CAJUNNATION
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Mother of all Playoffs 2011-2012
Enjoy.
RULES
---All eleven conference champions get bid.
---Next 13 highest BCS ranked schools get bid, total of 24.
---Highest 8 seeds get first round bye.
---Seeds 9-24 begin First round action at higher seed's home field on third Saturday of December.
---Sweet 16 would play on fourth Saturday of December, once again at higher seed's home field.
---Elite 8 would play first weekend of January. This would begin use of "BCS" bowls, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange.
---Final-Four would be second weekend of January, once again at 2 of the 4 "BCS" bowl sites.
---National Championship game would be, once again at 1 of the "BCS" bowl sites. Instead of 4+1, it would be 4+2+1.
FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
WEEK 1
#24 LOUISIANA TECH at #9 SOUTH CAROLINA
#23 ARKANSAS STATE at #10 WISCONSIN
#22 NORTHERN ILLINOIS at #11 VIRGINIA TECH
#21 WEST VIRGINIA at #12 BAYLOR
#20 SOUTHERN MISS at #13 MICHIGAN
#19 HOUSTON at #14 OKLAHOMA
#18 TCU at #15 CLEMSON
#17 MICHIGAN STATE at #16 GEORGIA
SWEET 16
WEEK 2
(Michigan State/Georgia winner) at #1 LSU
(TCU/Clemson winner) at #2 ALABAMA
(Houston/Oklahoma winner) at #3 OKLAHOMA STATE
(USM/Michigan winner) at #4 STANFORD
(West Virginia/Baylor winner) at #5 OREGON
(NIU/Va Tech winner) at #6 ARKANSAS
(Arkansas State/Wisconsin winner) at #7 BOISE STATE
(La Tech/South Carolina winner) at #8 KANSAS STATE
ELITE EIGHT
WEEK 3
Rose/Fiesta/Sugar/Orange
FINAL FOUR
WEEK4
(2 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK5
(1 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
SUMMARY
---This system would allow almost all of the other major bowl games outside of the "BCS" bowls to still serve a purpose, and for very good schools not making the tourney to still have a post-season.
---The "home game" format and the first round bye format are necessary to involve as many teams as I did. The reward of another home game has many benefits, financial or otherwise.
---In order for the major conferences to buy into a playoff, it would have to be seen as almost "rigged" in their favor. I believe first round byes, home field advantage, and multiple at-larges from each major conference, all based on strength of individual schools, is key to getting this passed.
---The major conferences will never go for a playoff that would guarantee equal representation to non-major conferences. You have to go to at least 24 teams to ensure that each major conference has at least 2 schools in the playoff on most years.
---Finally, the money generated by such a playoff would dwarf the basketball tourney revenues.
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Vobserver
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RE: Mother of all Playoffs 2011-2012
(01-04-2012 05:25 PM)CAJUNNATION Wrote: Enjoy.
RULES
---All eleven conference champions get bid.
---Next 13 highest BCS ranked schools get bid, total of 24.
---Highest 8 seeds get first round bye.
---Seeds 9-24 begin First round action at higher seed's home field on third Saturday of December.
---Sweet 16 would play on fourth Saturday of December, once again at higher seed's home field.
---Elite 8 would play first weekend of January. This would begin use of "BCS" bowls, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange.
---Final-Four would be second weekend of January, once again at 2 of the 4 "BCS" bowl sites.
---National Championship game would be, once again at 1 of the "BCS" bowl sites. Instead of 4+1, it would be 4+2+1.
FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
WEEK 1
#24 LOUISIANA TECH at #9 SOUTH CAROLINA
#23 ARKANSAS STATE at #10 WISCONSIN
#22 NORTHERN ILLINOIS at #11 VIRGINIA TECH
#21 WEST VIRGINIA at #12 BAYLOR
#20 SOUTHERN MISS at #13 MICHIGAN
#19 HOUSTON at #14 OKLAHOMA
#18 TCU at #15 CLEMSON
#17 MICHIGAN STATE at #16 GEORGIA
SWEET 16
WEEK 2
(Michigan State/Georgia winner) at #1 LSU
(TCU/Clemson winner) at #2 ALABAMA
(Houston/Oklahoma winner) at #3 OKLAHOMA STATE
(USM/Michigan winner) at #4 STANFORD
(West Virginia/Baylor winner) at #5 OREGON
(NIU/Va Tech winner) at #6 ARKANSAS
(Arkansas State/Wisconsin winner) at #7 BOISE STATE
(La Tech/South Carolina winner) at #8 KANSAS STATE
ELITE EIGHT
WEEK 3
Rose/Fiesta/Sugar/Orange
FINAL FOUR
WEEK4
(2 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK5
(1 of the BCS bowls repeat host)
SUMMARY
---This system would allow almost all of the other major bowl games outside of the "BCS" bowls to still serve a purpose, and for very good schools not making the tourney to still have a post-season.
---The "home game" format and the first round bye format are necessary to involve as many teams as I did. The reward of another home game has many benefits, financial or otherwise.
---In order for the major conferences to buy into a playoff, it would have to be seen as almost "rigged" in their favor. I believe first round byes, home field advantage, and multiple at-larges from each major conference, all based on strength of individual schools, is key to getting this passed.
---The major conferences will never go for a playoff that would guarantee equal representation to non-major conferences. You have to go to at least 24 teams to ensure that each major conference has at least 2 schools in the playoff on most years.
---Finally, the money generated by such a playoff would dwarf the basketball tourney revenues.
10 Automatics...[WAC is dead] 6 Highest BCS ratings among non champions.
No byes.
Bowl system remains intact for everyone else.
Neither will ever happen because the Bama's, LSU's, Michigans and Texas' won't allow it.
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2012 05:41 PM by Vobserver.)
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