I love the 12 team playoff, hate the super conferences.
If you look at the top of the conference standings, it's difficult to see how a conference champion can be properly determined with so many teams that don't play each other.
ACC: SMU, CLEM, MIA - these 3 teams didn't play each other at all.
B12: ASU, ISU, BYU, COL - all 4 teams sitting at 2 conf losses, how do you pick the top 2?
B1G: ORE, OSU, PSU, IND - ORE beat OSU by 1pt at home, didn't face the other 2. PSU and IN's entire resume is weak, both having lost to OSU. But what happens if MI beats OSU next week? Who plays ORE?
SEC: TEX, UGA, TEN, ATM - if ATM were to beat TEX next week, we have some serious issues determining who should go to CCG.
So among the mess described above, you're going to have 4 auto bids with first round byes? Doesn't seem just.
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Conferences should reconsider using divisions...with a twist
Instead of having the same teams in each division every year, rotate the teams.
Here’s a summary of the possible conference championships. Illustrates your point.
I also think it’s trying to set up so conference champs are 1-4, and runners up are 5-8, with remaining 4 slots at large.
Link: Conference bs
Given that, here's my favorite SEC scenario:
GT beats UGA, ATM beats TEX. I think that puts ATM vs UGA for the CCG. ATM wins, your runner up, UGA has 4 losses. TEX and TEN are sitting there going, but what about us?
The conferences really need to go away and they need to have divisions
Conferences are a money grab and attempt by the Big10 and SEC to control who is in and out. The conference/CFP system isn’t working. It will take a few years to sort this out though.
8 8-team divisions, in which everyone plays each other?
And then 4 at large bids? Something like that seems better.
The amount of travel some of these teams have to do is a bit absurd too.
Good idea. Big unknown is the bidding war for players. Will it be like the U.S. economy...
with a hyper-rich and powerful 1% of the teams and everybody else?
That's where I like the portal (promotes parity), hate NIL.
Underwood, who flipped to Michigan, is reportedly getting $10-12M. A HS kid, what is the average for Michigan's starting OL who have been there 4-5 years? Doesn't seem right.
I am okay with paying the players, but it needs to be more transparent and equitable.
That works. Would also leave room for historic rivalry games.
The Pac10 teams already have to be regretting the decision to join the Big10.