domer1978
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RE: UConn's 2020 schedule almost complete
(01-07-2020 04:39 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: (01-07-2020 02:44 PM)esayem Wrote: I don’t see why a single G5 deserves an auto-bid in the eyes of the P5. If the P5 creates the playoff, they don’t need to make any concessions because it’s an invitational. There has been a clear sub-division between the P5 and the G5 in FBS.
Quo made an excellent point, why should UCF with an easier schedule have more of a playoff opportunity than Florida, with an SEC schedule?
The most likely thing I see happening is a clause where a G5 champ is higher ranked than a P5 champ and “steals” the bid.
I’m all for an NCAA sanctioned FBS playoff—one thing the NCAA is good for is determining champions—I just find it highly unlikely at this point. They needed to get it done in the 80’s and failed.
True, esayem, the P5 leagues would not think the G5 "deserves" a spot in an eight-team playoff. If one were offered it would 1. have to be earned, say, with 12 wins minimum and a top 15 finish (if no G5 team qualifies, no team goes) and 2. be due to pressure from fans, politicians and other entities that have a stake in seeing as much "inclusiveness" in the playoff as possible. It's the same basic concept as the "best" G5 team going to a NY6 bowl each year. The P5 doesn't accept it because it "likes" the arrangement. It accepts it because it "has to play nice" and views the arrangement as the lesser of two evils.
Now, if we get a six-team playoff, there will be no chance of a G5 inclusion.
I like the 6 team set up if we must expand the playoff. 5 Auto Bids for the P-5 and one wildcard.
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