I knew this was going to gain momentum as soon as the Big 10 got left out. If the SEC had somehow been left out for even 1 year, we would have an 8 team playoff the next year.
Good system, but also add that the leagues second place team can not be a top 4 seed.
What the hell is Surlyhorns...an unholy merging of Surly with a Longhorn? A Purple Cow?FYI the entire article is up on Surlyhorns.
Agreed on the eight team format, although I'm not sure it would solve the UCF problem. I don't think there should be an auto bid for a G5 program simply because there isn't necessarily a worthy team in that group every season.
And who's to say that by expanding the field to eight the committee wouldn't just continue to select one or two loss P5 programs over an undefeated G5 team? It wouldn't be that difficult for them to justify.
As much as I'd like to see an SEC team, or a run & gun offense play a game in December in a northern host teams stadium; I've been to too many **** weather games in my lifetime. So I think that they need to make arrangements to have games played in fair weather cities or in domes.
I knew this was going to gain momentum as soon as the Big 10 got left out. If the SEC had somehow been left out for even 1 year, we would have an 8 team playoff the next year.
Of course on a Longhorn site some crap like this comes up:
Just make the conference title games for P5 auto bid. Other 3 are at-large. There would have to be restrictions for the at-large teams such as they need to be in the top 12 in the rankings, 2 teams max from any one conference, G5 gets one spot as long as they are ranked high enough. First round games are either at on-campus stadiums or higher ranked team gets to pick the stadium (Northern teams could pick closest dome if they want).
That would work pretty well and the teams left out wouldn't have nearly the argument that UGA, UCF, tOSU have this year. I'd actually settle for 6 right now and let the top 2 teams get byes.
BTW, the ONLY reason this is coming out right now is that the Big 10 has been left out two years in a row.
I don't like the idea of just picking the Top 8 teams. I like the Conference Auto Bids and some at larges. Maybe use the P5 champions, UCF, and the top 2 teams left. Something like that.
Eight teams is where the CFP should go and stay. Clearly the best format.
I'm sure they weren't thinking of Iowa. More likely Columbus or Ann Arbor. South Bend, State College, East Lansing and Madison are other possibilities.Texas won't have to worry about coming up to Iowa for the playoffs - I doubt that they would match conference teams in the first round.
Not bad, but there will be an uproar that someone didn’t deserve the at large spot and someone else did.I don't like the idea of just picking the Top 8 teams. I like the Conference Auto Bids and some at larges. Maybe use the P5 champions, UCF, and the top 2 teams left. Something like that.
I disagree. You can make very strong arguments for both TCU and Baylor in 2014 but neither of them got in. You could also make arguments that they both had a very real chance of winning it that year if given the chance.Honestly 4 is good enough. Ohio State and Georgia didn’t do enough to get in this year. Georgia lost twice, and Ohio State got blown out by a 6-6 team. If we expand to 8 people will just ***** that #9 and #10 should be in.