02-18-2020, 11:33 PM
With news of the new 12-team playoff format and the real possibility of 2 “G5” champs earning bids, I’m bumping the thread. Could be a way to snipe the lowest P5 champ or open permanent access to “all 7” champs.
Here is an idea to hold a G5 championship game the first weekend of December within the current rules.
Participating G5 conferences would have to schedule all cross-division games the final weekend of the regular season. The division leaders at that time would be paired, requiring some matchups to be altered on a week's notice; no game locations or dates would be changed.
This matchup between division-leaders would qualify for the 13th game exemption and not count toward either teams' 12 game limit. The following week (when CCG are traditionally held), the 2 best winners could be paired (on campus or at a neutral site) in a G5-Championship, which would qualify as 1 of those teams' 12 regular season games.
With 1 fewer cross-divsion game prior to the CCGs, rematches (such as Cincy-Memphis and App St-Louisiana) would be less common. While I keep using the phrase "G5", we all know the American would not participate; it'd essentially be a G4 ploy to compete with the American for that lone NY6 spot.
December 7, 2019 games:
#16 Memphis (11-1) vs. #21 Cincinnati (10-2)
#19 Boise St (11-1) vs. #20 App St (11-1)
Theoretically, FAU, Miami(OH), and any of the CCG losers could be paired in games on this date as well. The MAC could keep their date at Ford Field and invite another G4 division champ to play in a quasi-bowl game. Or, some deep south venue may bid to match a SB and CUSA team (Louisiana vs. UAB?) in a quasi-bowl of their own.
Here is an idea to hold a G5 championship game the first weekend of December within the current rules.
Participating G5 conferences would have to schedule all cross-division games the final weekend of the regular season. The division leaders at that time would be paired, requiring some matchups to be altered on a week's notice; no game locations or dates would be changed.
This matchup between division-leaders would qualify for the 13th game exemption and not count toward either teams' 12 game limit. The following week (when CCG are traditionally held), the 2 best winners could be paired (on campus or at a neutral site) in a G5-Championship, which would qualify as 1 of those teams' 12 regular season games.
With 1 fewer cross-divsion game prior to the CCGs, rematches (such as Cincy-Memphis and App St-Louisiana) would be less common. While I keep using the phrase "G5", we all know the American would not participate; it'd essentially be a G4 ploy to compete with the American for that lone NY6 spot.
December 7, 2019 games:
#16 Memphis (11-1) vs. #21 Cincinnati (10-2)
#19 Boise St (11-1) vs. #20 App St (11-1)
Theoretically, FAU, Miami(OH), and any of the CCG losers could be paired in games on this date as well. The MAC could keep their date at Ford Field and invite another G4 division champ to play in a quasi-bowl game. Or, some deep south venue may bid to match a SB and CUSA team (Louisiana vs. UAB?) in a quasi-bowl of their own.