(11-18-2013 04:57 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(11-18-2013 10:41 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Perhaps the NonBCS conferences could open up the 8-team playoff to include more than 1 NonBCS team with some kind of proposal, perhaps something like this.

I'd expect it to be the 5 P5 conference champions, the "best" Go5 champion, and two "best" remaining at-large picks.

I think the step up from a guaranteed spot in an big money exhibition game to a guaranteed spot in the national championship playoffs would be considered a big enough concession to the Go5, the access to the second team would be via being good enough to be one of the at-large picks.

The least disruption to the existing bowl system would be to push the start of the football season back one week, have the conference championships Thanksgiving weekend, then the four quarter-final games as higher ranked hosts lower ranked.

Then the four who fail to play into the existing four school semi-final would be included in the other big money bowls alongside four other picks.

No way in the world they would give up one of just 3 at large spots to the G5.

A G5 team would have to qualify as one of the top 3 at larges (after the conference champs).