This weekend is why a 4 team playoff is perfect.

[huskers1217]

I only count 5 playoff contenders but sure.

Let's Count

Wisky
Clemson
UCF
Georgia
Okie
Bama
Auburn
Miami
OSU
TCU
PSu?
Wash?

 

[uncfan103]

How are you going to do this?

He was saying that the benefit of 8 teams is that there's no politics because everyone that wins their conference gets in.

 

[uncfan103]

This year works great for a 4-year playoff, but I think an 8-team playoff worked better last season. Two of the CCGs last year did not determine who made the playoff, where they will likely determine them this year.

Yeah, because last year the B1G would've had 3 or 4 teams in an 8 team playoff, of course you were for it.

 

[Deep Creek]

Well yeah, if you are now clinging to posts about things you didn't say instead of adding to things that were said it's clear you are past that. I mean isn't that obvious?

I have zero problems with the people who want 8 or 16 team playoffs, I simply do not agree with them. Some who want it kept at 4 may not have the same reasons or otherwise explain their thoughts the same way.

Whatever your views are on that topic are fine with me and I'm not looking for a fight. Just added my 2c on the whole 'every game matters' part of the discussion that always comes up with playoff expansion.

Have a good day.

I understand totally because I have zero problems with the people who want to keep the playoffs number at four. In fact, I'm fine with it right now and think we need to sit back and analyze how it has gone after five years or so and see if it needs to be changed or adjusted.

I just have a problem with those that claim every game matters because every game doesn't. Many, many do...just not every one.

 

[WizardHawk]

Yeah, how we select which 4 is something that very much can and should be looked at. I'd still love to see more restrictions or at least penalties for scheduling FCS level opponents and having crappy OOC games hurt you more at that level as well. There are a number of areas I'm not that happy with, but leaving it at 4 teams fighting for the season crown to me feel about right.

 

[jon2tanman]

I could care less if it's 4 or 8. I just want no FCS games on the schedule and all conferences to have the same amount of conference games.

 

[iowajerms]

Yeah, because last year the B1G would've had 3 or 4 teams in an 8 team playoff, of course you were for it.

I would have had this...

#1 Alabama vs #8 Florida State or Western Michigan (if include best G5 team)

#4 Penn State vs #5 Oklahoma

#3 Washington vs #6 Ohio State

#2 Clemson vs #7 USC

 

[NU_FTW]

8 teams makes more sense. Make being a conference champ that much more. Win your conference if you want in. P5 auto bid for ccg then you have highest ranked g5 ccg winner then 2 at large for others deserving (indy, additional g5, potentially additional p5) still would need a committee for the other 3 spots.

 

[BigAppleBadger]

Let's Count

Wisky
Clemson
UCF
Georgia
Okie
Bama
Auburn
Miami
OSU
TCU
PSu?
Wash?

Yeah ok it's 7.

Alabama isn't playing this weekend. The others aren't playoff contenders.

 

[TigersBleaux]

128 team playoff. Season can end in March

You joke... but in reality who wouldn't be down for their team to play through March??

Could start hanging banners "sweet sixteen: 2021,2024,2025" like all the basketball schools lol

 

[WizardHawk]

8 teams makes more sense. Make being a conference champ that much more.

IMO that is mutually exclusive.
First of all, you can't auto bid a G5. It would, and should, be based on overall ranking for the last 3.

And it absolutely would then allow in teams that lost their CCG and teams that didn't even play in one. That's who fills those last 3. So it would NOT make winning your CCG that much more important. It would be the opposite and devalue it even more. You could even see teams resting stars in their CCG if losing it wouldn't eliminate them from the playoffs anyway. I mean it wouldn't be common, but it likely would happen at some point.

 

[NU_FTW]

IMO that is mutually exclusive.
First of all, you can't auto bid a G5. It would, and should, be based on overall ranking for the last 3.

And it absolutely would then allow in teams that lost their CCG and teams that didn't even play in one. That's who fills those last 3. So it would NOT make winning your CCG that much more important. It would be the opposite and devalue it even more. You could even see teams resting stars in their CCG if losing it wouldn't eliminate them from the playoffs anyway. I mean it wouldn't be common, but it likely would happen at some point.

Okay then make it 8 team playoff 5 p5 autobid, 1g5 highest ranked auto bid and highest indy autobid the the last one can be pulled out of a hat of remaining top 25 teams using the lottery method. 8 teams is where it should have been from the beginning and 8 teams is the max it should ever be.

 

[WizardHawk]

I think the point is it isn't really a 4 team now. We had 10 P5s going at it this weekend and many of those games are really the first round leading to the 4.

We just don't need more seeds on top of this round.

 

[BigAppleBadger]

I think the point is it isn't really a 4 team now. We had 10 P5s going at it this weekend and many of those games are really the first round leading to the 4.

We just don't need more seeds on top of this round.

Yup.

And an 8 team playoff probably results in teams playing each other 3 times in a season every now and then. That's ridiculous.

 

[podsox]

I'm just glad that we have a committee of experts to tell us who the best teams are instead of deciding it on the field.

dont lose and you are in. Every power 5 team can prove it on the field.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

dont lose and you are in. Every power 5 team can prove it on the field.

Not true UCF is undefeated

 

[romeo212000]

Not true UCF is undefeated

G5 need not apply.

 

[Mush]

You can't ask for an exciting, and interesting weekend.

ynot?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

G5 need not apply.

Then Notre Dame is out too no P5 Football Conference en sech

 

[podsox]

Not true UCF is undefeated

Sorry power 5 undefeated team