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FrogLifeYo

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78 team in 39 current Bowl Games this year....when 6-6 teams as mediocre as ours make Bowl games in the current system you know that there is an unreal amount of money in the pool. 29 of the 39 Bowl games this year will mean absolutely nothing to anyone but who’s on the field and their schools accounting department. When you can make money showing TCU vs CAL or Tulane vs UL then you pretty much have a fool proof business model. Even the most rabid of fans don’t care about the matchup, they just want to watch their team play one last game and speculate about next year. If an expanded playoff can add 4-5 games that are actually intriguing than I’m in. Football fans have shown that they will watch football regardless of how bad it is so who really cares about the format
 
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Wexahu

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stbrab said:
Or each conference could do what the Big 12 does. Play #1 vs #2, regardless of divisions.
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Won't happen.

Seriously, as it stands now, playoff expansion would hurt, not help, the Big 12. We pretty much got on an even playing field by adding the CCG and going to 8 would put us right back in a negative position relative to other conferences. The Big 12 would almost have to 1) expand to at least 12 teams or 2) drop the CCG immediately. Otherwise the current #1 vs #2 CCG arrangement will cap our CFP representation at one team every year. One team out of eight. That's not good.

What makes the conference appear stronger, occasionally having one team in and the Big 10 having zero, as has been the case the last two years? Or every single year having one team in, and the Big 10 and SEC having one or two teams in every year? Because that is what would happen. This year would be a perfect example of that.
 
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stbrab

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Wexahu said:
Won't happen.

Seriously, as it stand news, playoff expansion would hurt, not help, the Big 12. We pretty much got on an even playing field by adding the CCG and going to 8 would put us right back in a negative position relative to other conferences. The Big 12 would almost have to 1) expand to at least 12 teams or 2) drop the CCG immediately. Otherwise the current #1 vs #2 CCG arrangement will cap our CFP representation at one team every year. One team out of eight. That's not good.

What makes the conference appear stronger, occasionally having one team in and the Big 10 having zero, as has been the case the last two years? Or every single year having one team in, and the Big 10 and SEC having one or two teams in every year? Because that is what would happen. This year would be a perfect example of that.
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Depends on how the 8 are determined, and what the other conferences do with their championship games. You could be right, you could be wrong. But at least you’d have 8 teams actually competing on the field for a title.
 

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