BCS

[otisotisotis]

other than $$, why can't they just have a 16 team playoff like every other division of collegiate football?
11 conf champs and 5 at large?
bowls games already take chump teams (my UK wildcats), they can keep them.
give us a playoff!!

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by otisotisotis

other than $$, why can't they just have a 16 team playoff like every other division of collegiate football?
11 conf champs and 5 at large?
bowls games already take chump teams (my UK wildcats), they can keep them.
give us a playoff!!

this is the way it Should be.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

this is the way it Should be.

16 teams is too many... too many games for college football IMO... too much possibility for for injury and also finals are usually in December - these boys need time to be students not just athletes.

8 teams is plenty

12 at most (NFL style with top 4 bcs rates get byes)

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

16 teams is too many... too many games for college football IMO... too much possibility for for injury and also finals are usually in December - these boys need time to be students not just athletes.

8 teams is plenty

12 at most (NFL style with top 4 bcs rates get byes)

the other divisions play 16 teams! they miss way less time that basketball players. they'd start playoffs the second weekend in dec after the conference championships and in 4 weeks they'd be done the first or second weekend in jan. cut the regular season back to 10 or 11 games. that would get those terrible out of conference games and 1AA teams off the schedule. the ncaa would make a FREAKING Mint!!! just like march madness. it's just not that tough!

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

the other divisions play 16 teams! they miss way less time that basketball players. they'd start playoffs the second weekend in dec after the conference championships and in 4 weeks they'd be done the first or second weekend in jan. cut the regular season back to 10 or 11 games. that would get those terrible out of conference games and 1AA teams off the schedule. the ncaa would make a FREAKING Mint!!! just like march madness. it's just not that tough!

3rd week in Dec to 2nd week in January would work. Finals done by middle or end of next week.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

the other divisions play 16 teams! they miss way less time that basketball players. they'd start playoffs the second weekend in dec after the conference championships and in 4 weeks they'd be done the first or second weekend in jan. cut the regular season back to 10 or 11 games. that would get those terrible out of conference games and 1AA teams off the schedule. the ncaa would make a FREAKING Mint!!! just like march madness. it's just not that tough!

i guess that could work... but do you really feel 16 teams makes sense? I think 8 teams will definatly give you the best team in college fb.

I also dont see how more than 8 teams deserve to play for a National Championship. I also dont agree with the winners of each conf.. there are some REAL bad conf's out there.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

the other divisions play 16 teams! they miss way less time that basketball players. they'd start playoffs the second weekend in dec after the conference championships and in 4 weeks they'd be done the first or second weekend in jan. cut the regular season back to 10 or 11 games. that would get those terrible out of conference games and 1AA teams off the schedule. the ncaa would make a FREAKING Mint!!! just like march madness. it's just not that tough!

Amen to eliminating the creampuff filler. Cut the season shorter.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Amen to eliminating the creampuff filler. Cut the season shorter.

no doubt the creampuffs who depend on those games to make their budget would appreciate the cut.

and comparing football to other sports doesn't make much sense. pro football plays 16 games a year, you expect college kids to do the same? how many basketball games are there in the pros? you can't compare them, everyone knows football is a killer on the body.
hey, i can see having the top teams play for #1-but they need to limit it to the top four, or top eight at most. as for the money, how many bowls are there? how much revenue? like i said this time last year when it all came up, if the schools and ncaa thought that a playoff system would make them more money then the current bowl system, they'd change-so obviously it's not comparable.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no doubt the creampuffs who depend on those games to make their budget would appreciate the cut.

Those creampuffs will have to tighten their budget and play each other like the schools do in every lower division (II, III, NAIA or whatever they are called these days).