How would a playoff system work with bowl games in college football? Would the bowl games be a part of the playoff system? (I am assuming that if they implemented a system that the bowl games would remain.) Heather :geauxtige
Any answers to this question would continue to be speculative. The bowl system is the reason why there isn't a playoff.
The powers that be aren't smart enough to figure one out. College football is still in the dark ages. It seems rather simple to me but then again I don't have time to go into details but it seems like they could keep the bowl games and use them for a playoff system. You don't have to play so many cupcake games. Have a conference championship game for everyone and the winner moves on.
I don't see why not. With the addition of the 5th bowl (BCS Champ. game), the foundation is already in place for a +1 (2-round playoff). Rotate the first round among the 3 other existing bowls that won't host the BCS championship during the year in question (using 2). The as-yet unnamed BCS champ. bowl will be the final championship game. But I think a key prerequisite for any type of playoff scenario would be the elimination of conference title games (to provide enough time for a playoff and get rid of an extra game for many major conferences), which further complicates things and makes a playoff even more unlikely.
There has to be a way if it's done in Div 1 AA. It boils down to money so for the time being, I guess we'll have to live with the system. I like the idea of taking conf. champions. That's where I'd start.
It's down to money. There's no question that the significance of the Motor City bowls, for example, would be lowered in a playoff system scenario.
Don't understand this, seems like the tickets would be higher with a playoff system since there is more to play for and more to lose?
I always thought they should take the teams that would be going to a BCS bowl, and have a playoff between those teams. And everyone else can play in their normal bowl game. And the shared revenue between the conferences won't be lost. The mid-majors have a much better shot. Everyone wins.
http://tigerforums.com/showthread.php?t=43203 A post I made a while back detailing the system I envisioned under certain conditions. I'm sure there are many of these scattered around the forum, but this is the first one that came to mind. I'm not pimping my own stuff or anything though.
You are not hearing me. Currently there are more than 30 bowls right now. Under no circumstances would it be necessary to incorporate 64 teams into a playoff. Past the "top 8", a team simply can't compete on the field. a #1 vs #64 matchup could result to a 100-0 blowout. Given that, a playoff would need to incorporate no more than 8 teams in a 4 - 2 - 1 scenario. That leaves out 28 bowls to be played with the other teams. In a playoff scenario dealing with 8 teams, who gives a crap about the Motor City bowls of the world? The significance of them woudl be greatly reduced, and the Nokias and Carquests and Poulans of the world are donating big bucks to keep that from happening.
