LSU vs Bama

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

think about this 1st round-Hell you could reward the higher seeds by making these home games
LSU vs Va Tech
Alabama vs TCU
Ok State vs Baylor
Stanford vs Clemson
Oregon vs Michigan
Arkansas vs Michigan State
Boise st vs Kansas state
Wisconsin vs South Carolina

16 for football will make the regular season games and confrence championship games less important.

Why not just a simple 8-team tourney... 6 automatic spots going to the Conference champions of the six major confrences. One automatic spot going to the highest rated non BCS confrence champion. And one at-large selection going to the highest rated team who doesn't qualify.

The 1st round would look like so:

8-seed West Virgina at 1-seed LSU
7-seed Clemson at 2-seed Alabama
6-seed Wisconson at 3-seed Oklahoma State
5-seed Boise State at 4-seed Oregon

The remaining games in the playoff tourney would be played at alternating locations like the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc.

This would achieve making the regular season more important, making the conference title games more important, and having a meaningful playoff that is way better than the current Bowl system.

[BigBlue]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

16 for football will make the regular season games and confrence championship games less important.

Why not just a simple 8-team tourney... 6 automatic spots going to the Conference champions of the six major confrences. One automatic spot going to the highest rated non BCS confrence champion. And one at-large selection going to the highest rated team who doesn't qualify.

The 1st round would look like so:

8-seed West Virgina at 1-seed LSU
7-seed Clemson at 2-seed Alabama
6-seed Wisconson at 3-seed Oklahoma State
5-seed Boise State at 4-seed Oregon

The remaining games in the playoff tourney would be played at alternating locations like the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc.

This would achieve making the regular season more important, making the conference title games more important, and having a meaningful playoff that is way better than the current Bowl system.

Not sure that you could improve on this layout - I hope this is where we're headed.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by BigBlue

Not sure that you could improve on this layout - I hope this is where we're headed.

Any format where the 23rd ranked team is in and TCU who won their conference AND beat Boise isnt in can be improved upon though it is still much better than what we have.

[Cannon Shell]

I honestly would rather they take the top 16 teams regardless of conference affiliation. It would make for a better playoff and if you win your conference and arent in the top 16 your conference doesnt deserve a bid.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

16 for football will make the regular season games and confrence championship games less important.

Could they be any less important than the LSU/Alabama game this year looks now?

[BigBlue]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Could they be any less important than the LSU/Alabama game this year looks now?

I think you could argue that it was important due to the fact that Bama played them tough and proved themselves the right choice for "the most highly rated non-qualifying team." You'd like to see Stanford on the list, but they didn't win the conference and, by most accounts, probably not as good as Bama. 8 teams seems about right.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

16 for football will make the regular season games and confrence championship games less important.

Why not just a simple 8-team tourney... 6 automatic spots going to the Conference champions of the six major confrences. One automatic spot going to the highest rated non BCS confrence champion. And one at-large selection going to the highest rated team who doesn't qualify.

The 1st round would look like so:

8-seed West Virgina at 1-seed LSU
7-seed Clemson at 2-seed Alabama
6-seed Wisconson at 3-seed Oklahoma State
5-seed Boise State at 4-seed Oregon

The remaining games in the playoff tourney would be played at alternating locations like the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc.

This would achieve making the regular season more important, making the conference title games more important, and having a meaningful playoff that is way better than the current Bowl system.

Actually that places too much importance on the conference championship games. Imagine if GA had beaten LSU then either Alabama or LSU gets left out. a 16 team tourney (as is done in the lower divisions) allows enough teams in so that the controversy over who doesnt get in is lessened, the conference championships are still important for the all important seeding/home field advantage in the 1st round and since the regular season ends so early there is plenty of time to play the games. Hell they will make so much money they could shave off a regular season game. Does Alabama really need to play Kent state, Ga Southern and North Texas? Having 44 days like they do now between the end of the regular season and the championship is too long as well.