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[NorthernBison]

With 8 teams an undefeated G5 team could make it.
12-16 teams and 2 G5 teams WILL make it.

Tues/Wed/Thur football this week!!!

Marshall was 8-0 and not in the top 25 in the playoff rankings last week. Plenty of TWO LOSS P5 teams were. That's all you need to know.

[coldspot]

Marshall was 8-0 and not in the top 25 in the playoff rankings last week. Plenty of TWO LOSS P5 teams were. That's all you need to know.

#butWestMACBeltUSAConference

[bisonaudit]

Once they go to 12 or 16 teams I would expect the bowls to go away. They will need to host those games at campus sites because I don't expect large numbers of fans to travel to 3-4 straight games plus a possible conference championship game. Imagine doing a Frisco type trip 3-5 times. It's not happening.

Basketball is not a good comparison because most arenas only hold 15-20k and there are 4-8 teams playing at each site. Would 2 teams be able fill 80-100k 3-4 weeks in a row? I know some fans will be local people with no specific team alliance but the teams' fans still drive the majority.

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I tend to agree. I'm just saying that while the top 5 conference are taking more autonomy they haven't moved entirely away from the smaller conferences yet, under the current agreement they're guaranteed a spot in one of the 6 Jan 1 bowls, which would equate with a 12 team playoff field. With an 8 team field it's a fairly easy case to exclude or at least make it very difficult for them to win an at-large birth, if they game them more than that it would actually represent a move toward unity rather than further separation. With a 12 team or larger playoff the lack of an automatic birth for the smaller conferences would be a move toward still greater autonomy.

[missingnumber7]

With 8 teams an undefeated G5 team could make it.
12-16 teams and 2 G5 teams WILL make it.

Tues/Wed/Thur football this week!!!

Could, but you would have to have a decent schedule. An undefeated Belt team would get left in the dust, much like they are considering Marshall's undefeated season a joke right now.

And I think the decent schedules are going to be more and more difficult to get. I see a lot of P5 schools starting to schedule each other more and more instead of playing a MAC or MWC team, which is good for College FB. But they are still choosing to schedule FCS over a G5 team. So in essence they are squeezing the G5 schools out of a potentially quality win.

[Strongman]

The 13 member playoff committee has no duty to award based on Big Five status, etc. Just the best 4 teams. This will continue once they expand.

Per Sagarin's latest ranking, the Mountain West Conference is "only" 7 points behind the Big 10 West division. The Big 10 is not that much better than the other 5 non-Big Five Conferences sans the Sunbelt. I think the committee now and the future is going to look at the quality of the team, their schedule, and body of work.

[missingnumber7]

The 13 member playoff committee has no duty to award based on Big Five status, etc. Just the best 4 teams. This will continue once they expand.

Per Sagarin's latest ranking, the Mountain West Conference is "only" 7 points behind the Big 10 West division. The Big 10 is not that much better than the other 5 non-Big Five Conferences sans the Sunbelt. I think the committee now and the future is going to look at the quality of the team, their schedule, and body of work.

The only ties to the Committee for a non P5 school is a retired 3 Star (Ch)air force General who was the Superintendant of the Air Force Academy, and the former Commish of the Big East (American). Not really a whole lot to fight for your team if you are a fringe one. When the AD's from Wisconsin, USC, Nebraska, WVa, and Arkansas are on the board.

And arguing for how the MWC is only 7 points behind the west of the Big 10 is not really an argument, especially when the Big 10 west is hot garbage with the exception of Nebraska.

[56BISON73]

http://www.statepress.com/2014/10/08...ff-legitimacy/

This is the link. Good article.

In fantasy land that would work. The p5 just gave the NCAA the high hard one. So the P5 isnt going to let a team from the MWC in their playoffs when one of their second place teams is better.

[Strongman]

Where would NDSU and Marshall finish in the Big 10 this year? Let's be honest. The Big 10 has 4 worthy teams. The rest are just over hyped MWC teams.

[344Johnson]

Where would NDSU and Marshall finish in the Big 10 this year? Let's be honest. The Big 10 has 4 worthy teams. The rest are just over hyped MWC teams.

Tough to do it every week.

[Strongman]

True. However, instead of EVERY game on the road, NDSU would play half their games @ FargoDome.