College Football Playoff, or No?

[phork]

So I figured some of the greatest college football people in the world can put their minds together and come up with a plan, or simply vote no and state your reason..

First, get rid of preseason rankings. So I'll start it off by saying get rid of divisions inside conferences. Flat out, #1 vs #2 in every conference, would have got rid of the OU/Texas thing this year. #3 get all conferences on board, regardless of 12 teams or not. So by doing this you are going to pretty much ensure that your best team is going to come out from their conference. Big10, BigEast and the non-BCS conferences won't lose out because now everyone has a championship game in Dec.

Either starting with the above, move forward or wipe out the entire system and start new. Now this is a complete pipe dream but here it is:

Basically teams are divided into regional Super Divisions. Basically take a map of the US and divide the teams equally in quadrants. You play a 10 game schedule inside your quadrant, and then the top 4 in each division would play, then the top 2. There is your 12 game season. The teams that don't make the playoff would still play 2 more games in order to jockey for bowl pairings.

After this is done you should have a pretty good understanding of who your top4 should be. If not, use a random draw and play those 4 teams, then add one more for the true national champion.

 

[ACamp1900]

No (like that was a suprise)

I feel playoffs solve nothing and water down (at least potentially) the "champion" for that YEAR

-PLayoffs are just as much about the money, if not the NFL, NHL, MLB and all would NEVER have expanded (which CFB would do within ten-fifteen years) and that all just further waters it down

-Whenever Flutie and his clown possey on ABC smash the BCS my cat throws up on the rug

-If you are going to have a playoff why even have a reg. season??? Seriously does ANYONE give a shit about the NBA, NHL or NCAA BB reg. season?? If a playoff is what you want then I am dead serious here... seed the ENTIRE country and play it off from the start of the season...

-It's so nice having to always defend my point on like a daily basis ad nauseum

- I love the Rose Bowl on New Year's day

- I love the discussion the BCs brings, I know you non-scholars hate having to use your heads but for those more learned cfb fans such as myself, the BCS is great.

-Texas Tech beat Texas

-A plus one AFTER the bowl season would be pretty snazzy but NOTHING cfb will ever do will EVER solve the problem entirely, just ask cbb about all those teams crying baout not being number 64

-Come join the playoff haters of America and get a free ballon... It floats Georgie!!! Oh, how it floats...Down here we all FLOAT ...... you'll float too

-Hilter was in favor of a playoff, and so is Barack Obama

-playoff people like playoffs b/c its the status quo, and they are scared of something different

-Playoffs decide who the best team is during the playoff, nothing more

-BCS and playoffs are BOTH unfair ways to decide a champion for an entire season when you look at them both the same way... But the BCS guarantees two top teams in the title game (who HAVE earned it, won't see a team barely above .500 in the BCS title game like you can in every other sport) and it as FAR more interesting






I know I am the minority and I could care less... I'm right here

 

[ACamp1900]

First, get rid of preseason rankings.

TOTALLy agree there

 

[ARALOU]

I liked the bowl system when they had a reasonable amount of bowl games. Now it is a joke. Either do a playoff or cut down on the amount of bowl games. I know it does not solve the who wins the NC thing but at least it is more like the good old days. College football every night for three months and a butt load of bowl games is diluting the season.

 

[IrishAlum1997]

I would much rather watch the papjohns.com bowl than replays of Billiards on ESPN. The more games the better. Less football? Bah, humbug!!!

I think a playoff system sucks if it has any more than 4 teams. Rotate 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in the 4 BCS bowls, and the winners play for the big enchilada. No consolation game. This year, 1 through 4 have a legitimate argument for why they should be in the title game. I would have no qualms with any of those teams being national champion.

 

[ARALOU]

I would much rather watch the papjohns.com bowl than replays of Billiards on ESPN. The more games the better. Less football? Bah, humbug!!!


Well since you put it that way. I guess I am burned out because the Irish are struggling. I dont even care to watch ESPN that much anymore. They have their favorites and to me they have way too much influence on what is going on in college football. All they have to do is report info from an outside source and it becomes the gospel truth. Too many times I have seen erroneous reports or them touting certain teams as the next all time great. Only to be proved wrong. I saw where CBS was touting the SEC Championship as #1 vs #2. ABC had called Oklahoma #1 AND #2 during different parts of the game. We got 4 #1s and 4 #2s, let em play a mini tournament.