College Football Playoff Invitational by ESPN

Jimmy3Putt · Monday at 11:19 AM

Doesn't Fox and Peacock hold conference championship tv rights? They might be pretty upset with this now that BSPN has all the postseason games.

Huntr · Monday at 11:32 AM

rtrn2glory said:
Honestly curious to know how they figured out a way to talk the conferences into doing away with championship games.

I'd like to solve the puzzle

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jerseyborn1971 · Monday at 11:35 AM

The SEC fans are going to lose their minds when they lose the SEC Championship game. ACC fans will think, "Wait, we had a conference championship game?"

OKCDomer23 · Monday at 11:36 AM

Plankton said:
Herbstreit is a politician - of course he was going to be more positive about the team when he was in South Bend. Get closer to the playoffs, and he's in the comfort of an ESPN studio or his home, and the take will be different.

The man has no integrity or backbone.

Herbstreit picked Notre Dame to win the title before the year started. Additionally, he had Freeman as coach of year. People can call him out all they want for perceived bias, but I am one of the few who do not have an issue with him generally.

KMac151993 · Monday at 11:50 AM

Huntr said:
I'd like to solve the puzzle

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Cackalacky2.0 · Monday at 11:50 AM

SIAP but I truly think the playoff committee set us at 11 because they thought Miami was gonna beat us and then they just banish us from the playoff. There really isnt any other argument against the discrepancy between their rankings and the AP/Coach rankings.

Huntr · Monday at 11:55 AM

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rtrn2glory · Monday at 11:56 AM

don't hate the looks of that honestly.

FightingIrishLover7 · Monday at 12:01 PM

So we're going to two super conferences with 36 teams, right?

Lord Jim · Monday at 12:05 PM

Why is the championship still at the end of January? That still is way too much time between games.

NormND_44 · Monday at 12:11 PM

I mean, come on… F ESPN but this looks like fun.

FightingIrishLover7 · Monday at 12:12 PM

NormND_44 said:
I mean, come on… F ESPN but this looks like fun.

You do they're going to eventually go super conferences - AFC NFC route with a "patch" NFL style....and ND will have to join, right?

Dale · Monday at 12:13 PM

rtrn2glory said:
don't hate the looks of that honestly.

NormND_44 said:
I mean, come on… F ESPN but this looks like fun.

Idk if anyone debates the playoff once you get there will be entertaining. It’s the impact on October, November

tussin · Monday at 12:18 PM

Conference championships are completely worthless now. Given the size of these conferences we are going to routinely have scenarios where a clear 2nd (or even 3rd) best team wins a conference title because of schedule luck. Stupid.

FightingIrishLover7 · Monday at 12:20 PM

tussin said:
Conference championships are completely worthless now. Given the size of these conferences we are going to routinely have scenarios where a clear 2nd (or even 3rd) best team wins a conference title because of schedule luck. Stupid.

Be nice to Duke!

Irish8248 · Monday at 12:20 PM

No conf championship helps independent narrative...

Huntr · Monday at 12:22 PM

For me, the battle was lost when it went to 12.

Therefore, there's no difference with 12,16, 24 or 32 or 64. IDGAF. I'm still gonna watch and enjoy football.

echowaker2.0 · Monday at 12:23 PM

NDPhilly said:
Yeah give me a 5-12 home game against like Boise State whose power rated in the upper 30s next to Michigan, Auburn, Duke, Wisky instead of the 4 with a a month off. Really thought we’d be a sure thing to get a bye at 11-1 but now feels like 50/50.

Couldn't agree more. 1st round game is already a 3 week layoff.

FightingIrishLover7 · Monday at 12:24 PM

Irish8248 said:
No conf championship helps independent narrative...

I've said it 3 times now.
But this is going super conferences, NFL style with a patch that ND will have to adorn.

TracyGraham · Monday at 12:31 PM

FightingIrishLover7 said:
I've said it 3 times now.
But this is going super conferences, NFL style with a patch that ND will have to adorn.

Is there a link/some sort of source or is this just a hunch?

JD Irish · Monday at 12:36 PM

What are the "scheduling standards," and how do they affect ND?

It would be nice if there were an order that any school that cancels a previously scheduled matchup is ineligible for playoff consideration the year of the canceled game(s): i.e. USC, Indiana, Purdue canceling, Texas publicly mulling canceling, etc.

402puck · Monday at 12:38 PM

I’m just glad they got it right going to first two rounds on campus. Think that is a huge reward for teams and fans getting a home playoff game. I’ll cherish attending the IU game until the day that I day

thekid33 · Monday at 12:39 PM

It's either going to be:

1) A super league (1) that ND will have to join
2) 2 super conferences (that ND will have to join)
3) More teams realizing that they can become Independent and profit off of selling their home games

I think most of the current conference TV rights deals expire in '30 or '31, so I expect the final earthquake to occur in conjunction with that.

402puck · Monday at 12:41 PM

JD Irish said:
What are the "scheduling standards," and how do they affect ND?

It would be nice if there were an order that any school that cancels a previously scheduled matchup is ineligible for playoff consideration the year of the canceled game(s): i.e. USC, Indiana, Purdue canceling, Texas publicly mulling canceling, etc.

TracyGraham · Monday at 12:43 PM

thekid33 said:
It's either going to be:

1) A super league (1) that ND will have to join
2) 2 super conferences (that ND will have to join)
3) More teams realizing that they can become Independent and profit off of selling their home games

I think most of the current conference TV rights deals expire in '30 or '31, so I expect the final earthquake to occur in conjunction with that.

I never understood how a super conference is any different than potential independence for everyone. It seems like semantics. Has the ncaa been a superconference that ND was a member of the whole time with varying number of independents over time and with subconferences?

US_Highway14 · Monday at 12:44 PM

402puck said:

I'll say it, if this is what the new standard will be, I don't hate this.

FightingIrishLover7 · Monday at 12:46 PM

TracyGraham said:
Is there a link/some sort of source or is this just a hunch?

Sources nationally, have long suspected (think Brice and his circle).
It is in inevitability, schools will not be able to keep up in the current model.

thekid33 · Monday at 12:46 PM

TracyGraham said:
I never understood how a super conference is any different than potential independence for everyone. It seems like semantics. Has the ncaa been a superconference that ND was a member of the whole time with varying number of independents over time and with subconferences?

My answer would be that the difference would be how much control you have over your schedule and who is negotiating your TV deal.

Schedule: In a super conference there's still some higher entity scheduling 8-10 games for you vs. Independence it's all on you (although you can make deals and alliances to have fairly regular opponents on a yearly basis).

TV Deal: The super conference takes care of that for you vs. Independence your school is going to have to do more work to negotiate your rights.

NorthDakota · Monday at 12:48 PM

402puck said:
I’m just glad they got it right going to first two rounds on campus. Think that is a huge reward for teams and fans getting a home playoff game. I’ll cherish attending the IU game until the day that I day

Ideally, every playoff game except for the championship should be on campus. But I can see a valid argument for semi-finals to be neutral as well.

402puck · Monday at 12:50 PM

US_Highway14 said:
I'll say it, if this is what the new standard will be, I don't hate this.

It’s an awesome development for Notre Dame’s continued independence

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