CAJUNNATION
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After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
...the FBS level of football schools adopt the Mother Playoff Plan first suggested by CajunNation decades ago.
Mother of All Playoffs 2011-2012
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 LOUISIANA TECH at #9 SOUTH CAROLINA
#23 ARKANSAS STATE at #10 WISCONSIN
#22 NORTHERN ILLINOIS at #11 VIRGINIA TECH
#21 WEST VIRGINIA at #12 BAYLOR
#20 SOUTHERN MISS at #13 MICHIGAN
#19 HOUSTON at #14 OKLAHOMA
#18 TCU at #15 CLEMSON
#17 MICHIGAN STATE at #16 GEORGIA
SWEET 16
WEEK 2
(Michigan State/Georgia winner) at #1 LSU
(TCU/Clemson winner) at #2 ALABAMA
(Houston/Oklahoma winner) at #3 OKLAHOMA STATE
(USM/Michigan winner) at #4 STANFORD
(West Virginia/Baylor winner) at #5 OREGON
(NIU/Va Tech winner) at #6 ARKANSAS
(Arkansas State/Wisconsin winner) at #7 BOISE STATE
(La Tech/South Carolina winner) at #8 KANSAS STATE
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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06-04-2012 02:15 PM |
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GoApps70
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
You are obviously a poster that was far ahead of his time.
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06-04-2012 06:52 PM |
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arkstfan
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After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
Problem is I'll be back to wearing diapers and drooling on myself before it happens. :(
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06-04-2012 08:09 PM |
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TroyBoy67
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
I like the format, the only problem people might have is injuries. But i like it alot. I really want to see it myself.
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06-04-2012 10:14 PM |
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dchi72
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
Makes way too much sense for this to happen
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06-04-2012 11:56 PM |
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Hail The Blue
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
Been saying the same thing for years. Problem is that it's too logical, and it also favors the mid-majors by giving them a slight chance they could win the dang thing. This is a no-no for the big wigs at the top. If it's not Texas, LSU, USC, Alabama, Oregon, OU, Ohio State and maybe 5-6 more teams, they want nothing to do with it.
Only hope is that they actually do implement the 4-team playoff and we might see something like what you proposed within the next 20 years.
IAA started a 4 team playoff and it's taken about 35 years to get to 24 teams.
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06-05-2012 10:48 AM |
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CAJUNNATION
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
(06-04-2012 11:56 PM)dchi72 Wrote: Makes way too much sense for this to happen
Probably, but if they go with a playoff now, it will only grow larger.
And if lower level conferences are to be involved and to not destroy all bowl games, this model will have to be implemented or something very similar.
Looking at last saeason's model, Tech got an excellent draw. A South Carolina/Kansas State draw would not have been impossible for y'all to do.
And, can you imagine what an elite 8 matchup in the Super Dome versus LSU would have been like?
Wouldn't just the possibility of that be much better than the reality of playing in Podunk Bowl in Podunk USA for Podunk money against a school you care zero about playing?
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06-05-2012 12:21 PM |
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MTPiKapp
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RE: After many years of useless bickering, failed tweaking, and selection errors....
Don't like the four bcs bowls hosting. I don't think neutral site should start till the semi-finals at the earliest.
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06-05-2012 01:17 PM |
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