Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 "An overwhelming 88 percent of Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors said they want to see the College Football Playoff expand after the playoff agreement expires following the 2025 season. Brett McMurphy of Stadium reported Wednesday that 112 of the 130 FBS ADs responded to the outlet's survey about the state of college football. Of the respondents, 72 percent were in favor of an eight-team playoff, and 8 percent suggested a substantial increase to 16 qualifiers. "More and more fans are only concerned with the playoffs," a Power Five AD told McMurphy. "That's sad, but true, so we should expand the playoffs when possible. Even if that impacts the bowl system. We have to figure out a way." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885644-stadium-poll-88-of-fbs-ads-favor-expanded-college-football-playoff 1 Quote
Bill from NYC Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Then they should do away with conference championships. A case could be made that these kids play too many games now. I think it is totally unfair to have them play even more games and take a bigger risk of injury and losing millions of dollars. Jmo. Edited April 13, 2020 by Bill from NYC 2 Quote
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 13, 2020 Author Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 5:39 PM, Bill from NYC said: Then they should do away with conference championships. A case could be made that these kids play too many games now. I think it is totally unfair to have them play even more games and take a bigger risk of injury and losing millions of dollars. Jmo. Expand i think they should too, have to wait and see. 2 Quote
Mark Vader Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 It was inevitable, but it should have been this many teams from the beginning. The bowl games have lost their prestige, and there's far too many of them and who really cares about them anymore? Quote
YoloinOhio Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) They can also hack a couple of the non conference cupcakes off the schedules. Play two non conference with at least one of them a power 5 opponent and make the rest conference games until the playoff. I know this hurts the ability to get the young players quality playing time but have to give up something Edited April 14, 2020 by YoloinOhio 2 Quote
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 14, 2020 Author Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 3:31 PM, Mark Vader said: It was inevitable, but it should have been this many teams from the beginning. The bowl games have lost their prestige, and there's far too many of them and who really cares about them anymore? Expand once they get up to 32 teams it will be like just like old times with the outback potato Tropicana bowl 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 5:15 PM, Buffalo Barbarian said: "An overwhelming 88 percent of Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors said they want to see the College Football Playoff expand after the playoff agreement expires following the 2025 season. Brett McMurphy of Stadium reported Wednesday that 112 of the 130 FBS ADs responded to the outlet's survey about the state of college football. Of the respondents, 72 percent were in favor of an eight-team playoff, and 8 percent suggested a substantial increase to 16 qualifiers. "More and more fans are only concerned with the playoffs," a Power Five AD told McMurphy. "That's sad, but true, so we should expand the playoffs when possible. Even if that impacts the bowl system. We have to figure out a way." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885644-stadium-poll-88-of-fbs-ads-favor-expanded-college-football-playoff Expand If FCS, D2 and D3 can manage a real playoff, FBS can too. 1 1 Quote
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 15, 2020 Author Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 7:30 PM, PromoTheRobot said: If FCS, D2 and D3 can manage a real playoff, FBS can too. Expand Exactly, the bowl games have always been in the way but now that the fans (money) want it, it is finally coming to fruition. Quote
Bill from NYC Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 6:37 AM, Buffalo Barbarian said: Exactly, the bowl games have always been in the way but now that the fans (money) want it, it is finally coming to fruition. Expand How many games do the other divisions play? I don't follow them so I don't know. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 10:17 AM, Bill from NYC said: How many games do the other divisions play? I don't follow them so I don't know. Expand FCS starts with 24 teams. D2 has 28. D3 has 32. 1 Quote
Bill from NYC Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 12:05 PM, PromoTheRobot said: FCS starts with 24 teams. D2 has 28. D3 has 32. Expand Actually I was wondering how many regular season games. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) On 4/15/2020 at 12:22 PM, Bill from NYC said: Actually I was wondering how many regular season games. Expand It varies but most play 12.. Edited April 15, 2020 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote
bbb Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 24+ teams?!? Talk bout diluting the best regular season there is. 2 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) On 4/15/2020 at 3:08 PM, bbb said: 24+ teams?!? Talk bout diluting the best regular season there is. Expand Hardly. Is March Madness "diluted" because a champion emerges from a 68 team field? Major college football has always been a beauty contest. It ought to be won on the field from a schedule NOT of your choosing. If I ran things I would include every FBS conference champion in a playoff because every school ought to start the year with a path to the national championship, like in basketball. Edited April 15, 2020 by PromoTheRobot 2 Quote
bbb Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 5:26 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Hardly. Is March Madness "diluted" because a champion emerges from a 68 team field? Major college football has always been a beauty contest. It ought to be won on the field from a schedule NOT of your choosing. If I ran things I would include every FBS conference champion in a playoff because every school ought to start the year with a path to the national championship, like in basketball. Expand You're totally in reverse. March Madness is not the regular season. The regular season is absolutely diluted. For schools like UB and Bona, it isn't - but for teams that know they are going to be in the tourney every year, it totally is. ALL that matters is March Madness then. 1 Quote
Rico Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 7:07 PM, bbb said: You're totally in reverse. March Madness is not the regular season. The regular season is absolutely diluted. For schools like UB and Bona, it isn't - but for teams that know they are going to be in the tourney every year, it totally is. ALL that matters is March Madness then. Expand Every time some BS school rains 3-pointers and upsets a much better team in March Madness, the product is diluted. Quote
Mark Vader Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 7:30 PM, PromoTheRobot said: If FCS, D2 and D3 can manage a real playoff, FBS can too. Expand I've been saying this for years. 1 Quote
bbb Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 7:26 PM, Rico said: Every time some BS school rains 3-pointers and upsets a much better team in March Madness, the product is diluted. Expand True..................And, I know it wasn't your point, but I hate how the 3 pointer has changed the game. It's all that matters now. 1 Quote
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 16, 2020 Author Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 12:05 PM, PromoTheRobot said: FCS starts with 24 teams. D2 has 28. D3 has 32. Expand 32 works for me, more games more fun, more money, win win. On 4/15/2020 at 3:08 PM, bbb said: 24+ teams?!? Talk bout diluting the best regular season there is. Expand Works for basketball with March Madness, maybe they can call it December Dominance 1 Quote
Bill from NYC Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 5:26 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Hardly. Is March Madness "diluted" because a champion emerges from a 68 team field? Major college football has always been a beauty contest. It ought to be won on the field from a schedule NOT of your choosing. If I ran things I would include every FBS conference champion in a playoff because every school ought to start the year with a path to the national championship, like in basketball. Expand The conference championship involves yet another game. Exactly how many games should these kids be forced to play? Honestly Promo, would you have a limit in mind? My thing is that no matter how many teams there are in the playoffs, someone is going to be pissed that their team is left out. I do not think that college kids should have to play 16 or 17 games. Basketball is a bad comparison. The injury rate in football is 100%. It is just a matter of how serious one's injuries are. I LOVE college football, but these kids shouldn't have to risk injury (and missing out on millions of dollars) even more than they already do. Jmo. 1 Quote
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