College Football: Things YOU Would Change

[Steelboy84]

Let humans decide the top two for the national title. Goodbye BCS. No playoffs.

 

[PhilSimms11]

What would you change in college football to make it better?

Better than the greatest thing in the sports universe in the grand ole USA right now.

What can make the greatest better than it is now?

Impossible for someone to be this fucking stupid.

 

[TheZou11]

I think all the players should wear bras, and instead of helmets, they should wear little tin-foil hats, because you know, it's the future, and we shouldn't be so barbaric! Also, we'll have a balloon instead of a ball, and whoever catches the balloon will try to run while all the other players hug!

 

[WVUDAD]

Conferences back to 10 teams with a true round robin, no conference championship game. Nine league games, two OOC games, a twelve team playoff, conference champs ONLY, how can you be the best team in the USA if your not even the best team in your own league!!!!!!! This aint going to happen, so the next thing should be as we move toward this super division with four super conferences, kick out the deadwood that is not contributing, Minnesota should not be making huge football money while some good football teams languish in purgatory.

 

[cwalke3408]

If it's not broke don't fix it. College Football is already the best sport, so why risk missing it up crazy with playoffs systems and big conf. reallignment. I wouldn't care if the BCS stayed and alright with 4 team playoff but wouldn't want it to get any bigger than 4. And would like if teams would stay in a conf. that's in there location and hope moving to conf. like WVU dpn't become a trend.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Am I still a ****?

Final 4 is perfect. When has a 5th place team shown the mettle to deserve a chance at a Natty?

My sorry assed "****" ass votes for Clemson #1. ****.

There's always one.

 

[PhilSimms11]

How can you be the best team in the USA if you're not even the best team in your own league!!!!!!!?

Just because you don't win your conference doesn't mean you aren't worthy of a playoff spot and a shot at a National Championship. Are you suggesting that Arkansas St (9-3) which won the Sun Belt is more deserving of a playoff berth than Oregon (11-1), Florida (11-1), Clemson (10-2), Oklahoma (10-2), South Carolina (10-2), etc.? Being the best is so broad of a term. It's more about who is fortunate enough to be the last team standing. Perhaps, that team would be the best, maybe not. That's why we love to watch the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and all of the college and high school sports. The list goes on. The way they do it in major college football is such a letdown. Now, I'm not in favor of letting every conference champ in without certain criteria. For me, you have to be in the BCS top-25 to earn a spot for the 16-team playoff. Last season, 3 conference champions would not qualify--Arkansas St (9-3), Tulsa (10-3), and Wisconsin (8-5). The remaining spots would be at-larges. 2012 would've looked like this:

1)Notre Dame (12-0) vs 16)Utah St (10-2)
8)LSU (10-2) vs 9)Texas A&M (10-2)

4)Oregon (11-1) vs 13)No Illinois (12-1)
5)Kansas St (11-1) vs 12)Florida St (11-2)

2)Alabama (12-1) vs 15)Louisville (10-2)
7)Georgia (11-2) vs 10)So Carolina (10-2)

3)Florida (11-1) vs 14)Boise St (10-2)
6)Stanford (11-2) vs 11)Oklahoma (10-2)
note: Ohio St (12-0) was ineligible.

The people who think there'd be a 4-loss team or something like that vying for a Championship is smoking some serious crack. I suppose they don't take the time to check the standings, but when they see teams like Utah St or No Illinois I guess they assume they're 8-4 or 7-5 and they start to hyperventilate.

 

[TheDayMan]

I think an 8 team playoff would be perfect. Take the top 8 ranked teams. It wouldn't ruin the regular season, you'd need to finish in the top 8, but it would give more teams a chance to get into the NC game with less power to voters--I realize it's still based on rankings, but 8 covers enough to where you can't argue about a team being left out as much.

I don't think a playoff like this would ruin the regular season, but would make the post season more exciting.

Like many others, I would also make it so FBS schools can't play FCS schools.

 

[KansasSooner]

I think an 8 team playoff would be perfect. Take the top 8 ranked teams. It wouldn't ruin the regular season, you'd need to finish in the top 8, but it would give more teams a chance to get into the NC game with less power to voters--I realize it's still based on rankings, but 8 covers enough to where you can't argue about a team being left out as much.

I don't think a playoff like this would ruin the regular season, but would make the post season more exciting.

Like many others, I would also make it so FBS schools can't play FCS schools.

As long as those 8 teams are ranked by an unbiased source and not the current polls or BCS computers.

 

[TheDayMan]

As long as those 8 teams are ranked by an unbiased source and not the current polls or BCS computers.

I'd be okay with that, but no matter what way you look at it college football will have a subjective element. It's impossible not to in a sport that has 120+ teams who all play different schedules.

 

[Ironbreaker]

8 teams is the way to go. But why bother with rankings? Well at least for the first 6 spots. Just take the current aq conference champs, then have 2 at large bids, I suppose we would have to go to rankings for those.

I would also make it so no more than 2 teams from any conference gets in. That way all the biased SEC voters couldnt get 3 teams in just because they have a vote.

 

[podsox]

I don't know how u legislate it but waving pass interference on underthrown deep balls

 

[night]

Division 1 football has too many teams. I'd model it after the European soccer league and keep 20 or so premiere teams to play most of each other and the bottom few get kicked out to cycle in new better teams.

 

[night]

8 teams is the way to go. But why bother with rankings? Well at least for the first 6 spots. Just take the current aq conference champs, then have 2 at large bids, I suppose we would have to go to rankings for those.

I would also make it so no more than 2 teams from any conference gets in. That way all the biased SEC voters couldnt get 3 teams in just because they have a vote.

I think we've seen over the past decade not every conference champion is as good as a 2nd or 3rd best in other conferences. It just doesn't make sense to hand them out to conference champions and at the end of the day you get worse match ups.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I don't know how u legislate it but waving pass interference on underthrown deep balls

I like this one.

 

[Ironbreaker]

I think we've seen over the past decade not every conference champion is as good as a 2nd or 3rd best in other conferences. It just doesn't make sense to hand them out to conference champions and at the end of the day you get worse match ups.

Theres a reason they are AQ conferences. Over time their play on the field has earned AQ status. Now I'm sure you can provide a few examples of your concern. However I could counter them easily. For example the BE has for the most part been the mocked AQ conference (yes I know its gone now), but the BE has fared quite well against the supposed top conference in CFB, the SEC. In bowl games and otherwise.

The simple fact of the matter is once a conference has earned AQ status, it should mean something. Like automatically qualifying it's champion for the playoffs.

 

[night]

Theres a reason they are AQ conferences. Over time their play on the field has earned AQ status. Now I'm sure you can provide a few examples of your concern. However I could counter them easily. For example the BE has for the most part been the mocked AQ conference (yes I know its gone now), but the BE has fared quite well against the supposed top conference in CFB, the SEC. In bowl games and otherwise.

The simple fact of the matter is once a conference has earned AQ status, it should mean something. Like automatically qualifying it's champion for the playoffs.

But in reality all it means is you get a nice bowl game if you're a champion. Beyond that it means jack squat to the voters and computers if you're not actually an elite team (in other words the whole system). Like I said earlier I think Division I is far too dilluted with shit teams (120 teams don't have a shot at a title).

 

[Ironbreaker]

Like I said earlier I think Division I is far too dilluted with shit teams (120 teams don't have a shot at a title).

Well I agree with that. Thats why aq status would need to stay in play, but reviewed every few years. Right now outside of louisville and possibly Rutgers I believe the newly formed AAC is utter garbage. The MWC deserves aq status more than them.

It's all just a fantasy anyway. One day we'll have a legit playoff. I'm happy with the baby steps being taken. I just lack patience.

 

[OnlyCrimson]

1. All penalties are to be marked off at the spot of the foul

2. Change holding to a 5 year penalty

3. When the defense is offsides the play is called dead, no more free play for the offense

4. If a player is flagged twice in one game for either unsportsmanlike conduct or unnecessary roughness he is ejected from this game.

5. If a team has a timeout they can challenge a play regardless if they have previously lost a challenge.

6. If play is stopped for an injured player that player must sit out the rest of that series.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

1. All penalties are to be marked off at the spot of the foul

2. Change holding to a 5 year penalty

3. When the defense is offsides the play is called dead, no more free play for the offense

4. If a player is flagged twice in one game for either unsportsmanlike conduct or unnecessary roughness he is ejected from this game.

5. If a team has a timeout they can challenge a play regardless if they have previously lost a challenge.

6. If play is stopped for an injured player that player must sit out the rest of that series.

that's a little steep, don't ya think?