AAC Commish Goes Off

The answer is to expand to 6 or 8 teams. Covid has shown us that playing well into December is not an issue so I believe that the expansion is coming, and perhaps as early as 2021.

Realistically though, there will always be disagreements.
 
OK, Mikey, you've had you tantrum, but that doesn't change that your fair haired boy is a city school with no following, no budget, and NO schedule.

The fact that he had to do it on Finebaum? If you're looking for credibility, get on a national network or ESPN, not the SEC mouthpiece, who only had you on to try to dispense with Ohio State so that the SEC wouldn't have to play them.
 
dukesteer said:
The answer is to expand to 6 or 8 teams. Covid has shown us that playing well into December is not an issue so I believe that the expansion is coming, and perhaps as early as 2021.

Realistically though, there will always be disagreements.
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That's where it's all going. An 8-team playoff would have interesting ramifications on conference realignment...
 
Rant noted Mikey.

Get over it. Polls and rankings are subjective and emotional from week to week for EVERY team. The Bearcats have not played in almost 4 weeks!? Plus the shortened season has this an * for this season.

Yes, some animals / blue bloods in the polls are more equal than others. Sometimes they get undeserved consideration. Just the way it is.

Hey, maybe Cinninati needs to establish a era / history of winning to join the group of elite programs to not be left out of polls, rankings and consideration in the CFP.
 
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dukesteer said:
The answer is to expand to 6 or 8 teams. Covid has shown us that playing well into December is not an issue so I believe that the expansion is coming, and perhaps as early as 2021.

Realistically though, there will always be disagreements.
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No not disagreements....Total ******** bias. The guy is right. They need to use computers with no conference bias built in. Use the computers to poll the top 8 and have an 8 team play-off. Problem with a committee will be the same as now.. You'll end up with 3 or 4 SEC teams instead of allowing the Cincy's and others getting in if you use these people who are paid off by ESPN, etc....
 
I have been in favor of a 30 team playoff for years now with two different bracket championships.
The first bracket would consist of the top 14 with two byes, rewarded for being undefeated and STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE. Use computers if you must for rankings.
The second bracket would consist of the next 16 teams.
So when you lay the numbers out the champion of the second bracket would have played 4 playoff games.
Now if we shorten the regular season to 10 games then the champion and runner up will only have played 14 games total for the season. That is doable and not overplaying players. And that would only be for two teams. Two other teams would only have played 13 games for the season. Four other teams would have only played 12 games for the season. And eight other teams would have played only 11 games for the season.
What is great about this format is a lesser power 5 program can be declared a CHAMPION! Lesser power 5 programs like NC State, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, UCF, UCLA, Houston, etc. can be a champion. Let's face it, with the big power 5 programs getting the best recruits year after year, lesser power 5 programs never get a chance to be a playoff champion. That sucks. This will allow for 16 extra teams to have something to play for and be declared a champion, albeit, the second bracket. No shame in that.
And what additional enthusiasm there would be in college football! Imagine, a kid that signs up to play, for example, Wyoming can actually have a chance to play on a championship playoff team.

Now for the first bracket, consisting of the top 14, if #1 seed and #2 seed were to end up in the championship game would have only played 13 games due to first round byes.
No one team would play more than 14 games and most teams less.
Oh, and do away with conference championships, not necessary, just go right into playoffs.
So, two champions each season. Change is okay.
Again I will say, I like the idea of the second bracket and championship due to lesser power 5 programs not having a realistic chance to ever being in a championship game. It's just more fun all around.:trophy:
 
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Poms, an interesting concept. However, the chance of this ever happening:
Pomspoms said:
Now if we shorten the regular season to 10 games then the champion and runner-up will only have played 14 games total for the season.
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is very small as you are dictating that the majority of schools end up losing two games worth of revenue.
 
I couldn't agree more that there are schools almost every year that deserve a shot and never get it....To me, it goes against everything sport should be about. These underdog schools have historically performed pretty well in the postseason when given a chance to go up against some bigger boys. I realize the playoffs are a different animal, but there would be both some beatdowns....and then there would be some unforgettable and entertaining shockers. I have thought the system was basically fair up until recently. I now agree with those who say the system is waay over loaded to favor big name schools from the big name conferences. The reality is no one knows for sure how the annual ISU, Cinci, Coastal Carolinas, UCFs, Boises, TCU/Baylors, etc would do.
But we have seen a glimpse at times on slightly smaller stages and it is worth a hard look.
Take the top 6 and then 2 outsiders who are undefeated and have impressed and let them settle it in the field.
Or take 1 rep from 5 big boys and then 3 others whatever criteria you want for them.
This is sport....and what sport should look like.
Settled between the lines not in some shady meeting hall filled with selfish and subjective power brokers who lack integrity and courage.
 
The problem is that the AAC agreed to be part of the CFP. Everyone knows it's stacked against the G5 so they should have invented their own playoff.
 
6, 8, 16, 32, or 64. It doesn't matter, the first two left out are always going to B**CH. The arguments will always take place. The only thing that will change is the ranking of the offended.
 
rick mueller said:
6, 8, 16, 32, or 64. It doesn't matter, the first two left out are always going to B**CH. The arguments will always take place. The only thing that will change is the ranking of the offended.
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Yes, reference the NCAA basketball playoffs. They expanded to 68 teams and what did that do? Well, nothing other than 4 more teams get to say they made it into the playoffs.

I personally think 4 is not enough and should be 8. P5 conference champions and 3 additional...so the SEC can have four teams in....just kidding. :yes: I still think the top 3-4 are usually head and shoulders above #8 so I'm not sure it would help anything other than be a HUGE money maker.

Also, as far as I'm concerned, that's basically 2 useless bowls that can die off.
 
ViperHorn said:
Poms, an interesting concept. However, the chance of this ever happening:

is very small as you are dictating that the majority of schools end up losing two games worth of revenue.
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I thought about that also.
Then add one regular season home game making it eleven games each year. In this scenario only a few teams (4 at most) would play 15 games.
 
Anybody remember the "Runnerup Bowl"? The NFL created it for the something to fit in the week before the Super Bowl. IIRC, that game was Bobby Layne's last game in the NFL.

The only way to expand the "playoffs" is to expand the $$$. There are certain teams that will travel and most of those are in the SEC, but even then the have do, the havenots not so much. There is a cash cow now, aka the bowl system & ESPN. It is on the verge of bleeding red ink. When ******** schools like UConn whine and cry, then lose $3+ million on going to the Fiesta Bowl, you can see the problem of the "city schools" that have NO following, or even schools with no following like the convicts, having a huge playoff with the expenses is not fiscally responsible. Leave the playoffs to the people that will support the system until people like Syr-excuse, Pitt, UMd, UVA, FSU, et al, either get a following or get out.
 
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