Yes it does.

6 teams = 3 games, which means 3 winners. That's an odd number unless you give someone a bye OR you're thinking of some form of play in model. Even then, you're looking at an odd number. 6 becomes too convoluted for the common fan, which is always a target of media outlets. A 5 champs + 3 model is easier to explain and understand. Ideally, 4 power conference champs would be even more so...but I don't see that happening.

I'm not sure I get what Herbstreit is saying. Is he complaining that they shouldn't play those games at all, or just that they shouldn't schedule late in the season? Fact is, most major programs do schedule an FCS team in most years. This year, all but 10 P5 teams did, and 6 of those were in conferences that play 9 league games.

There were also 15 G5 teams that didn't schedule a body bag opponent, and there is a reason for that. For most of them, they actually do schedule body bag games, except that they are the body, not their opponent. They are the ones getting paid to give P5's near certain wins. The SEC scheduled 14 FCS opponents, and 31 G5 opponents. Vanderbilt was the only SEC school to lose one of those games (vs Temple).

So what difference does it make if they play a G5 that can't compete with them or an FCS that can't?

Six is simple and yes the common fan will understand it BECAUSE the common fan understands the NFL playoffs.

The top two teams get byes and the bottom four play each other. They always want there to be a maintaining of value of the regular season in college football.

The top two teams getting first round byes gives even more meaning to earning the Committee's top two spots. It also means they involve two less Bowls in the process.

Eight teams means seven games, seven bowls. Six teams means five games, five bowls.

Plenty of folks believe eight will happen and not six. That is fine but doing the math is easy for either method. They could have did eight right away. It obviously is better than four and would have less problems. So obviously there are other reasons that kept them from doing so. That makes six a nice compromise.

8 teams means 4 games, 4 bowls. 8 > 4 > 2. 8 teams would play in the four major bowls (Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, Orange). Then the next round would be 4 teams in two games. The winners playing for the championship.

(11-23-2014 05:28 PM)Rabbit_in_Red Wrote:  6 teams = 3 games, which means 3 winners. That's an odd number unless you give someone a bye OR you're thinking of some form of play in model. Even then, you're looking at an odd number. 6 becomes too convoluted for the common fan, which is always a target of media outlets. A 5 champs + 3 model is easier to explain and understand. Ideally, 4 power conference champs would be even more so...but I don't see that happening.

6 is too convoluted for the common fan? :Lmao: it would work out just like the nfl divisional playoff.