(06-08-2021 10:19 AM)EigenEagle Wrote: "The G5 autobid to the CFP is coming, we don't need Boise anymore."
or possibly:
"The G5 autobid to the CFP is coming; now, Boise is calling us, for a change."
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....in reference to this:
Pete Thamel has written an article suggesting that surprisingly rapid progress has been made by the CFP committee's four-member working group toward a recommendation for a 12-team CFP expansion, which - theoretically - could go into effect as early as 2023:
"Yahoo Sports spoke to ... university officials, athletic directors, media executives and others around college sports. Amid those conversations,
a surprise emerged — officials on campuses, in conference offices and in the television world have expressed an openness toward a 12-team playoff as the most likely result.
While it’s unfair to say momentum has built toward a 12-team playoff before models have been presented to the commissioners or presidents,
the 12-team model has emerged as the favored outcome within the industry.
The two days of discussion by the management committee (July 17 & 18) are expected to yield a recommendation for the following week. That’s when the CFP board of managers ...will examine what’s put forward and likely determine the potential shape...of the playoff's future."
How would 12 teams work?
The basic thought is automatic bids for the five major conferences — which also juices up their league title games as play-in games — and one
for the highest ranked Group of Five champion. "
https://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal...ZBt94PJA2U
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There's no assurance that a 12-team CFP expansion would necessarily be approved, and if approved, it wouldn't go into effect before 2023, at the earliest.
However, the development of a strong consensus to adopt a 12-team CFP format could make it difficult for the opponents of CFP expansion to block a proposal that has rapidly developed widespread national support.
The two PAC-12 representatives and the five G5 representatives have strong reasons to favor a 12-team CFP expansion; only one of the 8 ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC representatives would have to side with them in order for a motion to adopt a 12-team CFP format to pass.
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