will let one of those programs in this new playoff like they were let into the BCS games, they will say what they have to say in the interviews beforehand but when the time comes they will want eyes on TV's and butts in seats and they will go with P5 teams and there will be no explanation given as to why they left out this or that team, they don't have to do that and imo, wont.