(05-01-2021 03:05 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  It seems unworkable to have both autobids to a 12 team playoff and autobids to CFP bowl games.

Take the PAC's situation. They wouldn't send their champ to the Rose Bowl but to a first round site which could very well be on the road to an SEC stadium just like a G5 would be facing with their autobid. You only make out well in the new system if your champ will always finish within the Top 8 otherwise its G5 level treatment.

But if they could have autobids for their champ to the Rose and send #2 to the Fiesta while giving up a guaranteed playoff spot that would better than a guaranteed road trip to an SEC stadium in the first round when their champ is ranked 20th in the standings. At least in that case they'd have the Rose or Fiesta to send their champ if the Rose was in the quarterfinal.

Otherwise the Rose becomes B1G #2 vs. PAC #2 officially but in reality B1G #4 vs. PAC #3 or something. In a straight 12 you can still advertise it as B1G #1 vs. PAC #1 even if its unlikely to occur.

Ya, not sure what happens to bowls outside of the playoff. Does the Rose become a glorified Holiday Bowl when its not a quarterfinal? Most likely 4 bowls cement themselves as permanent quarterfinals. Then maybe the Peach and Fiesta pick teams 13-16? That's Citrus Bowl territory; likely the Peach and Fiesta are outside the top-tier entirely and have to find two anchor conferences.

On third thought, maybe a bowl like the Rose can be a permanent Quarterfinal, but other bowls (Peach, Citrus, Outback, Fiesta, etc.) cycle between hosting quarterfinals and hosting a pool of Top 25 teams? Say there is a 3-year cycle, you could have varying levels, where some bowls host a quarterfinal once, others twice, and 1 or 2 bowls host a quarterfinal every year.