(11-23-2017 12:38 AM)hburg Wrote: 16 is a good number for a playoff. Hopefully they go that route. But wonder how that will effect the other G5 schools if/when it happens.
With 16 you:
-have teams in that have zero chance of winning the NC.
-can't maintain the integrity of the bowls.
-stretch the season into late Jan (assuming 12 game seasons, conference championships the 1st weekend of Dec, and a minimum of 1.5 to-2 weeks between conference championship games, round of 16, quarterfinals, semis, NC).
-Teams playing up to 17 games.
With 8, you have:
-5 P5 AQ and 3 at large.
-Include everyone that has a chance of winning an NC.
-Can maintain the integrity of the bowls.
-Can still have the semis and NC games scheduled as they are now.
-1st weeked Dec conference champ games (this year Sat, Dec 2).
-3rd weekend Dec Quarterfinals (This year could be around Fri, 12/15-Sat, 12/16).
-12/31- 1/1 NC semis (same as now).
-1/8 to 1/12 NC game (same as now).
Could still have the same set up with the 6 major bowls currently involved in the playoffs now as far as the semifinals (with 2 hosting semis each year, all 6 hosting once every 3 years). With an expansion to 8 could simply have the 4 bowls not hosting the semis each year hosting the 4 quarterfinal games.
The 6 major bowl games would only involve 8 teams instead of 12, which means for the 39 current bowl games, there would be 74 teams going to bowls instead of 78. Which would likely solve the problem of 5-7 teams going to bowls..
In the past 3 years have had 9-11 days between the semis & NC game. This year only 7.
2014 season: 11 days between semis & NC game (semis 1/1, NC game 1/12)
2015 season: 11 days between semis & NC game (semis 12/31, NC game 1/11).
2016 season: 9 days between semis & NC game (semis 12/31, NC game 1/9).
2017 season: 7 days between semis & NC game (semis 1/1, NC game 1/8).
So this year 30 days between the conference championship games (12/2) and semis on 1/1, but only 7 days between the semis & NC game. Makes no sense.