16 team playoff

[Fargo Husker]

Why we getting rid of bowls? I say screw the minimum win requirement. Anyone not in the playoff is eligible for bowl games. I don't want less football. I want more.

 

[Cash68847]

Why we getting rid of bowls? I say screw the minimum win requirement. Anyone not in the playoff is eligible for bowl games. I don't want less football. I want more.

That’s fine if you want bowls. I really meant I would rather the playoff games have no bowl affiliation and the top seeds get home field advantage throughout the whole playoff.

 

[Fargo Husker]

That’s fine if you want bowls. I really meant I would rather the playoff games have no bowl affiliation and the top seeds get home field advantage throughout the whole playoff.

I'm 100% for as many playoff games on campus as possible. It sounds like there might be some traction to getting the quarterfinal games on campus, but anything beyond that is a pipe dream unfortunately.

 

[Cash68847]

I'm 100% for as many playoff games on campus as possible. It sounds like there might be some traction to getting the quarterfinal games on campus, but anything beyond that is a pipe dream unfortunately.

It would be cool to see some south schools have to leave their safe haven and have to come up north and play in the cold, but like you said it won’t happen past the quarterfinals.

 

[Jim14510]

That’s fine if you want bowls. I really meant I would rather the playoff games have no bowl affiliation and the top seeds get home field advantage throughout the whole playoff.

If you do 16 games it for sure should be home games for the top 4 seeds. Beyond that I like neutral field warm weather games where weather generally isn't a factor in the game.

 

[Jim14510]

If you do 16 games it for sure should be home games for the top 4 seeds. Beyond that I like neutral field warm weather games where weather generally isn't a factor in the game.

Would be top 8 actually.

 

[ac husker]

I’ve always been a fan of 8.

Winner of each Power 5 conference plus 3 at large teams.

The problem with that is if you are a team like Nebraska, a team in the BIG or SEC, there are fewer chances to make the playoffs because your conference is much stronger. Even with 12 teams, conference winners from the BIG 12 or PAC 12, will have an easier time than NU because those leagues won’t have OU, TX and USC, UCLA respectively.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

The problem with that is if you are a team like Nebraska, a team in the BIG or SEC, there are fewer chances to make the playoffs because your conference is much stronger. Even with 12 teams, conference winners from the BIG 12 or PAC 12, will have an easier time than NU because those leagues won’t have OU, TX and USC, UCLA respectively.

agreed, you would need some kind of stipulation that the conference champ has to be in the top 10 or something. otherwise you are just asking for a 3 loss Pac-12 or Big 12 team in the playoff

 

[Jim14510]

agreed, you would need some kind of stipulation that the conference champ has to be in the top 10 or something. otherwise you are just asking for a 3 loss Pac-12 or Big 12 team in the playoff

If it's 12 teams I think you could say top 15-20. The top 10 are going to be in anyway.

Conference champ for the P3 and G8 as long as in the Top 15. That's maybe 6-7 teams.5-6 at large.

 

[djw004]

Why we getting rid of bowls? I say screw the minimum win requirement. Anyone not in the playoff is eligible for bowl games. I don't want less football. I want more.

I think you'd repurpose the bowl games as playoff hosts after the playins and first round in expanded playoffs

 

[djw004]

fewer regular season games equals less revenue. the one thing we can guarantee is that whatever happens no one is making the choice to reduce revenue

schools with little or no shot at the playoff will never agree to that

I think your first 2 rounds of a large playoff format would be homes for high seeds, still getting your expected revenue. Then in Leach's proposition - your non qualifiers have a 2 week period where they schedule to play other non-qualifiers, similar to the B1G approach during covid. That, plus restructured tv deals and revenue sharing, plus incentivizing conferences - you can make that difference up and then some.

 

[CornHub]

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People are going to bitch and say that only a few teams are capable of winning it, blah blah blah, but I don't see any downside to adding more playoff games. The stakes will be higher than bowl games. And you'll get home playoff games in December, which is way more exciting than some useless bowl game that no one watches.

Why stop at 16? Just say fuck it and go to 24 at this point. It's all about the money anyways.

 

[Ext. 55]

I’ve always been a fan of 8.

Winner of each Power 5 conference plus 3 at large teams.

My current position as well.

 

[Cash68847]

If you do 16 games it for sure should be home games for the top 4 seeds. Beyond that I like neutral field warm weather games where weather generally isn't a factor in the game.

I figure it works well in the NFL and other divisions of college. If anything play the championship on a neutral site.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

There is still a significant amount of viewership of lower tiered bowl games.

There games were played before Dec 22nd.
Vegas Bowl, 2.5M
Celebration Bowl, 2.42M
LA Bowl, 2.39M
New Mexico Bowl, 2.03M
Fenway Bowl, 1.96M

For comparison
Nebraska v Cockeye 1.4M
Nebraska v Wisconsin 1.6M

Didnt watch a single game outside the playoffs. Hope that helps.

 

[Jim14510]

Didnt watch a single game outside the playoffs. Hope that helps.

Yeah well you're stupid.

 

[Huskerforlife]

Yeah well you're stupid.

The 5 best non-playoff games for me:
Tulane - USC
Penn State - Utah
Washington - Texass
Tenn - Clemson
FSU - OU

 

[LoudHogRider]

Didnt watch a single game outside the playoffs. Hope that helps.

That's your loss, Thom. Seriously - there were some terrific bowl games this year.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Yeah well you're stupid.

For shore

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

That's your loss, Thom. Seriously - there were some terrific bowl games this year.

Could be.