D-1 Playoff

[KRAM1]

So, after watching this year's bowl games...prior to the "championship" game...what do you think? Do you still want a playoff for a "real" #1? With so many good games...Texas, TTECH, Mich., Okla. State, KU, WVA, etc., etc. all being able to end their seasons as winners...do you still think only one team should be a winner at the end of the season. This subject was discussed in today's DMN by Tim Cowlishaw....what do you think? I may be changing my mind a little...

When we return to the New Orleans Bowl as the Sunbelt Champ in the near future...do we want to then be stacked up against a "bye" week team such as Michigan or OSU or LSU, etc., etc. and end the season that way? O.K., I know we could stand a chance of winning tyhat game, but at this point the odds are fairly long (I do hope UNT changes those odds soon...and under Dodge we may just have a chance...Fry did it...so can Dodge)...but, for now...well....just what do you think about this topic now? Just wondering.....

[Mean Green 93-98]

I would rather have a playoff. But since that will probably not happen during my lifetime, I would rather they go back to the old classic bowl matchups.

[BeanCounterGrad'03]

So, after watching this year's bowl games...prior to the "championship" game...what do you think? Do you still want a playoff for a "real" #1? With so many good games...Texas, TTECH, Mich., Okla. State, KU, WVA, etc., etc. all being able to end their seasons as winners...do you still think only one team should be a winner at the end of the season. This subject was discussed in today's DMN by Tim Cowlishaw....what do you think? I may be changing my mind a little...

When we return to the New Orleans Bowl as the Sunbelt Champ in the near future...do we want to then be stacked up against a "bye" week team such as Michigan or OSU or LSU, etc., etc. and end the season that way? O.K., I know we could stand a chance of winning tyhat game, but at this point the odds are fairly long (I do hope UNT changes those odds soon...and under Dodge we may just have a chance...Fry did it...so can Dodge)...but, for now...well....just what do you think about this topic now? Just wondering.....

This reasoning reaks of the "Everyone's a Winner!!!" mentality. Don't get me wrong...I was a 12th place ribbon legend as a kid and I'm a big fan of this mentality in many situations (especially when it involves little kids), college players and fans are "big kids" and they should be able to handle a loss at the end of an otherwise successful season.

Just my too sints

[KRAM1]

BeanCounterGrad03...I am with you on that "everyone's a winner" mentality thing...I see it all the time...everyone gets a trophy at the end of the year...HUH? Yep, up to about age 10 this is O.K., I guess, but after that...learn how it works...you win or you lose when you play the game. But, that's not the current PC attitude...wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, right?

I am wondering, for the sake of discussion, if you have only one winner at the end of the D-1 season in football, does it hurt the dollar flow any from a contributions standpoint? Seems to me the other sports and other divisions in football, do just fine with a playoff system...think NCAA Basketball and D-II and D-III football, etc.

Just wondering what everyone else thinks...it is a discussion that will probably go on forever in the sports world as I really don't see a playoff coming in my lifetime at least...anyone else care to comment????

[UNTflyer]

If LSU beats Ohio State, it's possible we have Kansas as the AP champion.

Yes, we still need a playoff. And every conference should have a championship game.

[yyz28]

Yes, we still need a playoff. And every conference should have a championship game.

Yup on both counts.

[Guest 97and03]

Why can't you have the playoff system and have bowl games? I mean the NCAA is determined to let half of D1 teams into bowls anyway. So have the top 16 in a playoff using the top-tier bowls and then all the rest play in the already meaningless lower bowls. That way more teams have a shot to earn the national championship and the bowl games can still match up Nevada vs. Central Michigan!

[StealthEagle84]

Playoff for sure. This system does no justice in determining who is the "national champ". Just like the thread going on about V-Tech, that's why we play the games. The current system is just speculation on who is best. Until the players can actually determine on the field who is best, its not fair.