CFP to 16 Teams: Outrage Is a Renewable Resource

[GetHooked]

19 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

It's all about the Benjamins.

Who's been jamin?

[Junior]

15 hours ago, Alex Butler said:

Disagree. A team that plays good teams should have a chance to keep playing. Keeps fans and schools interested. I don’t care how many losses they have I’d rather see good football and teams grow into a championship team like the NFL. If we could live with the old model for as long as we did we can live with teams with 4+ losses. I’d prefer to expand to 24 just to get more teams a shot. 

I also support expanding the playoff to 24 teams, as it helps reduce the impact of significant strength-of-schedule disparities in college football that can exclude teams with legitimate championship potential—particularly in the SEC—simply because of who they play. College basketball provides a useful comparison: numerous teams have lost 25% or more of their regular-season games and still gone on to reach or win the NCAA championship. In fact, over the past 40 seasons, four teams have advanced to the championship game despite losing more than 30% of their regular-season games, which is roughly equivalent to a 9–3 or even 8–4 team in college football

 

[CHorn427]

12 hours ago, Alex Butler said:

Nope, don’t think that would be the case. I think you’d see the best football we’ve ever seen. You still have to win to get in and you’re making everything more like the NFL. The value is having the playoff structured in a way that eliminates conference championship games, which IMO punish teams that finish strong in conference, and replace them with play in games. Setting limits and numbers on who gets in would devalue regular season just like it is currently trending. 

False. We are already seeing bad football across the board due to teams knowing they have losses to give. 

[Alex Butler]

44 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

False. We are already seeing bad football across the board due to teams knowing they have losses to give. 

Disagree, we’re seeing bad football because these guys play such varying levels of competition early in the season. 

[Alex Butler]

1 hour ago, Junior said:

I also support expanding the playoff to 24 teams, as it helps reduce the impact of significant strength-of-schedule disparities in college football that can exclude teams with legitimate championship potential—particularly in the SEC—simply because of who they play. College basketball provides a useful comparison: numerous teams have lost 25% or more of their regular-season games and still gone on to reach or win the NCAA championship. In fact, over the past 40 seasons, four teams have advanced to the championship game despite losing more than 30% of their regular-season games, which is roughly equivalent to a 9–3 or even 8–4 team in college football

 

Facts!!! Love it! Look last season alone neither OSU nor ND would’ve been in the BCS or the 4 team playoff. 

[CHorn427]

4 hours ago, Junior said:

I also support expanding the playoff to 24 teams, as it helps reduce the impact of significant strength-of-schedule disparities in college football that can exclude teams with legitimate championship potential—particularly in the SEC—simply because of who they play. College basketball provides a useful comparison: numerous teams have lost 25% or more of their regular-season games and still gone on to reach or win the NCAA championship. In fact, over the past 40 seasons, four teams have advanced to the championship game despite losing more than 30% of their regular-season games, which is roughly equivalent to a 9–3 or even 8–4 team in college football

 

College basketball is also useful for looking at what including everyone in the postseason does for the regular season.

Probably 75% of people who watch March Madness do not keep up with the regular season, because it is pointless. 
 

It’s mind numbing to think of basically the entire top 25 getting in. This strategy is “just let everyone except for the really crappy teams in”.