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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
(07-03-2020 11:14 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 10:42 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:15 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 06:04 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: I wouldn’t and the “P5” schools would never agree to it. Meaningless butt-whipping with a lot of chance for injury. 12 now 14 works in the NFL due to parity. College football has no such parity. 8 would be great.
Potential injuries happen everyday, as likely in practice as games. As for TV viewers, we watch in mass even the 1 vs 16 games in the MBB tourney so I'm guessing you're in the minority. Money will make the eventually decisions, and it will likely start at going to 8, then 12 & then maybe 12 or 16.
No, I watch those just like every other red-blooded American sports fan. College football does not equal college basketball. It’s an entirely different animal.
No college FB isn't college BB. College FB generates about 3x the revenues of college BB because so many more folks are watching & attending.
And it’s far easier to put a group of five starters and a few backups on the court than it is to put 22 starters, go two deep and have special teams added into the mix. MAC teams are woefully unable to do that compared to SEC, Big 10 teams that say “hold my beer”.
I'm confident the MAC would take that game & lots of folks would attend & watch.
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
(07-03-2020 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 11:14 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 10:42 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:15 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote: Potential injuries happen everyday, as likely in practice as games. As for TV viewers, we watch in mass even the 1 vs 16 games in the MBB tourney so I'm guessing you're in the minority. Money will make the eventually decisions, and it will likely start at going to 8, then 12 & then maybe 12 or 16.
No, I watch those just like every other red-blooded American sports fan. College football does not equal college basketball. It’s an entirely different animal.
No college FB isn't college BB. College FB generates about 3x the revenues of college BB because so many more folks are watching & attending.
And it’s far easier to put a group of five starters and a few backups on the court than it is to put 22 starters, go two deep and have special teams added into the mix. MAC teams are woefully unable to do that compared to SEC, Big 10 teams that say “hold my beer”.
I'm confident the MAC would take that game & lots of folks would attend & watch.
I’m confident the MAC would take that game, so we finally agree on something. :) I’m also confident an Alabama would never agree to such a game. There’s the rub.
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07-04-2020 01:23 AM |
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
(07-03-2020 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 11:14 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 10:42 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:15 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote: Potential injuries happen everyday, as likely in practice as games. As for TV viewers, we watch in mass even the 1 vs 16 games in the MBB tourney so I'm guessing you're in the minority. Money will make the eventually decisions, and it will likely start at going to 8, then 12 & then maybe 12 or 16.
No, I watch those just like every other red-blooded American sports fan. College football does not equal college basketball. It’s an entirely different animal.
No college FB isn't college BB. College FB generates about 3x the revenues of college BB because so many more folks are watching & attending.
And it’s far easier to put a group of five starters and a few backups on the court than it is to put 22 starters, go two deep and have special teams added into the mix. MAC teams are woefully unable to do that compared to SEC, Big 10 teams that say “hold my beer”.
I'm confident the MAC would take that game & lots of folks would attend & watch.
Alabama plays tomato cans every year I would bet they are their lowest viewed and attended games of the year...Unless the tomato can is their home opener.
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07-04-2020 03:47 AM |
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
(07-04-2020 03:47 AM)macgar32 Wrote: (07-03-2020 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 11:14 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (07-03-2020 10:42 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (07-03-2020 09:15 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: No, I watch those just like every other red-blooded American sports fan. College football does not equal college basketball. It’s an entirely different animal.
No college FB isn't college BB. College FB generates about 3x the revenues of college BB because so many more folks are watching & attending.
And it’s far easier to put a group of five starters and a few backups on the court than it is to put 22 starters, go two deep and have special teams added into the mix. MAC teams are woefully unable to do that compared to SEC, Big 10 teams that say “hold my beer”.
I'm confident the MAC would take that game & lots of folks would attend & watch.
Alabama plays tomato cans every year I would bet they are their lowest viewed and attended games of the year...Unless the tomato can is their home opener.
AL averages over a 100K. Their fans will just about watch them play a high school team. Recall Saban ranting last season that students aren't showing up & staying thru the 2nd half. Tough situation.
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07-04-2020 06:14 AM |
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
Didn't want to start a new thread for this, because I don't even know who this guy is. But he did generate new discussion for 4 x 16-team super-conferences.
There are currently 64 P5 teams - EXCLUDING Notre Dame. So something has to give...
We didn't make the cut.
Notre Dame, BYU, Boise and UCF were added.
Wake Forest, Boston College, Rutgers, and Baylor got cut.
No idea why he thinks programs like Vandy, Northwestern, Wash State, and Oregon State are deserving over Memphis, Houston, Cincy, and USF.
https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-altering...05736.html
(This post was last modified: 07-22-2020 02:32 PM by Tiger87.)
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
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07-22-2020 02:48 PM |
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RE: Playoff would have to go to 12 or 16 teams for a G5 team to even get a shot.
Eight 16 team super conferences would include almost every team. There is about as much chance of that happening as there is for the NCAA to fairly represent all of its members.
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07-26-2020 10:59 PM |
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