Quote:Meanwhile, longstanding bowl tie-ins lead to repetitive rematches between conferences. Michigan has faced South Carolina in bowl play twice in the past five years, for example. I think we can all agree that once was enough.

Therein lies the biggest weakness of the postseason: The ever-decreasing number of bowl games pitting teams from the Power Five against the Group of Five makes a sham of bowl play and highlights the growing divide separating the haves from college football’s have-nots.

One of college football’s biggest dilemmas isn’t the lack of a Cinderella but the complete redefinition of the word. For the Football Bowl Subdivision, Cinderella isn’t Central Florida getting a shot at the national championship, since UCF and its ilk will never get that shot. It’s the idea that 2015 Iowa, for example, is college football’s new version of a feel-good underdog.

Bowl season highlights this idea: Group of Five teams can’t play Cinderella simply because they don’t get the chance.

Quote:There’s been some talk among Group of Five administrators, if always in whispers and rarely taken seriously, about branching out and creating a championship format separate from the Power Five. That’s a ridiculous idea that would only serve to hurt non-major programs and conferences, in their wallets most of all.

(06-15-2018 07:37 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  In other breaking news, the sun is rising...from the east!

(06-14-2018 07:43 AM)mikeinoki Wrote:  Article from USA TODAY highlighting the deficiencies of bowl games and the CFP not matching "G5" with "P5." LINK

Quote:Meanwhile, longstanding bowl tie-ins lead to repetitive rematches between conferences. Michigan has faced South Carolina in bowl play twice in the past five years, for example. I think we can all agree that once was enough.

Therein lies the biggest weakness of the postseason: The ever-decreasing number of bowl games pitting teams from the Power Five against the Group of Five makes a sham of bowl play and highlights the growing divide separating the haves from college football’s have-nots.

One of college football’s biggest dilemmas isn’t the lack of a Cinderella but the complete redefinition of the word. For the Football Bowl Subdivision, Cinderella isn’t Central Florida getting a shot at the national championship, since UCF and its ilk will never get that shot. It’s the idea that 2015 Iowa, for example, is college football’s new version of a feel-good underdog.

Bowl season highlights this idea: Group of Five teams can’t play Cinderella simply because they don’t get the chance.

The article also has some thoughts on the G5 playoff idea.

Quote:There’s been some talk among Group of Five administrators, if always in whispers and rarely taken seriously, about branching out and creating a championship format separate from the Power Five. That’s a ridiculous idea that would only serve to hurt non-major programs and conferences, in their wallets most of all.

(06-15-2018 08:38 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I think the thing that the TV networks need to realize is that just because the power conferences have a large number of followers does not mean that there isn't a large number of people following the other division 1 conferences. They seem to think that Ohio State is the Yankees and Cincinnati is the Charleston River Dogs, but that's just not the case.