(11-12-2019, 05:48 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-12-2019, 05:03 PM)Kane Wrote: If you don't win your conference, do you deserve to go to the playoff?
I say no.
Don't care for the "but but bama only lost to the best team they deserve another shot"... nonsense...

Power 5
4 conference champions with best records go. Yes, one conference champion will be left out. Likely a weak Pac 12, Big 12, or ACC champion.
Solution for weaker conferences - schedule harder out of conference games.

Also, I think 9 conference games should be required. Which I believe is how the PAC 12 does it.

But that's just like.... my opinion man.

Should a 1 loss SEC conference loser, or non championship team get in over an undefeated or 1 loss PAC 12 champ?
Nope. Not in my opinion.

Expanding the playoffs to 8 teams allows in 2 or 3 or maybe 4 conf championship losers or non participants.

But what about Independents and MAC, SUN, AAC you say?
They get the "bowl" games. If they want a shot at the big dance, join a power 5 (ND would be good for Big10 I think, Louisville recently went from AAC to ACC so a school like UCF would be wise to do the same Big12 only has 10 teams, and sure could use a couple more to create divisions for their conf champ.)

But I doubt we see sweeping changes to the current system for awhile.
It seems to be working with a playoff atmosphere but essentially the same schtick we got from the BCS

Right now the only reason we have a power five is because selecting the playoff teams is left to humans and the humans believe there should be a power five. But it's not really written anywhere in the bylaws.

What you're saying is, it should be written.

I disagree.  I don't like punishing the kids who play for group of five teams or the fans for scheduling decisions that were made five or ten years ago.  You say they need to schedule tougher out of conference games. I think they are trying. but it takes two to tango and the other side has no incentive to tango.

Punishing the kids who play for group of five?

If they were better, they'd play for a better school and have a better shot.

The fans?! Really, punishing the fans? Give me a break.
I say the weaker power 5 conferences should schedule harder out of conference games, like when Michigan, USC, and FSU all decided to open vs Bama in recent years. And Oregon opened with Auburn. There are plenty of takers out there. Hell UF's AD recently took to Twitter to try and drum up some interest in those types of games.
And power 5 conferences should be forced to play more conference games.
1 cupcake (FCS) per schedule max.

And those at large or other 5 conferences, can make up the money in the bowl games. Which is all those bowl games are really about anyway.
When BYU goes undefeated they deserve a shot at the playoff, they deserve an outback bowl vs Mich St.

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