Have not seen this discussed. Do you guys like the idea?
I think it's good to expand beyond the same 3 or so teams in the running each year.
Sounds like if it is approved it won't be implemented till the 2025-26yr due to the current contract and commitments.
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I looked it up; there are 40 bowl games. Maybe rotate?
I actually think 12 may be too many.
I think it would have a huge following.
the way it should be...
I actually think 12 may be too many.
Agreed. If you expand, 8 is one thing. 12 is way too many.
True, but long run could also give other conferences more playoff-level exposure and thus better recruiting position too vs SEC always hogging most of the best recruits
IMO the bowls becoming less interesting has more to do with there being so many that the concept itself has been watered down, more than the best teams going to a playoff instead of the traditional bowl format
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no.....not really
All their arguments (too many games for the players, time taken away from studying) made zero sense considering every other division besides FBS has a full playoffs.
One of the exciting things about college football used to be a single loss could derail the chances for a National Championship.
I was OK with a limited playoff. With top college teams rarely playing a sufficient number of common games to make a good assessment of the top team, having a 4 team playoff virtually assured that the “best team” was not overlooked.
With 8 or worse 12 teams in a playoff, clearly some teams not close to being the best team will have a shot at being the National Champion.
Bad idea that will be implemented solely for $$$.
One of the exciting things about college football used to be a single loss could derail the chances for a National Championship.
I was OK with a limited playoff. With top college teams rarely playing a sufficient number of common games to make a good assessment of the top team, having a 4 team playoff virtually assured that the “best team” was not overlooked.
With 8 or worse 12 teams in a playoff, clearly some teams not close to being the best team will have a shot at being the National Champion.
Bad idea that will be implemented solely for $$$.
Well the first 6 spots go to conference champions and the next 6 would be the top remaining 6 ranked teams. I would say the regular season is still very important. Especially for teams not named Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma. They now have an actual reason to play the regular season. They had no chance in the past.
I looked it up; there are 40 bowl games. Maybe rotate?
Exactly. It makes more bowl games MORE interesting. Even before the playoff, there were only 3-4 bowl games that really mattered. None of the others had a chance to win the NC, so how has the playoff changed that?
No you've got 10 bowls that have real implications. This is good for college football. While I'm empathetic to athletes playing more games, the NCAA has never given a crap about the players, despite their protestations to the contrary.
Just too many bowls that struggle with attendance and eyeballs, except for the betting public.
You’d think the ND athletic director would want to hire someone who can win a big post season game at least once after being head coach for more than a decade. Yet somehow Kelly gets lifetime job security.
Maybe Kelly can finally win a playoff game now that ND’s moron HD has them set up to play Coastal Carolina at home in December after the students have gone home.
12 still achieves the latter though. Having said that, teams 12-16 will likely have no shot to actually win the National Championship, so maybe 12 is the right number.
Also, with 12 teams, I think you'll have teams that clearly don't belong.
Also, with 12 teams, I think you'll have teams that clearly don't belong.
I'd love to see those types of Cinderella stories in college ball.
Structure the bowls to fit the playoff format and you have more fans at those games which much higher viewership. Over time the increased revenue will help to support those lower conferences and give incentive for the other schools in those conferences to put more into the program which will create more parity. That is good for everyone.
Do you really enjoy the Frito Lay Makes You Fat Bowl or the the Charmin Wipes Your Ass Bowl?
Once they started the 4 team playoff all the other bowl games became meaningless. Who remembers who won the Cheez-It Bowl?
I would expand to 8.
I would expand to 8.
I think the top 4 would get buys and the other 8 have play-in games.
Notre Dame would make the playoff more years than they wouldn't while remaining an independent, so if anything, they would stay independent
A 6 team playoff with only 1 at large bid probably would have. 8 team possibly.
12 team no chance, even if they can't get a bye. They wont have to play a conference championship game which would be beneficial most likely as they couldn't lose it and then get knocked out of the playoff potentially