http://www.tigerforums.com/showthread.php?t=22370 This dawg won't hunt ... the 16-game playoff NCAA Div-1A Presidents, Telecommunications Companies (Big Networks) and the NCAA won't budge ... because the Bowl "bidness" is just too big now ... a 16-team playoff and regionals (at only four sites) eliminates dozens (over 2 dozen bowl cities exist now) of bowl sites and cities that enjoy prosperity from their annual bowls ... and it ain't EVER GONNA HAPPEN, END OF STORY ... people need to WIN ... like Orlando and the Capital One Bowl ... 25 years old ... no, no, no, no Now if you're gonna make the damned thing work ... you'd have to spread the wealth ... and it cannot be done to satisfy everyone currently "winning" with the present system, but almost. Now ... just a thought/fantasy that could put most folks in a "WIN WIN" position IF ... you'd "86" the Division Championships and finish all FB the weekend of Thanksgiving ... this would cause some discord and financial loss to Conference Championship towns like Mylanta ... but they could be compensated for it ... with a little research and hard work You could allow a Top 24 or even 32 to play in a variety of current bowl cities to spread the wealth ... The 32 team scenario is even better because even more $$$ is generated and more smaller schools get a shot :thumb: Imagine a 24-game scenario ... Just imagine It's the week after Thanksgiving (December 2) or even Thanksgiving weekend ... 16 "wild-card" teams (#9 -#24 BCS ranking) meet in 8 games in 8 different cities where small bowls are usually held ... regional considerations are made ... the Top 8 BCS ranking teams get a bye week Smaller schools would eat this up because they'd get a reasonable chance to make it, especially if 32 teams get in ... it's a "Win Win" remember December 9th (Week #2 of the Playoffs) These Final 16 would meet in 8 selected games (regionals where current bowls exist ... not just the 4 BCS "prized plum" towns) in 8 selected cities ... could be announced as early as Thanksgiving ... These remaining Top 16 teams meet in 8 cities ... and there are 8 winners Now comes exam week ... remember the NCAA Presidents chief complaint for playoffs ... exam week ... There are no games on December 16th ... PERIOD ... No more excuses ... everybody wins :thumb: CUE IN THE FINAL 8 WINNERS FOR 4 GAMES ON DEC 23rd ... Cities are chosen with special considerations for BCS Bowl cities with an alternating schedule ... similar to the current system ... Palatable to the networks ... everybody wins ... THE FOUR GAMES PRODUCE 4 WINNERS CUE IN THE FINAL 4 WINNERS FOR 2 GAMES ON DEC 30th ... Cities are chosen with special considerations for BCS Bowl cities with alternating schedule ... similar to the current system... Palatable to the networks ... everybody wins ... THE TWO GAMES PRODUCE 2 WINNERS Now comes the Big Decision ... to skip another week ... or not Play the National Championship game on January 6th or January 13th ... ~F~O~O~D~ ~F~O~R~ ~T~H~O~U~G~H~T~ Just try to poke holes in this scenario ... drawbacks???? WHO LOSES???? One drawback I see is that a National Champion could play as many as 17 games ... Granted, that is a lot ... but if that's too many, schools can elimate a 12 game regular season schedule and opt for 11 or possibly even a 10-game season in anticipation of playing 14 games to win it all ... and maybe even start the season a week earlier ... POSSIBLY START PLAYOFFS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND ... Another drawback to 16 games would be added injuries, etc. ... but there is a solution here LSU won a NC last year in 14 games ... could they have done it in 15 or 16, you tell me ... LSU has been a late season hard charger under Saban ... I'm all for a 4 or 5 game playoff season to determine a NC ... but you've got to make all the stakeholders happy. ... $$$$$ and off weeks for exams and possibly bye weeks for the Top 8
Looking at the top 32 in the BCS now, there aren't any "small" schools except UTEP at #31. Of course Louisville, Utah and Boise State (but they are already high enough to be included even in a top 12 or 16 playoffs). I wouldn't mind seeing the top 12 with the top 4 getting a bye. Top 16 at the most. After that, you get into mostly 3 and 4 loss teams, who definitely don't deserve a shot at the NC.
There are rarely more than four teams in contention for the national title by January. I'm for a 2-weekend, 4-team playoff. In the unlikely event that a 5th team ends up undefeated, then you eliminate the team that beat the fewest ranked opponents. This leaves the bowls intact, reduces the BCS games to three, adds just one more weekend to the season and only involves the title contenders. The BCS games could either rotate between the major bowls or be separate from them.
Agreed with the 12 team scenario... :thumb: IMO going with the 12 team scenario is better than 4 or 8 teams, because it should penalize teams that play in weaker conferences, and reward teams that play in tougher conferences, just like the NCAA hoops tourney does now... Let's face it, a one loss PAC-10 team is probably equivalent to a two loss SEC team... And BOTH probably deserve to go to the college FB equivalent of "The Big Dance".... The cream will rise to the top, even if it does reqire an extra game or two... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
