Playoff Expansion in 2023

[BigHorns]

Looks like the plan is for a 28 team bracket in 2023.
Top 4 seed will be even more important for the first round bye.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-...xpansion-bzbz/

When reports came out in 2021 of a push for playoff expansion, the original number of teams was 32 with no first-round byes. That has since changed to 28 teams.

Wistrcill said in his model, there would still be eight seeds. The top four seeds would get a first-round bye, and seeds 5-8 would have a guaranteed home game in the first round. The calendar would remain the same, as would other elements of the playoffs, like the regionalization/bidding process/etc.

[scottietohottie]

Looks like the plan is for a 28 team bracket in 2023.
Top 4 seed will be even more important for the first round bye.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-...xpansion-bzbz/

Well it will make un_ not making the playoffs that much more of an accomplishment.

[BigHorns]

Seems they are looking at other locations also.

Should we always be in Frisco? Should we move this around? Should we play in LA one year? Should we play in Orlando? Should we play in a dome in Indianapolis? Those are the things that as we look out, we need to start to take a really hard look at ourselves and where we want to go. Let’s see what’s out there. As I look into the future, those are the things that we can do to build on what is already great. We can make it even better.

[gumby013]

Seems they are looking at other locations also.

There's also the issue of the Southland Conference being the partner with Frisco. If the conference doesn't survive, it would affect Frisco's ability to bid.

[southcliffbison]

Seems they are looking at other locations also.

Don't see how playing in LA would improve anything....jmo

[THEsocalledfan]

"Hi, I'm representing the kind of crappy FCS schools. Do you realize how many of us who are kind of crappy, get left out of the field due to the auto-bids that go to really crappy teams? They only solution is to let more of us kind of crappy teams in, and make the good teams play one more game on Thanksgiving weekend. Yes, I know those teams probably earned a week off and will inflict more player injuries, but the division cannot survive without putting more of us kind of crappy teams in the field."

Response from fearless FCS "leadership", "Holy smokes, you are so right."

What should be the response from FCS true leadership: "I have a better idea, let's cut all autobids. Let's cut down to 16 teams, abandon Thanksgiving, seed the entire field, and use the money we save from round 1 being gone to pay the increased travel cost. You should be a little better than kind of crappy to get in, and since FCS is pretty much all crappy, some of you kind of crappy schools will get in this way!

[Professor Chaos]

Dumb idea brought about by all the 5/6 team crap conferences there are out there now after all the realignment shuffling like the Big South, ASUN, OVC, and Southland. Instead of coming up with ideas that'll put more mediocre teams in the playoffs and have more games on the Thanksgiving weekend wasteland they should be forcing these conferences to consolidate. Big South/ASUN gets an autobid and OVC/Southland gets an autobid and keep the 24 team field with 14 at-large.

[Bisonator98]

"Hi, I'm representing the kind of crappy FCS schools. Do you realize how many of us who are kind of crappy, get left out of the field due to the auto-bids that go to really crappy teams? They only solution is to let more of us kind of crappy teams in, and make the good teams play one more game on Thanksgiving weekend. Yes, I know those teams probably earned a week off and will inflict more player injuries, but the division cannot survive without putting more of us kind of crappy teams in the field."

Response from fearless FCS "leadership", "Holy smokes, you are so right."

What should be the response from FCS true leadership: "I have a better idea, let's cut all autobids. Let's cut down to 16 teams, abandon Thanksgiving, seed the entire field, and use the money we save from round 1 being gone to pay the increased travel cost. You should be a little better than kind of crappy to get in, and since FCS is pretty much all crappy, some of you kind of crappy schools will get in this way!

This! Scrap the autos and get back to a 16 team fully seeded field.

[blackdiamond2]

at this point - should we just invite everybody to the tournament....

Make it 125 FCS Mega team tournament!

[Bisonguy]

Dumb idea brought about by all the 5/6 team crap conferences there are out there now after all the realignment shuffling like the Big South, ASUN, OVC, and Southland. Instead of coming up with ideas that'll put more mediocre teams in the playoffs and have more games on the Thanksgiving weekend wasteland they should be forcing these conferences to consolidate. Big South/ASUN gets an autobid and OVC/Southland gets an autobid and keep the 24 team field with 14 at-large.

Yeah, no way it can get down to 16 with the NCAA requirements of autobids and at least half of the field comprised of at-large spots, but 28 is too many.