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Yay for not last place!
0-3 on the ACC bowl predictions...
The playoff games will rotate between two out of the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, and Peach.
Rose still has Big Ten/Pac-12, Sugar will be SEC/Big 12, Orange has the ACC champ, and then the next highest of the SEC or Big Ten or Notre Dame. The other three are all at-larges, but will include the highest ranked champ out of the "Group of 5", aka the mid-major conferences. When a certain bowl hosts a playoff game, the teams that normally play that game would be moved to one of the other bowls. Like when VT won the ACC in 2004, but the Orange Bowl was the national championship, so we went to the Sugar Bowl instead.
In some ways, the CFP games will be like the BCS Bowls prior to 2006, when they added the extra championship game.
I never understood why people thought that playoffs would mean the end of bowls. We still have plenty of bowls outside of the BCS.
16 is too much. Too many wildcard teams.
The easiest to implement would be 6. The power 5 conference champs, and the highest ranked Group of 5 champ. Plus, that would essentially turn all of the conference championship games into first round playoff games. Yeah, there would have to be some byes in there, but that's for someone else to work out.
I think the playoffs will grow, just like the FCS playoffs did, and still are.
Congrats to 2HokiesIn1, Amott, SpiderHokie. Considering my late season washout, you're welcome! Oh well, it's all fun and games! Thanks to BCO for doing pick 6, we all know you bust your butt for us, and we appreciate it. And VPIHokieME, I think we all owe you a big thank you for your always inspiring visual picks....perhaps you can find some flimsy excuse to post more pictures.
Nope. If you win your conference, you deserve a shot at a title. If you win your conference in a NCAA team sport including all other levels of football, you get a place at the table. You need the six at large teams to balance the bracket and to keep people who want to see the "power conference" teams like Alabama that didn't win the conference still have a shot.
11 game regular season, 16 team playoff. Anything less completely devalues all the conferences that don't end up with an undefeated or 1 loss champion.
That just devalues the regular season so much... Clemson got blown out by FSU and USCe, do you really think they deserve a shot at the title? I don't. One of the best parts of college football is how every game matters.
Also, teams who clinch a spot in their respective Championship game early in the season might start resting players for entire games. I just don't like that.
I'll go into what I meant more with the extra games issue.
1) Strength and Conditioning. I know you mentioned FCS, DII, and DIII having extra games, but only having a month before the season to prepare mentally and physically only allows these kids so much time to get their bodies ready for the rigors of a 15-16 game season. There's no OTA's or mini-camps like the NFL to get everyone fully ready. After seeing teams like Georgia and Florida get wrecked by injuries, I personally think it's critical to make sure the players who also play school and don't get paid to do football 24/7/365 are as ready as possible to take the punishment of a football season.
2) It's one less week than a 16 team playoff, but I don't believe the quality of games decrease by a significant amount. South Carolina is the only team in the 9-16 seeds on that list that I would have on the fence as deserving a slot in the playoffs, and the level of parity in College Football is not that high, at least not compared to the NFL (in my opinion).
3) Travel/Home Field issues. Does the higher seed keep the home games like the NFL or do you have a site that's designated in advance to host the games (like the bowl games)? Travelling every week for games just isn't viable for alumni and students, so neutral site games might be tough to consistently sell out, and having home field advantage may create issues if it's between two one-loss teams and the difference between getting home field and not comes down to the opinion of a computer/sports writer.
I'll probably think of some other stuff later, but these are the issues I came up with, I just figure it'll help the discussion.
WHAT!? BALLS!!!
The thing that unnerves me the most.....they actually have a Fuller.....WR Devin Fuller. We may have a problem here...
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# | This year marks the end the BCS era. Thoughts on BCS System on the whole? If you have a final exam, don't you want to know what minimum grade you need to get an A?
The point is that Notre Dame shouldn't get a bid just because their Notre Dame. Marshall shouldn't be denied a bid just because their Marshall. Ohio State shouldn't get a bid because they went undefeated... Last season. Ole Miss shouldn't get a bid because they recruited a bunch of 5 stars. These are all things that a voters may consider that they shouldn't. A computer program won't.
I like the idea of getting the postseason started right away for everybody, that way no one *cough*Nick Saban*cough* gets a bunch of extra time to prepare. It's more natural, I think.
Loeffler's offense, like most offenses, will only be very successful with an extremely talented QB. Loeffler's future with VT is in Andrew Ford's hands. Luckily, Ford will have an O-line, RB, and competent receivers to complement him. Will the offense score like a Malzahn offense? No, but it will be imposing and will wear down teams and and defensive coordinators.
Is anybody going to point out that he was succeed by Mike London at the University of Richmond?
No?
Ok.
Dave Clawsen was succeeded by Mike London at the University of Richmond.
Lol.
And the comment above beat me to it. Ok.
But 16 total games for the final two teams? Kind of a lot.
7 wins last year, 8 this year, if we get 9 in 2014 I'm happy.
Don't think people realize how money the Gift Suite is
Yes, just not on years that they host a playoff game, I believe.
They also don't care about player academics like the FBS schools so. I mean imagine playing a couple games before finals!
Better athletes, obviously
It is funny how those extra games are not a problem for FCS, DII, and DIII teams.
They could get rid of the conference championship games but I think that will only happen if 4 18 team super conferences are formed.
Good initial notes Joe, should we expect film reviews from French and Mason on UCLA before the bowl games/do you know of any UCLA sites that do film breakdowns like TKP?
French, the NCAA could practically print their own $ in your format, it would be a fanpalooza with the games played at the home stadiums of the higher seeded teams up to the neutral site championship game, just like the NFL. 11 game regular seasons with one off week during the season, then an off week before the playoffs begin. Maximum 15 games for 2 teams only, not much difference between that and the 14 games that FSU and Auburn will have played this season. And with an 11 game season, the balance of all FBS teams would actually play LESS football than more. Just eliminate the option to play FCS teams for the FBS, and your problem is solved, and the fans don't have to pay for meaningless beat-downs of paid-off travelling FCS teams that nobody wants to watch. THAT would also help eliminate injuries to FCS players having to go up against bigger/faster/stronger FCS guys. (I know that is a generalization, but despite the occasional surprises, most FBS vs FCS games are ugly blow-outs)