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RE: We Want a Playoff
(11-25-2011 12:10 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: There would be some parts of the nation where interest would be minimal. But there would be interest, Steve. Not everyone thinks the only decent football played is played among the BCS conference teams...
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RE: We Want a Playoff
MOTHER OF ALL PLAYOFFS '10-'11
Enjoy.
RULES
---All eleven conference champions get bid.
---Next 13 highest BCS ranked schools get bid, total of 24.
---Highest 8 seeds get first round bye.
---Seeds 9-24 begin First round action at higher seed's home field on third Saturday of December.
---Sweet 16 would play on fourth Saturday of December, once again at higher seed's home field.
---Elite 8 would play first weekend of January. This would begin use of "BCS" bowls, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange.
---Final-Four would be second weekend of January, once again at 2 of the 4 "BCS" bowl sites.
---National Championship game would be, once again at 1 of the "BCS" bowl sites. Instead of 4+1, it would be 4+2+1.
FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
WEEK 1
#24 FIU at #9 MICHIGAN STATE
#23 MIAMI(OH) at #10 BOISE STATE
#22 UCONN at #11 LSU
#21 UCF at #12 MISSOURI
#20 SOUTH CAROLINA at #13 VIRGINIA TECH
#19 UTAH at #14 OKLAHOMA STATE
#18 NEBRASKA at #15 NEVADA
#17 TEXAS A&M at #16 ALABAMA
SWEET 16
WEEK 2
(Texas A&M/Alabama winner) at #1 AUBURN
(Nebraska/Nevada winner) at #2 OREGON
(Utah/Oklahoma State winner) at #3 TCU
(South Carolina/Virginia Tech winner) at #4 STANFORD
(UCF/Missouri winner) at #5 WISCONSIN
(UCONN/LSU winner) at #6 OHIO STATE
(Miami(OH)/Boise State winner) at #7 OKLAHOMA
(FIU/Michigan State winner) at #8 ARKANSAS
ELITE EIGHT
WEEK 3
Rose/Fiesta/Sugar/Orange
FINAL FOUR
WEEK4
(2 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK5
(1 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
SUMMARY
---This system would allow almost all of the other major bowl games outside of the "BCS" bowls to still serve a purpose, and for very good schools not making the tourney to still have a post-season.
---The "home game" format and the first round bye format are necessary to involve as many teams as I did. The reward of another home game has many benefits, financial or otherwise.
---In order for the major conferences to buy into a playoff, it would have to be seen as almost "rigged" in their favor. I believe first round byes, home field advantage, and multiple at-larges from each major conference, all based on strength of individual schools, is key to getting this passed.
---The major conferences will never go for a playoff that would guarantee equal representation to non-major conferences. You have to go to at least 24 teams to ensure that each major conference has at least 2 schools in the playoff on most years.
---Finally, the money generated by such a playoff would dwarf the basketball tourney revenues.
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army56mike
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RE: We Want a Playoff
PROBABLE NCAA FBS PLAYOFF FIELD 2011
(1) *LSU vs. (16) *Ark. State
(8) Boise St. vs. (9) *Houston
(4) *Oklahoma St. vs. (13) *Louisville
(5) *Va. Tech vs. (12) *TCU
(3) Arkansas vs. (14) *Ohio
(6) Oregon vs. (11) *Michigan St.
(7) *Stanford vs. (10) Oklahoma
(2) Alabama vs. (15) *La. Tech
* Conference Champ
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RE: We Want a Playoff
(11-25-2011 02:45 PM)army56mike Wrote: PROBABLE NCAA FBS PLAYOFF FIELD 2011
(1) *LSU vs. (16) *Ark. State
(8) Boise St. vs. (9) *Houston
(4) *Oklahoma St. vs. (13) *Louisville
(5) *Va. Tech vs. (12) *TCU
(3) Arkansas vs. (14) *Ohio
(6) Oregon vs. (11) *Michigan St.
(7) *Stanford vs. (10) Oklahoma
(2) Alabama vs. (15) *La. Tech
* Conference Champ
Actually, ESPN's most recent rankings have the SBC ranked ahead of the MAC and the WAC.
Also, Arkansas State is ranked ahead of both La Tech and Ohio in BCS rankings.
Using your seedings, that would put Arkansas playing Arkansas State in the first round.
There's a good chance that Arkansas would just forfeit before risking losing to stAte on the field.
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