Re: Obama Will Make Everything Better

brosallman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:25:35 -0000

Also start the season one week earlier in August.

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Eamonn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:54:21 -0000

After reading this a couple of times -- I had to go get a coffee to make it through the second time -- I have concluded that I like this method very much, and see no immediate problems with it. Let me go get another cup and read Doc Saturday and then we'll go from there.

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PMK — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:47:14 -0000

I am a little unsure as to how "non-BCS conferences" are incorporated under the current system, so please offer clarification if someone knows better. Right now, it looks like BCS conferences are ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents (does this include someone like Boise St. from the WACC?), Pac-10, and the SEC. Also, it looks like most big-time teams play four non conference games and have a bye, resulting in a regular season that lasts from the last week of August until the first week of December at the latest. Eliminate one non-conference game to get the shortened season and one conference game. Teams must play all teams in their division of conference though i.e. "Big 12 North" must all play one one another.

I believe a playoff system is important, but I also believe the bowl season is beneficial from a monetary standpoint for programs, a chance for alumni to travel and see games and spend money which spurs local economies in bowl locations, and a chance for teams to be showcased on a national scale. I think bowl games are good for college football, and I also love the college FB regular season.

That said, I believe a good playoff system would work the following way: Each conference plays a championship game (this should be required - the big ten sucks by not doing this) and the winner of that title game should go on to the playoff system. This would include conference title game winners of: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-10, & SEC. The top two independent teams would play each other the last week of Nov/ or first week of Dec (according to current BCS methodology of calculating pts for rank) for a spot in the playoff, as would the two teams ranked highest in BCS methodology not currently in the playoff as a result of winning their conference title game, these can be either bcs conference teams or indep. whatever the rankings say.

The teams would then be seeded according to current BCS point methodology 1-8 (and obviously with 1 & 2 on opp. sides of the bracket), with rankings frozen post-title game (thus it would not include the two "play in" games). December 13th, the first round is played at the higher seeds home field to give them an advantage and another gate. Semis both games are played on December 20th at the same site one game at 3PM and another at 8PM. The finals include only the two remaining teams and are played the first Monday or Tuesday in January on the 5th or 6th.

Any team not in the 8 team playoff still plays in a bowl game and are picked according to the current rules for selecting teams. The Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange rotate being the title game and can choose whether they want to rotate being a semi-final game and one being left out in a given year, or otherwise. Whatever on this note, but the other teams still play bowl games according to current way of choosing them. If you lose a playoff play-in game, you are still eligible for a bowl game.

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