(07-18-2014 01:35 PM)goofus Wrote:  At some point, the CCG will probably go away. If say you have a 16 team playoff, odds are both division winners of a P5 will make the playoff.

Or conferences can change it so that the last week of the regular season is flexible scheduling, so that the top 2 teams in the conference can play each other in a de-facto CCG.

doubt both division winners of a p5 would make playoff. Big 12 north and some of the ACC divisions recently had some putrid division champs.

15 games now for a NC is too many. These are kids, not pros. The season from start to finish should be no more than 13 games.

(07-18-2014 02:03 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  15 games now for a NC is too many. These are kids, not pros. The season from start to finish should be no more than 13 games.

15 games is the exact same as FCS and they don't seem to have a problem with it.
(heck, one of last year's FCS championship game teams played 16 games).

(07-18-2014 02:22 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-18-2014 02:03 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  15 games now for a NC is too many. These are kids, not pros. The season from start to finish should be no more than 13 games.

15 games is the exact same as FCS and they don't seem to have a problem with it.
(heck, one of last year's FCS championship game teams played 16 games).

Doesn't make it right.

Only way I would go for an extended season would be to raise the scholarship numbers to 100 or 115.

It wasn't very long ago they only played 11 games. They could go back to that. But then it makes it harder to determine which teams belong in the playoff - as they'd only have 3, or even 2, OOC games. We already don't have much to go on.

Most high school state championship teams play 14-15 games, and it is actually 16 in some states. Any decent high school program will consistently play 11 games annually, as in most states the cutoff for the postseason is usually around .500.

Coach Richt hears the talk that we do not hear. He is not liking the direction things are going in this regard. Unfortunately the other voices that he hears, which we do not, have more say and more power than him. They will NEVER shorten the regular season, they will NEVER remove the Conference Championship games. They would expand them to conference tournaments first and they would make big public displays of how much power and increased funding they are funneling towards student athletes so that they could expand the regular season rather than shorten it.


A guy like Richt does not make that statement unless he is trying to stop something from happening.

He is doing this before we have even had a single playoff. I told you guys it would not take long before it would be expanded. We will have a controversy this year about the number 4 team and the number 5 team. Count on it.

(07-19-2014 10:16 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Coach Richt hears the talk that we do not hear. He is not liking the direction things are going in this regard. Unfortunately the other voices that he hears, which we do not, have more say and more power than him. They will NEVER shorten the regular season, they will NEVER remove the Conference Championship games. They would expand them to conference tournaments first and they would make big public displays of how much power and increased funding they are funneling towards student athletes so that they could expand the regular season rather than shorten it.


A guy like Richt does not make that statement unless he is trying to stop something from happening.

He is doing this before we have even had a single playoff. I told you guys it would not take long before it would be expanded. We will have a controversy this year about the number 4 team and the number 5 team. Count on it.

And as soon as this happens expect full payment/professionalism of players...it the only way it can be justified....

(07-18-2014 02:22 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-18-2014 02:03 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  15 games now for a NC is too many. These are kids, not pros. The season from start to finish should be no more than 13 games.

15 games is the exact same as FCS and they don't seem to have a problem with it.
(heck, one of last year's FCS championship game teams played 16 games).

FCS does not allow CCG and much of the time they only play 11 game regular seasons depending on the calendar

(07-19-2014 11:06 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 10:16 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Coach Richt hears the talk that we do not hear. He is not liking the direction things are going in this regard. Unfortunately the other voices that he hears, which we do not, have more say and more power than him. They will NEVER shorten the regular season, they will NEVER remove the Conference Championship games. They would expand them to conference tournaments first and they would make big public displays of how much power and increased funding they are funneling towards student athletes so that they could expand the regular season rather than shorten it.


A guy like Richt does not make that statement unless he is trying to stop something from happening.

He is doing this before we have even had a single playoff. I told you guys it would not take long before it would be expanded. We will have a controversy this year about the number 4 team and the number 5 team. Count on it.

And as soon as this happens expect full payment/professionalism of players...it the only way it can be justified....

Just because you say it, doesn't mean it's true. That is not the only way it could be justified, its just that it is the only way it could be justified TO YOU.

(07-19-2014 03:47 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 11:06 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 10:16 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Coach Richt hears the talk that we do not hear. He is not liking the direction things are going in this regard. Unfortunately the other voices that he hears, which we do not, have more say and more power than him. They will NEVER shorten the regular season, they will NEVER remove the Conference Championship games. They would expand them to conference tournaments first and they would make big public displays of how much power and increased funding they are funneling towards student athletes so that they could expand the regular season rather than shorten it.


A guy like Richt does not make that statement unless he is trying to stop something from happening.

He is doing this before we have even had a single playoff. I told you guys it would not take long before it would be expanded. We will have a controversy this year about the number 4 team and the number 5 team. Count on it.

And as soon as this happens expect full payment/professionalism of players...it the only way it can be justified....

Just because you say it, doesn't mean it's true. That is not the only way it could be justified, its just that it is the only way it could be justified TO YOU.

Look at what is happening with the Lawsuits..it is also going to effect College Football...why do you think the P5 is already trying to get ahead on this issue..

(07-19-2014 03:54 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 03:47 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 11:06 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-19-2014 10:16 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Coach Richt hears the talk that we do not hear. He is not liking the direction things are going in this regard. Unfortunately the other voices that he hears, which we do not, have more say and more power than him. They will NEVER shorten the regular season, they will NEVER remove the Conference Championship games. They would expand them to conference tournaments first and they would make big public displays of how much power and increased funding they are funneling towards student athletes so that they could expand the regular season rather than shorten it.


A guy like Richt does not make that statement unless he is trying to stop something from happening.

He is doing this before we have even had a single playoff. I told you guys it would not take long before it would be expanded. We will have a controversy this year about the number 4 team and the number 5 team. Count on it.

And as soon as this happens expect full payment/professionalism of players...it the only way it can be justified....

Just because you say it, doesn't mean it's true. That is not the only way it could be justified, its just that it is the only way it could be justified TO YOU.

Look at what is happening with the Lawsuits..it is also going to effect College Football...why do you think the P5 is already trying to get ahead on this issue..

Look, I agree that more will be given to the student athletes. That is obvious by what new powers have been completely granted to the Majors without any oversight from the others. That doesn't mean though that it will go so far as to professionalize the players.

Just watch....Delany and Slive are playing the long game on this...this might be the reason especially if you want to increase games...the NCAA is already looking down the barrel.

http://www.foxsports.com/collegefootball...ton-123113

(07-19-2014 11:33 AM)billings Wrote:  

(07-18-2014 02:22 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-18-2014 02:03 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  15 games now for a NC is too many. These are kids, not pros. The season from start to finish should be no more than 13 games.

15 games is the exact same as FCS and they don't seem to have a problem with it.
(heck, one of last year's FCS championship game teams played 16 games).

FCS does not allow CCG and much of the time they only play 11 game regular seasons depending on the calendar

15 is 11+4. Last year if NDSU hadn't won, champion would have had 16 games because of the calendar.

Oh yeah...this is the money quote from the article...more games...player safety...since this article the NFL has agree to uncapped payments to former players which is likely in the end be more then the original settlement of $765 Million...yet some want to go to 13 Regular Season Games...plus a Conference Championship Game and a 8 Team Playoff...last I checked two schools at minimum will be playing basically an NFL Schedule plus one NFL Playoff Game if it got to that.

Some experts told Fox Sports they believed the NCAA could have a harder time defending itself than the NFL, which agreed last August to pay $765 million in injury settlements, medical assessments and care for former players who suffered concussions and other brain injuries.

The first federal case was filed in 2011 on behalf of four athletes: Arrington, a football player at Eastern Illinois from 2006-09; Angel Palacios, a soccer player at Ouachita Baptist from 2010 to 2011; Derek Owens, a football player at Central Arkansas from 2008-10; and Kyle Solomon, a hockey player at Maine from 2008-10.

http://www.foxsports.com/collegefootball...ton-123113