Can't possibly disagree with this more.
No, mid major undefeated seasons is not the same thing. At all. Even a little bit. Don't bother with that bullshit.
Meh, while there will be some change in the 15-20, it will only be 5-6 that go in/out IMHO. Somebody will get on the rise like Washington last year and turn completely to shit for a year like FSU. But, those 15-20 won't change much unless the recruiting rankings change prior to it. JMO.
So you want to play word games.
Yep. Which is exactly why I say there is only a hand full that have truly have a realistic chance. The rest are just scrambling for the crumbs.
No I don't want to play word games. You guys state one thing unequivically like "every" and then start hemhawing and acuse me of playing word games when called out on it.
Sorry, I guess we assume most understand the topic enough to know that New mexico vs Tulsa is not a playoff game.
There is no format where the 130th ranked team in america is ever going to be truly in any race for a title of any kind. So it seems the sticking point to you is more that we aren't talking about 40-50 true contenders and really only have maybe 20 at most. Going to an 8 game playoff, or even 16 won't change any of that. At all. So just what do you want to see happen that CAN impact that?
Nothing can impact that. It is reality. You are correct in that kids can choose where they want to got. And, I'm okay with the four team playoff and I'd be okay with eight too...as long as there aren't AQs.
We can agree on the no AQ part. I'd live with the move to 8 without AQ, but it would take away more from the game, FOR ME, than what going from 2-4 already did.
Vague, but sure. IMO change is coming and far sooner than most think because the current model is collapsing with ESPN going farther and farther down the inevitable road toward bankruptcy and the current cable subscription model starts to slip farther and farther into the past with streaming and on demand items taking over. It will entirely change the landscape of college football as much or more than any other single entity that will be displaced in this shift.
You kind of hit on two different things and meld them here. I personally am not opposed to change at all in some meta sense and no one believes the current structure is without issues. The NCAA structure is a joke, the conferences all having their own officials and not having uniformed training or better management of the rules is entirely unacceptable in this day and age, and I could go on and on. There are problems all over that could use change. That's a different thing than talking about just how we come to crown a so-called champion every year.
I don't know anyone that wants the playoffs to stay as is because of fear of change. It has more to do with living through the various eras and understanding how we came to this point and having gone through all of those changes vs more of the younger crowd that hasn't ever known the vote era and what the game was like then. Going through the 80's and 90's with UW was more intense than it is now. That's my experience. They weren't in the hunt every year, but the years they were couldn't have had more drama game to game even against weaker opponents. Style mattered. Running up scores were an element for many teams, but you had to do more than just get by and win a game against lessor opponents and yet had to come out unscathed to reach that goal.
It won't. Not in the least.
Good point. You may be right. Change may happen sooner than I think because of that. In retrospect, it is looking like ESPN overpaid for many things.
