(09-10-2015 11:15 AM)YNot Wrote:  

(09-10-2015 10:39 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(09-10-2015 10:24 AM)RUScarlets Wrote:  With all due respect, even schools like ND and OSU would never be able to sell out three neutral site games back to back to back, which is what you'd be looking at with an extra round.

That wouldn't happen. The first round games would be hosted by the top 4 seeds. For that matter, they could eventually move to a system where every game except the championship game is played on the home field of one of the two teams, as in the NFL and in the FCS football playoff.

This is another reason why I see the next development as CONFERENCE championship semi-finals instead of an expansion of the CFP to 8 teams.

CONFERENCE 'playoff' games in the Horseshoe, Bryant Denney and Autzen would be off the charts! And the Autonomy 5 conferences keep 100% of the revenue generated from the new round. Just imagine a weekend with:

(4)Nebraska v. (1)Ohio St. in Columbus
(3)Michigan St. v. (2)Wisconsin in Madison
(Winners to Indianapolis)

(4)Missouri v. (1)Alabama in Tuscaloosa
(3)Auburn v. (2)Georgia in Athens
(Winners to Atlanta)

(4)Stanford v. (1)UCLA in Pasadena
(3)Arizona v. (2)Oregon in Eugene
(Winners to Santa Clara)

(4)West Virginia v. (1)TCU in Ft. Worth
(3)Baylor v. (2)Oklahoma in Norman
(Winners to Arlington)

(4)Louisville v. (1)Florida St. in Tallahassee
(3)Clemson v. (2)Virginia Tech in Blacksburg
(Winners to Charlotte)

Sign me up for that!

(09-10-2015 10:50 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(09-02-2015 06:55 PM)Rabbit_in_Red Wrote:  THIS is why I think Notre Dame's going to eventually have to be all in with a conference. I think what we're headed towards is a world where the playoffs are expanded through the conference post seasons. Conference Championship games for the P4 will be your Round of 8. You could even potentially see conference semi-finals. Notre Dame not being in a conference, under this model, means they wouldn't have a shot at the title. They may have laughed in the past, they may have shot down a 6th ACC game before...but the world has changed around the Irish. Move, adapt, or die. Notre Dame's going to have to adapt or be left out...and I don't think they're going to want to be left out. I'm sorry, I get that Notre Dame still carries a lot of clout, but it's not nearly as much as they use to and we're moving towards a model where an entire CONFERENCE (SEC) doesn't necessarily carry the clout it once did.

I hate saying this as a Big Ten fan, but you're severely underestimating the clout that Notre Dame has here.

The power conferences absolutely do not care if Notre Dame makes the playoff or not. They would rather play Notre Dame in the playoff than the AAC or MWC champ 1000 times over. Heck, they would rather play Notre Dame in the playoff than a Big 12 champ that's not named Texas or Oklahoma.

There is only one thing that matters: Notre Dame is a revenue *generator* for the system. They make money for everyone else by being included in the playoff because the TV networks are the reason why the playoff exists... and they absolutely 100% want Notre Dame to be involved. They will reduce their payouts if Notre Dame isn't included... and the thought of taking a single cent of less revenue is the only thing that the power conferences care about. Those networks are paying (and praying) for the chance of Notre Dame vs. Alabama in the playoff instead of Baylor vs. Alabama (much less Boise State vs. Alabama).

As long as Notre Dame makes money for everyone else, then they'll have a place in the system. The only sin in the college football power structure is to be a revenue taker (as opposed to a revenue generator), which is why the G5 will always be ghettoized.

Using this logic or rational then you should have a conference with just the blood blues programs (the UT's ND's OSU' etc) since the Wake Forest, Vandies Washington State U. and others like these programs are revenue takers too, since they don't bring much the table like the G5's) and are riding off the coattails of the blue blood programs.

(09-02-2015 09:49 AM)Okielite Wrote:  It will change in the next 15 years. I would take that bet.

Nebraska people seem to think that things never change for some reason. They do.

This will be no different. We used to only have 2 spots in the BCS. Now we have 4. It will continue to grow. Giving more teams the chance at a championship only increases fan participation. See the NCAA tournament.

Oh yea. Huskers get upset by BYU this weekend. Going to be epic.

That was a pretty good call.