Would you rather?

[Bitties&Teer]

1 Alabama
8 Wisconsin

2 Ohio State
7 Louisville

3 Clemson
6 Texas A&M

4 Michigan
5 Washington

If the season ended today. Yeah, I know the teams would have to play ccg, but for argument sakes, the potential for bad ass football is there.

 

[Surfahgal]

4 Teams are fine. If it goes to 8, then 9 and 10 will complain. It will be like basketball, half the Teams make the playoffs. That is silly.

 

[Jekku]

So just add teams for the fuck of it?

How about no.

No its to enhance the sport, and to find a "truer" champion. Why is it bad to add more? It's the same argument people had against 4.

 

[4down20]

No its to enhance the sport, and to find a "truer" champion. Why is it bad to add more? It's the same argument people had against 4.

How does it enhance the sport? And how is it any of a "truer" champion either? Are you saying Ohio St and Alabama weren't as true of a champion because they only played in a 4 team playoff?

You're just making assertions with nothing to back it up.

And it's not the same argument people had against 4 teams either. You can easily point to 2003 or 2011 in the BCS where we only had 2 teams and 3 teams had a legitimate claim on the title game. It was pretty easy to justify the need for a 4 team playoff.

 

[Jekku]

How does it enhance the sport? And how is it any of a "truer" champion either? Are you saying Ohio St and Alabama weren't as true of a champion because they only played in a 4 team playoff?

You're just making assertions with nothing to back it up.

And it's not the same argument people had against 4 teams either. You can easily point to 2003 or 2011 in the BCS where we only had 2 teams and 3 teams had a legitimate claim on the title game. It was pretty easy to justify the need for a 4 team playoff.

My problem is NO ONE considered Ohio State to be champion material in 2014 and they won the thing. That showed that unexpected team's can win it. That is my "assertion with nothing to back it up".

And yes, all the BCS team's have to realize something. There was very few years where we know the champion was the best team, and would of won a 4 team playoffs. Most years that is not the case. I beleive 6 teams is a very good number for an excellent post season.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

I'd pretty much vote for anything that get this shit to 8 teams. Get some sort of rule in there that enforces an automatic birth for conference champs and I'm in. Take the committee out as much as possible.

 

[Jekku]

How does it enhance the sport? And how is it any of a "truer" champion either? Are you saying Ohio St and Alabama weren't as true of a champion because they only played in a 4 team playoff?

You're just making assertions with nothing to back it up.

And it's not the same argument people had against 4 teams either. You can easily point to 2003 or 2011 in the BCS where we only had 2 teams and 3 teams had a legitimate claim on the title game. It was pretty easy to justify the need for a 4 team playoff.

You do know that baylor and tcu had a legitimate claim to the playoffs in 2014 too right? I understand this can keep going.

I personally think we NEED more, but I do think it would be better.

 

[American Male]

8 teams sucks ass.

4 is fine, nobody beyond 4th place ever has a legitimate claim on 1st place.

Tell that to the other divisions in college football!!!

 

[Bitties&Teer]

How does it enhance the sport? And how is it any of a "truer" champion either? Are you saying Ohio St and Alabama weren't as true of a champion because they only played in a 4 team playoff?

You're just making assertions with nothing to back it up.

And it's not the same argument people had against 4 teams either. You can easily point to 2003 or 2011 in the BCS where we only had 2 teams and 3 teams had a legitimate claim on the title game. It was pretty easy to justify the need for a 4 team playoff.

To back up the point, look at the 1997 national championship two undefeated badass teams Nebraska and Michigan are both declared champs, one in AP and the other in the Coaches. It would have been a terrific game to see who really was the best.

 

[Jekku]

Redo the whole thing. Instead of the 2 current divisions (FBS & FCS) make 3 divisions. 80 teams in top division split in four 20 team conferences. Each conf splits that into two 10 team divisions. Play a round robin in each division for 9 games, schedule the other 3 however you want but at least 1 must be from the top division of the 80 teams other two can be from the next division down if you want.

Division Champs play for Conf Championship. 4 conf champs go to 4 team playoff utilizing the rotating bowls just like now. Keep the other bowls for the teams that don't make the playoff.

No subjectivity, no polls, etc. Wanna be the champ? Win it on the field, win your division and then be one of the 4 conf champs.

To add to this, you could make it VERY interesting by having promotion demotion tier system (like in soccer). Will never happen but would make for an intense season!

 

[Deep Creek]

4 Teams are fine. If it goes to 8, then 9 and 10 will complain. It will be like basketball, half the Teams make the playoffs. That is silly.

128/2=8? Not using my West Texas arithmetic!

 

[Hang_On_Sloopy08]

11/12ths of the regular season may be "sacred" to true fans. And ADs make the schedules that the fan base tolerates. So don't hide behind the sanctity of the regular season being sacred if ALL of it isn't.

What the hell are you talking about 11/12ths?

 

[UNA Lion]

Would you rather?

Yes.

 

[Surfahgal]

128/2=8? Not using my West Texas arithmetic!

2 to 4 to 8 to half. You know what I meant.

 

[Tortilla Launcher]

I would take almost anything that got it to 8 teams.

 

[Jtrain80]

How does it enhance the sport? And how is it any of a "truer" champion either? Are you saying Ohio St and Alabama weren't as true of a champion because they only played in a 4 team playoff?

You're just making assertions with nothing to back it up.

And it's not the same argument people had against 4 teams either. You can easily point to 2003 or 2011 in the BCS where we only had 2 teams and 3 teams had a legitimate claim on the title game. It was pretty easy to justify the need for a 4 team playoff.

Don't worry, Alabama would still have one.

 

[Jchurch06]

What year is the current deal signed through?

 

[Deep Creek]

What the hell are you talking about 11/12ths?

1 of the 12 regular season games is an FCS opponent. If they want to keep the regular season totally "sacred", those games wouldn't be scheduled.

 

[CU#1Fan]

You can't do that, it would be illegal and the NCAA would be sued.

The NCAA can't prevent teams from being in whatever division they want to be in. They set minimum requirements such as stadium attendance etc and so long as the teams make those requirements, those teams will be let in. It opens up huge anti-trust issues if they prevent teams from joining as you suggest. Which is why we keep getting more and more FBS teams.

Also, you are yet another person talking about subjectivity and polls. Please point out the years where the polls were so bad that the current system wouldn't take care of.

What year did the polls get it sooo wrong?

Never said I thought the polls got it so wrong or that it could or would happen. Hypothetical question posed would you rather and i gave my hypothetical preference to what I would rather instead of going to 8 teams.

 

[4down20]

My problem is NO ONE considered Ohio State to be champion material in 2014 and they won the thing. That showed that unexpected team's can win it. That is my "assertion with nothing to back it up".

And yes, all the BCS team's have to realize something. There was very few years where we know the champion was the best team, and would of won a 4 team playoffs. Most years that is not the case. I beleive 6 teams is a very good number for an excellent post season.

Ohio St was part of the 4 team playoff, like we have now. You don't have a valid argument.