(09-07-2022 12:11 PM)Crayton Wrote: (09-07-2022 11:26 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: You have to wonder if they’d adjust seeding to avoid teams from the same conference facing in the opening round. All 3 schools in the Rose Bowl region are Big 10.
They explicitly said that they would not avoid rematches, but because rankings are wishy-washy and the more important metrics are who gets a bye and who gets a home game, I agree they should be able to wiggle teams around within those 3 tiers.
BYE TEAMS
1. Georgia
3. Ohio State
6. Baylor
9. Clemson
HOME TEAMS
2. Alabama
4. Michigan
5. Penn State
7. Oklahoma
VISITING TEAMS
8. Oklahoma State
10. Wisconsin
11. Utah
12. Cincinnati
Start by pairing, top-to-bottom, the first 8 teams, and put the #1 and #4 teams on the same side of the bracket.
SUGAR 1 Georgia vs. 7 Oklahoma
FIESTA 6 Baylor vs. 4 Michigan
ORANGE 9 Clemson vs. 2 Alabama
ROSE 3 Ohio State vs. 5 Penn State
Penn State and Ohio State have already played, as have Baylor and Oklahoma. Switch Penn State and Oklahoma. Add aesthetically pleasing 1v8 seedings. Then add the last 4 teams according to their seed.
SUGAR 1 Georgia vs. (8 Penn State vs. 9 OK State)
FIESTA 5 Baylor vs. (4 Michigan vs. 12 Cincinnati)
ORANGE 7 Clemson vs. (2 Alabama vs. 10 Wisconsin)
ROSE 3 Ohio State vs. (6 Oklahoma vs. 11 Utah)
EDIT: whoops, Utah is already the #11 seed, no need for switches. Serendipitously they are playing for a Rose Bowl berth.
I read the part where they said that there would be fixed brackets for the quarterfinals, and that the first round would be 5/12, 6/11, 7/10, 8/9 as meaning they would completely ignore matchups.
Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Presumably they are wargaming the whole scheme. Perhaps they are lurking here! If so, Hi Gregg, Mike, Keith, Kevin, Craig, George, Judy. By the way Brett, you might want to choose a different username than BYXVIII.
If we adjust the seeds to avoid conference matchups until the semifinals and preferably to the finals, but keep the quarterinal and 1st round hosts we could have:
(1) Georgia (Sugar)
(9) Oklahoma State
(8) Penn State (host)
(5) Michigan (host)
(12) Cincinnati
(4) Clemson (Orange)
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(3) Baylor (Cotton)
(11) Wisconsin
(6) Alabama (host)
(7) Oklahoma (host)
(10) Utah
(2) Ohio State
Perhaps they are working out the logistics of first round hosts. Each FBS school would have to designate a stadium they would use (perhaps with a minimum capacity of 30K/40K/50K?). A school like WMU might have to figure out if they could use the stadium at Michigan State or Notre Dame. Detroit is not that far and then you are indoors.
Pitt, Temple, UNLV share a stadium with an NFL team, so would have to make sure they had use that weekend or could turn the stadium around (CFP on Thursday, NFL on Sunday). Plans for snow removal from field and stands for mid-December. Winterized plumbing. No frozen portapotties or iced hot chocolate.
The NCAA has a lot of experience with site bids - with a lot of particulars for lighting for TV, camera locations, power, etc. Most P5 schools have probably worked out those details by now. They said you don't have to remove the signage (for the basketball tournament the only thing you can keep are championship banners in the rafters, the NCAA brings in its own courts.
