College Football Playoffs?

[CedarHillDad]

Terry Bowden article on his thoughts about an eventual playoff format

I guaran-dadgum-tee you that a seeded four-team playoff, at the very least, will be discussed. (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=tb-playoffs033007&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)

[Redhoss]

Sounds promising.

We can only hope so.

[slorch]

I know I am being greedy, but it needs to be a 16 team tourney, so there is less chance of the media deciding who is fit to play-(USC and OSU couldn't lose in the last 2 years, but alas, the media was WRONG!)

[BlackandRed05]

I know I am being greedy, but it needs to be a 16 team tourney, so there is less chance of the media deciding who is fit to play-(USC and OSU couldn't lose in the last 2 years, but alas, the media was WRONG!)

I agree. 16 teams will definitely widen the field enough so there would be less chance of a deserving team being left out. The 4 team system will still cause an uproar. The BSC television contract runs out in 2009. It cant get here fast enough.

[SC606]

I know I am being greedy, but it needs to be a 16 team tourney, so there is less chance of the media deciding who is fit to play-(USC and OSU couldn't lose in the last 2 years, but alas, the media was WRONG!)

Why not take the media completely out and make it a tournament of Div1A conference champs only. That would be 11 teams and the only human intervention would be a committee to seed the teams, determining who gets first round byes. An added benefit is that nonconference games would have no effect on a team's chances to win a national championship, so maybe we'd get more UT v. Ohio State and less UT v. Sam Houston. Independents (Notre Dame and others) would need to join a conference to participate in the championship tournament. That's how I'd do it if I was in charge. :)

[DragonBand06]

Why not take the media completely out and make it a tournament of Div1A conference champs only. That would be 11 teams and the only human intervention would be a committee to seed the teams, determining who gets first round byes. An added benefit is that nonconference games would have no effect on a team's chances to win a national championship, so maybe we'd get more UT v. Ohio State and less UT v. Sam Houston. Independents (Notre Dame and others) would need to join a conference to participate in the championship tournament. That's how I'd do it if I was in charge. :)

The problem with that is the difference in how conferences decide their champions. This is all hypothetical, but what if UT has a dominating season (say 8-0 in conference) and goes up against a decent Nebraska (maybe 5-3) in the Big XII championship, and they have a bad game and lose. Now you have 5-3 Nebraska representing the Big XII, while they may not be the most deserving team. You could do maybe a 16-team playoff with all the champions and 5 other deserving teams. Same idea as basketball, just harder to get in.

[stevefoxsc]

haha i like the 16 man idea, it would slap some SEC teams around. Nothing agaisnt florida fyi.

[SC606]

The problem with that is the difference in how conferences decide their champions. This is all hypothetical, but what if UT has a dominating season (say 8-0 in conference) and goes up against a decent Nebraska (maybe 5-3) in the Big XII championship, and they have a bad game and lose. Now you have 5-3 Nebraska representing the Big XII, while they may not be the most deserving team. You could do maybe a 16-team playoff with all the champions and 5 other deserving teams. Same idea as basketball, just harder to get in.

Each conference would have to determine how they choose their champion--i.e., with (Big 12, ...) or without (Big 10, ...) a championship game. If you can't win your conference championship, you shouldn't be taking up a slot in a necessarily small field vying for the national championship, IMO.

[RocklandDragon]

Four teams is better than nothin' I suppose...

Its a step in the right direction, though. Personally, I would like a 12-team playoff.

:D

[0utlaw]

I was hoping with Boise State's win over OU,that would hopefully increase the chances for a playoff brackett...