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2007-12-03 6:55 PM
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pitt83 - 2007-12-03 6:25 PM
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nbo10 - 2007-12-03 11:09 AM You can have a playoff for the National Champ and bowl games for all the others. That way everyone wins.
I disagree. Sure, you could still have the pizza.com or Irrelevant Bank and Trust bowl, but even fewer would watch / travel / sponsor / televise it. Everyone one would wait for the "real" games and those would pay. This risk is why the AD's and university presidents won't accept a playoff system. Because, since 64 teams benefit now, only 16 will in that future. Talk about bubble teams not getting in! No one would throw that payday away despite what the fans want.

Why would the Irrelevant Bank and Trust bowl mean any less with a playoff than it does now? A simplified playoff system would essentially effect only the teams currently in the top four/six bowl games, to all others the meaning would be the same.

B/C when State A&M wins their Irrelevant Bank and Trust Bowl in 2008, they're "champions" of something. You take that achievement away when a playoff tournament exists because they've won nothing relevant and everyone feels that. Also, TV dictates what happens here. Would ESPN pay nearly as much for a "bowl" game when a "playoff" game is there next week? Would Miller Lite or Insight.com still pay what they do? NFW! Their exposure is immediately far less than the current system; TV sets aren't watching because it's not the "real" bowl. The schools in these bowls get squeezed by a propotional amount. Imagine the locker room where you declare yourselves champions of something which is absolutely meaningless. Only those 4-6 teams in your playoff scenario are relevant. Testing the theory (without Google): 1.) Name the 64/65 NCAA tournament invites last year. I bet you can get to 20. 2.) Who WON the NIT last year? Thought so.

I can get to 30 something on the BBall tourney off the top of my head and didn't South Carolina win the NIT ( not in Tournament) two years in a row? Actually  that may have been two years ago

2007-12-04 8:54 AM
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I like all the bowl games because there's a 2-3 week span where I get to watch college football nearly every day of the week.
2007-12-04 10:45 AM
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tupuppy - 2007-12-03 4:14 PM

Posted this in the other Bowl thread too:

One sports writers plan (before the conference championship games were played).

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=AvHTuxHc1JPCKd8UcDF6EgAcvrYF?slug=dw-playoff112707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

This is a cool scenario, but doesn't it still favor the Big 10 and PAC 10, neither of which have a conference championship game.  Granted the PAC 10 at least plays one more conference game than the Big 10, but with only 5 "at large bids" you're going to see at least one go to the second place team in the Big 10, which leaves 4 at large bids to split between the SEC and ACC.  Conferences that have historically packed the top 10, especially the SEC.

The major impediment to a fundementally fair system is the BIG 10 and their commisioner. (I see two bolw wins for the Big 10, and neither is for one of their top tier teams.) 



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