A new and better FBS thread

[bisonaudit]

Oh, the field is expanding to 12.

But the P4 will fight for every spot.

An undefeated Liberty still wouldn’t make the field most years. There will be at most one G5 team invited.

Yep. Non-power 5 will get no more than 1. And they should be happy with that. SMU is probably the best of the rest this year and they’re barely better than South Dakota State.

[NI4NI]

And FSU is left out. There you go argument #1 for a larger field. It’s almost as if all they’re looking for out of the next 5 weeks is a promotional campaign for the 12 team expansion next year.

Total agreement!

[NI4NI]

Playoffs should include
Every conference champ
Top 6 in Sagarin rating
any undefeated teams

Far better to have too many teams than too few.

Many of these games could be labeled and marketed as bowl games.

[bisonaudit]

Playoffs should include
Every conference champ
Top 6 in Sagarin rating
any undefeated teams

Far better to have too many teams than too few.

Many of these games could be labeled and marketed as bowl games.

Seems like a recipe for Norte Dame playing the little sisters of the poor 12 times.

[BigHorns]

Playoffs should include
Every conference champ
Top 6 in Sagarin rating
any undefeated teams

Far better to have too many teams than too few.

Many of these games could be labeled and marketed as bowl games.

Access for every conference champ in FBS will never happen. Too much money involved, and the P4 want it all.

The CFP committee, and the CFP itself is controlled by P4, they feel they are doing G5 a favor to give them one slot. That slot may be taken away under some proposals, or the B1G/SEC may just leave entirely.

The NY6 bowls will be part of the CFP playoffs next year, they are this year for the 2 semifinal games.

Most years, the best G5 from the AAC, MWC, or SBC will get a chance. The rest of the G5 will get toilet bowls, and like it. Just the way the system is.

[NI4NI]

Seems like a recipe for Norte Dame playing the little sisters of the poor 12 times.

Not a fan of South Bend College at all, but they relish a stacked schedule. I respect that about them. Of course it's all about TV exposure & money for them. For everyone if we're being honest.

[KSBisonFan]

Point being an unbeaten teams deserve to be included in the field, not a high seed. A larger field would accommodate this.

This sounds exactly like the FCS playoff field accommodating the top team in garbage conferences just as filler in a watered-down field. I'm not talking about FSU. I'm talking about the non-G4 conferences.

The other thing to consider is the portal. A lot of the FBS teams will get gutted by the portal. There's also the NFL prospects who decide against playing in the bowl games. And finally, coaching changes that disrupt a bunch of teams after the regular season ends. If the playoff field gets too big, the games lose meaning.

[Hammerhead]

This sounds exactly like the FCS playoff field accommodating the top team in garbage conferences just as filler in a watered-down field.

That’s how every other sport works where the champion of a chump conference like The Summit League goes to March Madness when a better team in a big boy conference stays home.

[NI4NI]

This sounds exactly like the FCS playoff field accommodating the top team in garbage conferences just as filler in a watered-down field.

Valid point. But what is more detrimental? Including a lesser team that gets beat bad early? or Excluding a team that nobody knows where their ceiling is? No harm in playing the damn game!

[bisonaudit]

That’s how every other sport works where the champion of a chump conference like The Summit League goes to March Madness when a better team in a big boy conference stays home.

The field is 68 not 12.