Maisel: College Football's Inconvenient Post-season Truth

LongJim · January 20, 2007

Makes some good points, whether you agree or disagree.

NTPhiKap99 · January 20, 2007

Makes some good points, whether you agree or disagree.
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Thats my only problem with a playoff. I'm fine with dumping thw bowls but weakening the regular season would be a big hit. And with a playoff any late season games between top tens would be pointless.

shaft · January 20, 2007

The inconvenient truth is that the BCS is better than playoff alternatives. Absent a full scale playoff system, that is a system that gives at least 32 teams access to the post season and the national title, the playoff alternatives are bad ideas.

The normal model of competitive playoff system is to give roughly a 1/3 of the feild access to the post-season. In college football that means around 40 teams. The status qou bowl system gives over 50 team access to the post season. The BCS "works" because it is a continuation of the bowl system that gives the most teams the most access to the most cash.

Alternative playoff models like an 8 team playoff, plus a bunch of bowls essential creates two different post-seasons. The problem with these partial playoff models is they devalue the remaining bowl system.

FirefightnRick · January 20, 2007

16 to 24 team playoff or nothing.

Rick

January 21, 2007

Sixteen team playoff at the top eight bowl sights and twelve bowls for the better teams that did not make the playoffs. That would generate more revenue than the current system and eliminate the controversy over who should be champion.

greenminer · January 21, 2007

teams should playout regular season, and then draw straws for the bcs games.

national champion determined by a GMG thread/poll.

Quoner · January 22, 2007

teams should playout regular season, and then draw straws for the bcs games.
national champion determined by a GMG thread/poll.

The Longhorns would be the first to win 40 consecutive titles, and the first to have 56,058,650,903,550 threads about why they are evil and we shouldn't support them. The other 445,856 threads will feature new logos and helmet designs.