(06-10-2021 03:53 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(06-10-2021 03:36 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(06-10-2021 03:27 PM)Wahoowa84 Wrote:  

(06-10-2021 03:07 PM)solohawks Wrote:  It's astonishing to me ND signed off on a plan where they were permanently disadvantaged.....unless

This is the most intriguing aspect of the proposal. Having CCG winners seeded 1-4 ensures geographic and conference diversity in the quarterfinal round. Maybe they were worried about too many teams from one region in the quarterfinals hurting the ratings.

The only thing that I can think of here is that they're using the bowls as quarterfinals and they're essentially maximizing some semblance of tie-ins there (e.g. the Rose Bowl would always get a top 4 Big Ten or Pac-12 champ with the higher ranked going to the Rose if both leagues are in the top 4). Maybe ND sees this as similar to the current Contract Bowl system or BCS AQ system and that's a concession on their part.

Otherwise, from a competitive standpoint, I believe that a top 4 Notre Dame (or any other school) should get a top 4 seed just as they would in the current system. Frankly, it would be even more important in the new system since a bye would now be involved.

This is where we have to seriously wait out the details. If, as Nicole Auerbach posted, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be hosted by the bowls (i.e. the NY6 bowls), that would seem to do away with the contract bowl relationships, which was the basis for the whole "Power 5." This wording also seems to leave open the prospect of one of the Autonomous 5 champs being left out (e.g. Oregon last year). That sure seems like a tough sell to me.

I said no autobids before all this news came out because a #18 ranked PAC champ sees no advantage of being creamed at #3 LSU on the road.

That event for obvious reasons isn't worth protecting.

What makes the PAC look good if that champ can finish #7 and score a first round bye as a Top 4 conference champ or at least a first round home game where due to the time difference they'd have a significant advantage over teams in the east.

But the PAC champ then would want to be in a NY6 bowl and would that also follow for the three other conference champions left out?

Let's say the 4 for the quarterfinals will be Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Rose every year. Then you could have Peach, Gator, Alamo, Fiesta for the 4 non-represented conference champions. Then the PAC champ would be at least in the Fiesta Bowl if it doesn't make the playoff. There has to be some protection to it.