Quote:oh boo ******* hoo.
The current system- no top 9 team has been left out.
Wait -- you're Agreeing with nixing #10 for #14? I figured you'd respond by saying something like "Yeah, that needs to be fixed too." When defending it instead, you're contradicting your reasoning why Wisconsin should be in there (because they're ranked higher; go strictly by rankings only). And yet, you defend bringing in a #14 team due to conference tie-in over a #10?
Quote:The old system with the artificial crap of 2 team limits- had only 1 team ranked in the 7-9 range make BCS bowls.
I don't agree with the 2 team limits, nor have I advocated it. I'm not even for a pure 3-team limit. A 3-team limit of those in the same conference for those not in the upper half (Top 6 of 12), unless a team below them that would get in, is still from the same conference. You don't think this is kosher, and conference affiliation shouldn't play a role in any auto-bids -- yet you say it Is kosher for #10 to be trumped by #14 due to conference affiliation?
I understand questioning my POV on a 3-team conference limit of those Below the upper half of a 12-team playoff. But to say it's okay for a #14 to trump a #10 due to conference affiliation, still applies conference rules, and negates the concept of going just by ranking.
Why do I like a 3-team conference limit applied to those Not ranked in the Top 6, instead of auto-bids for non-conf champs that we have today? Because when you have rankings piling on an overflow of teams from the same conference -- if they're not The elite teams (Top 6) -- it calls more into question how exactly accurate the rankings are when most of the season is contained in in-conference play. It's somewhat common when bowl season finalizes we think "Oh, the X conference is stronger than we thought, and the Y conference isn't quite as strong as we thought," and things of that nature with different P5 conferences.
KNOWING that rankings aren't exact, I think it is a good idea to limit the # of teams from the same conference in some circumstances for at-larges, But never affecting anyone in the Top Half/6. If 5 out of those Top 6 are SEC, that's fine, they're in. But if you have #7 SEC, too? Yeah, sorry #7... unless #8/9/10/11 eligible to come in is still also SEC, you're not coming in (and limiting at 4 instead of 3).
My view of the 12-teams (In NY Bowls or a Playoff):
- 5 P5 Champs
- 1 Top G5 Champ, if ranked in Top 24
- 6 At-Larges by Ranking -- but limiting it to 3 teams of same conference if 4th team is below the Top 6 Ranking and the next team in line isn't from the same conference.
Into the 12-team Playoff:
#1: Alabama [SEC Champ]
#2: Clemson [ACC Champ]
#3: Ohio State [B1G]
#4: Washington [P12 Champ]
#5: Penn State [B1G Champ]
#6: Michigan [B1G]
#7: Oklahoma [B12 Champ]
#8: USC [P12]
#9: Colorado [P12 Div Champ]
#10: Florida State [ACC]
#11: Oklahoma State [B12]
#12: Western Michigan [G5 Champ]