New playoff rankings....

[Horny4TCU]

The last two teams already play up to 15 games in a season. Not long ago it was 12. How many more are you willing to go? There's already the thought that college football players are used up and spit out by the universities to make money, would adding another round or two of games be yet another talking point? Do we start paying the players of teams that advance and play the additional games? What would you be willing to give up to add more teams, because something is probably going to need to traded off.

I just think there's way more to this than just saying man, this system sucks because more teams don't get a chance. When in reality every team has a chance, its just a really high bar.

Make 8 Power conferences with 14 teams each and 2 divisions in each conference of 7 teams. 2 non conference games, and conference championship. Each conference champion gets a spot. So the winner would play 9 regular season games, 1 conference championship, 2 semifinal games, and the Championship game. 13 games ain't bad.

 

[Wexahu]

Make 8 Power conferences with 14 teams each and 2 divisions in each conference of 7 teams. 2 non conference games, and conference championship. Each conference champion gets a spot. So the winner would play 9 regular season games, 1 conference championship, 2 semifinal games, and the Championship game. 13 games ain't bad.

Why play OOC games? They wouldn't matter at all. So those great September OOC matchups we see every year would be rendered to exhibition status. I bet a lot of coaches would just sit some players to rest up for conference season since those would be the only games that matter to the postseason.

No thanks. Try again.

 

[froglash88]

Sucks but UCF isn’t going to even be discussed now that they lost their QB

Has Ohio State ever lost a QB?
or 2?

 

[froglash88]

Makes it a lot easier to not give a ship when TCU isn't in the conversation, but what a sham this selection committee is. It’s a shame that a sport that’s so competitive and so popular is regulated by a farce of a committee.

The committee exists because Jim Delaney wants it.

 

[Purp]

Make 8 Power conferences with 14 teams each and 2 divisions in each conference of 7 teams. 2 non conference games, and conference championship. Each conference champion gets a spot. So the winner would play 9 regular season games, 1 conference championship, 2 semifinal games, and the Championship game. 13 games ain't bad.

So nearly doubling the number of power conference teams is your solution? There are already tons of terrible ones. No need to make the awful ones the majority. And no way the existing ones would dilute their share by 50%.

 

[TooColdU]

Why play OOC games? They wouldn't matter at all. So those great September OOC matchups we see every year would be rendered to exhibition status. I bet a lot of coaches would just sit some players to rest up for conference season since those would be the only games that matter to the postseason.

No thanks. Try again.

Or you could easily argue that OOC games would end up being better matchups since a loss wouldn’t hinder your chances of getting in.

With the current system, we are already seeing teams (TCU) forgo big OOC matchups (at Ohio State) to give themselves a better shot at the playoffs.

Your argument about possibly resting players excludes the possibility of big OOC games factoring in for at-large bids and/or playoff seeding.

 

[Wexahu]

Or you could easily argue that OOC games would end up being better matchups since a loss wouldn’t hinder your chances of getting in.

With the current system, we are already seeing teams (TCU) forgo big OOC matchups (at Ohio State) in order to help give them a better shot at the playoffs.

Your argument about possibly resting players excludes the possibility of big OOC games factoring in for at-large bids and/or playoff seeding.

His suggestion was that there be 8 conferences and all conference champs make the playoffs. And noone else.

And I strongly disagree with the idea that because the games wouldn't matter and nobody would be afraid to lose, they'd be better. You might have better matchups on paper, but the games would be far less interesting. They'd gradually become almost like NFL Preseason games where literally nobody cares.

 

[Eight]

The last two teams already play up to 15 games in a season. Not long ago it was 12. How many more are you willing to go? There's already the thought that college football players are used up and spit out by the universities to make money, would adding another round or two of games be yet another talking point? Do we start paying the players of teams that advance and play the additional games? What would you be willing to give up to add more teams, because something is probably going to need to traded off.

I just think there's way more to this than just saying man, this system sucks because more teams don't get a chance. When in reality every team has a chance, its just a really high bar.

some how lower level college teams with lesser resources make it so we are not talking a herculean task.

heck. some of those lower level teams are compromised of true scholar athletes who even manage play off games and finals

 

[NYC Horned Frog]

OSU showing up three times, OU not once in the top seven most watched games of the season. I still think OU is in if both win out similarly. Who knows though. This should be pretty telling.

 

[FrogLifeYo]

OSU showing up three times, OU not once in the top seven most watched games of the season. I still think OU is in if both win out similarly. Who knows though. This should be pretty telling.

That list also explains why recruiting looks like it does....