12/01/2008 07:42:56 PM EST

Learn me on college football playoff options.

posted by jarett

So, apparently even President-elect Obama is on-board.

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As I understand it, we would have an 8-team playoff, leading to the national championship.

Would this eliminate the BCS bowls?  I can't see why it would have to.  They're invitationals, really, and could remain so.

So what you'd end up with is a bunch of bowl games + the playoffs and then the national championship.

This gives us 7 more games than we'd usually have in the postseason.

I'm not seeing a downside here.

Anybody?  Bueller?

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Just as lost (none / 0)
I follow pretty much every kind of sport out there but I think I've finally pin pointed why I don't follow US college football as much... I have no idea how or why there is the bowl games and how the playoffs and championship games work!

by MintieFresh on 12/01/2008 10:25:23 PM EST

4 teams (none / 0)
an 8 team playoff would be awesome to watch, but i think its too inclusive. i dont think the 7th and 8th ranked teams deserve the chance to play for the national championship. the season is long enough as it is, plus thered probly be a few rematches from earlier in the year, so i think it makes the regular season a little less meaningful. give me the top 4 teams and put them in two of the bcs bowls. then play the championship a week later.

by Marshall UF on 12/01/2008 10:25:54 PM EST

This sounds AWESOME to me. (none / 0)
Sure, ND won't make it to the championship anytime soon, but I can live with that to watch better football.

by jarett on 12/02/2008 12:10:35 AM EST

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plus side (none / 0)
then again a plus side for ND is that they'll now have a chance to beat USC because they'll now have free reign to continue to drop stupid games that they should easily win without signifcantly harming their chance to win championships. 

by alphasigmookie on 12/02/2008 12:38:53 AM EST

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moving to the dark side (none / 0)
Yeah I think we could all do without the Fla vs. Citidel game in week 12 of the season as well. 

I could get on board as long as they play the first round in the higher ranked team's home stadium.  The NFL playoffs are fun because they have games in Foxboroug, Green Bay and Pittsburgh in the middle of January.  That is real football.  As it is now they play all the bowl games in sunny, warm locations to lure in wealthy, pampered alumni. 

Real fans brave snow and subzero temperatures to watch their favorite team ruble through the snow and freezing rain.  By far the best college football game i've seen all year was played last weekend between Mizzu and KU.  They played hard through freezing rain and still managed to score at least 3 lead switching touchdowns within the last 4 minutes! 

I do think 8 teams has to be the absolute limit and they should reserve the right to revoke an automatic bid from the lowest ranked BCS conference winner as long as they more than 2 losses are ranked outside of the top  15 (I'm looking at you big east and ACC)

by alphasigmookie on 12/02/2008 12:35:31 AM EST

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i say no playoffs (none / 0)
I said this in the chat room recently, but now I'll say it permanently. I am not clamoring for a college football playoff. I like the traditional system. College football is about beating your rival, and you hope winning your conference. The national championship is artificially imposed on college football. It's supposed to be a little extra sweetener that means something when one team is clearly the best team all year, or if by lucky chance a #1 plays a #2 in a bowl game.  College football is a great tradition in America. No need to sanitize and professionalize it. Plus, without a playoff, every game for the contenders is a national championship game. With playoffs, like with all sports, all of a sudden the regular season doesn't mean as much.  I thought the idea of making sure the #1 team plays the #2 team in a bowl was kind of cool, but the BCS system might be  a case of the cure being worse than the disease. I say go back to how it was before the BCS and everybody enjoy it for the unique sport that it is.

David

David

by yturks on 12/02/2008 11:37:13 PM EST

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