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Post by aleutianhoya on Dec 7, 2014 9:10:19 GMT -5
Playoff should be 8 or 16 games and first round should be next Saturday. 2 teams about to be screwed worse than any team ever was in BCS system. They half-assed this thing trying to salvage all those horrible second tier bowls. Trying to have their cake and eat it to. Surely someone is about to get screwed, but they wouldn't have been in the championship game under the last system either. This year, you'd likely have Florida State (I know they're not number 1 in the polls, but I'm guessing they would be if the pollsters weren't affected by the committees' rankings) against some one-loss team, probably Alabama. Oregon would be out, as would the Big 10 and Big 12 champs. Or -- if Florida State really were ranked lower, they'd be out in favor of a one-loss team. Neither of these systems is any good! I'd go with 16 teams. That way, you can have every single BCS conference champion and still have room for 6 at-larges. Play it over five weeks (not four). So, have 1-4 host 13-16 on week one (this coming weekend). That would likely involve four big boys hosting four champions of crappy conferences. Then give the winners of that round a week off while 5-8 host 9-12 the following weekend. The quarterfinals would be on New Year's Day in traditional bowl locations, with semis and finals on consecutive weekends thereafter. By adding the bye system, adding the low-major champions, and playing all games until the quarterfinals at campus sites, you provide built-in advantages for being in the 1-4 group (two home games, a bye before the quarterfinal, and a first game against a creampuff) vs. the 5-8 group (one home game and a first-week bye to prepare for it) vs. the 9-12 group (no home game, but a first round bye to prepare), so the regular season continues to have huge meaning. You also get the advantage of every conference champion getting a shot and you have the added bonus of underdogs being involved, which always is a plus. You also limit travel for most teams and their fans. Also, instead of an eight-game first weekend (followed by four, then two), you get three straight weekends of four games -- the perfect amount for available television windows. And the byes limit wear and tear on the players. I'd also be fine with going back to the old, old system of no true national champion and traditional bowl tie-ins. But that ship has sailed. I just think if you're going to declare a national champion, at least have a system that provides every reasonable team with a shot at it.
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Dec 7, 2014 9:45:50 GMT -5
I would like that system but in an ideal world the last college game of the year should be on New Years Day. Move the season back if you have to but Jan belongs to nfl and ncaa hoops.
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njhoya78
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Post by njhoya78 on Dec 7, 2014 10:52:54 GMT -5
The problem with expanding the playoff system to 16 teams (despite its obvious fairness) is that the coaches will then complain that they need additional time to prepare for the opponents that they've not seen nor scouted before, which will in turn lead to two weeks between games, and prolong the season even further.
Here's an idea: let's just expand the playoffs such that they wrap up around the Final Four in March, and play the championship game in the same football-sized venue as the NCAA is now using for the Final Four. Kill two birds with one stone.
Yes, I'm kidding.
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Dec 8, 2014 7:55:17 GMT -5
If coaches don't think they can prepare for a game in a week they are free to decline the playoff bid. There's never any reason to have a half a month off before the next game. The two weeks off for the Super Bowl is a joke.
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Jan 3, 2015 0:02:40 GMT -5
Let's all point and laugh at Pitt for blowing a giant lead in the 4th quarter and losing to Houston. It was all totally worth it, right?
ACC! ACC! ACC!
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jan 3, 2015 10:16:23 GMT -5
Let's all point and laugh at Pitt for blowing a giant lead in the 4th quarter and losing to Houston. It was all totally worth it, right? ACC! ACC! ACC! Any day we can laugh at Pitt athletics is a good day!
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Jan 3, 2015 13:08:11 GMT -5
Let's all point and laugh at Pitt for blowing a giant lead in the 4th quarter and losing to Houston. It was all totally worth it, right? ACC! ACC! ACC! Any day we can laugh at Pitt athletics is a good day! If that's the case, then we're in for a whole lot of good days. Per the most recent Director's Cup standings ( December 23rd), Georgetown is 11th and Pitt is... nowhere to be found. Seriously. They're not even listed. Pitt's entire athletics program earned 0 points, placing them behind the likes of Houston Baptist, Prairie View A&M, Cal State Bakersfield, and Hampton. For some reason, this image comes to mind...
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