(01-02-2019 07:42 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote: Expanding the playoff is nothing more than giving everyone a trophy.
The Bowls are "giving everyone a trophy".
A 4 team invitational is neither a National Championship, nor a playoff.
Does anyone doubt that the Super Bowl winner is the true Champion of the NFL? They don't because that is a real, inclusive playoff that decides it's participants on the field, not in a boardroom. There are only 2 ways forward here.
1) Drop the charade and go back to pre-BCS Bowl system.
2) Have a real, inclusive playoff system. The NCAA FBS is not the same as the NFL, but an inclusive playoff is very doable in the same manner as the basketball tourney with college basketball's playoffs nothing like the NBA playoffs.
RULES
-- All 10 conference champions get bid
-- Next 14 highest ranked schools get bid (used final regular season AP poll)
-- Highest 8 seeds get first round bye
-- Seeds 9-24 begin First round action at higher seed's home field on 3rd week of December
-- Sweet 16 would play on 4th week at higher seed's home field
-- Elite 8 would be 1st week of January. This would begin use of "CFP" bowls
-- Final 4 next week at 2 other "CFP" bowls
-- National Championship next week at a "CFP" bowl
FIRST-ROUND
#24 NORTHERN ILLINOIS at #9 WASHINGTON
#23 UAB at #10 FLORIDA
#22 APPALACHIAN STATE at #11 LSU
#21 TEXAS A &M at #12 WASHINGTON STATE
#20 UTAH at #13 PENN ST
#19 FRESNO STATE at #14 TEXAS
#18 MISSISSIPPI ST at #15 WEST VIRGINIA
#17 SYRACUSE at #16 KENTUCKY
SWEET 16
(Syracuse/Kentucky winner) at #1 ALABAMA
(Miss St/West Virginia winner) at #2 CLEMSON
(Fresno State/Texas winner) at #3 NOTRE DAME
(Utah/Penn St winner) at #4 OKLAHOMA
(TAMU/Washington St winner) at #5 OHIO STATE
(App St/LSU winner) at #6 GEORGIA
(UAB/Florida winner) at #7 UCF
(NIU/Washington winner) at #8 MICHIGAN
ELITE 8
Cotton/Fiesta/Peach/Citrus
FINAL 4
Rose/Orange
CHAMPIONSHIP
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