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I don’t want a playoff system and personally, I don’t care whether or not the Utahs of the world have a chance at a National Championship.

I love college football for the regular season. I don’t want a playoff system, because it will reduce the regular season, result in less games played on campus, all for something that would turn its back on 100+ years of tradition.

If that means the Utah Utes won’t ever be National Champions, so what? They are the Mountain West Conference Champions, they beat Alabama and they can call themselves National Champions. Fine with me.

But I’m watching the games that interest me when I want to watch them.

by CDRS on Jan 9, 2009 10:57 AM EST reply actions  

Umm....

But I’m watching the games that interest me when I want to watch them.

That was exactly his point- if people watched games that actually interest them instead of whatever flavor-of-the-week nonsense is shoved down their throats, it would serve to lessen the OMG ESS EEE CEE attitude.

I fully applaud whichever Coaches’ poll voter put Utah at number 1- I don’t necessarily think they’re the best team, but they do have a better case for having earned it on the field than any other team this season.

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Jan 9, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.

Yes, the regular season is great. We all love it, and no one wants to see it ruined.

But use your head: A playoff (unless you go to some monstrous 32- or 64-team model, which no one is seriously proposing) will absolutely NOT affect the integrity of the regular season. The explanation is simple: The regular season draws its significance and relevance from the small number of games — 12, fewer than any major sport, by far. When you play such a small number of games (and play only once a week), every contest takes on added weight and significance. That’s only logical.

If we went to a 16-team tournament (my preferred route), it would mean automatic berths for all 11 conference champions, plus five at-large slots. Basically, this means that teams would be free to schedule hard non-conference opposition (which they are now discouraged from doing) and would need to win their conferences to make the tourney. This would enhance the regular season experience. Winning a conference title means a lot more objectively than finishing near the top of the BCS rankings. So take the conference champions, add in five at-larges, and play a tournament and we’ll see the cream rise to the top. Yes, someone would get left out, but everyone would have the same chance: Win your conference (i.e. have the best regular season) and you get a crack at earning the national championship.

by JBusinger on Jan 9, 2009 11:36 AM EST reply actions  

Amen...

I am for anything that will improve the regular season – specifically the qualiy of competition. However, I would imagine that the almighty dollar, dollar bill y’all has more to do with the pathetic OOC schedule every year than trying to schedule an easy run to the BCS championship. And a tourney wouldn’t change the fact that the schools with giant stadiums make more $$ playing at home and everyone is fighting for revenue.

pinkertonpark.com - you owe yerself a laugh.

by rahpsu92 on Jan 9, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions  

No More Non-Conference

You go to a 16 game playoff and you’re looking at a 10 game regular season.

That sucks.

Not to mention, they’ll undoubtedly be a push to take these games off campus to some crappy neutral site.

In SEC/PAC-10 territory, no doubt .

And don’t tell me people will be all hot and bothered about watching a team like Utah, who NO ONE SAW during the regular season, in the playoffs. Once they get a playoff, they will not care.

The only place a 16 team playoff will work is on X-Box. It’s not even remotely feasible.

by CDRS on Jan 12, 2009 11:41 AM EST up reply actions  

Not impossible

You would have to go with a seeding system and home games until the final. That’s the only way it will work.

by BSD on Jan 12, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions  

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