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Expanded CFP field on the clock, Kirby Smart and Mark Richt have voiced support
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Expanded CFP field on the clock, Kirby Smart and Mark Richt have voiced support
CFP leaders met leading up to the CFP championship game Monday and left without a resolution that would lead to the current 12-team field expanding to 16 teams next season.
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They are just delaying the inevitable playoff expansion. It seems petty to keep fighting this losing battle. I see it at 16 or maybe 24 after next season if they don't agree with some kind of expansion today. The FCS figured it out a long time ago, and those Montana State Bobcats ruled this year!! Yay!
With a 16 team format IMO the top 4 should play the first two rounds at home, teams should be rewarded and not punished for going through the gauntlet of a tough 12 game season
Boy, do I dislike the B1G. Just trying to throw weight around. Sure, the SEC would have had a few more playoff games if it were up to 24, but that does add a weird wrinkle to the year that would potentially put the SECCG, as well as other conference championship games, on the chopping block. I, for one, think that conference championship games still matter.
As long as Tulane and JMU aren’t in, I might go for 16. However, I prefer 8 teams. No byes. I’m fully aware that reducing the number ain’t happening when today’s youth get trophies for just showing up, but 8 seems right. With 12 regular season games plus a conference championship game, the season is already too long IMO. Playing a national championship game in mid January is already too late. The first round bye has been a curse for every team except Indiana. At least get rid of the byes.
The SEC going to 9 conference games is also a bad idea IMO. The Big 10 has won the last three natties. Why? Much easier regular season schedules. Less wear and tear on players. SEC teams are the walking wounded by the end of the season. Adding one more conference game further reduces the odds of an SEC team wining a natty. Despite what Big 10 homer Joel Klatt says, the Big 10 winning natties isn’t because it’s a better conference. In fact, it’s winning them because it’s a weaker conference from top to bottom. The typical Big 10 team has two or three difficult games a season. The typical SEC team has 6 to 8 difficult games a season. This isn’t rocket science. It’s football.
Richt is for 32, eh? That's a lot of teams…
How about 68 teams with 4 play in games, that way ClemgooberU could have been on the first 4 out bubble…and while we're at it, participation trophies for everyone…
16 teams is plenty, top 8 home game winners, remaining rounds at all the mid and upper tier bowl locations. Top seeded first round winners select bowl location. just my 2 pennies…
Nearly all involved are more or less disgusting. No matter how many ways you try to spin it, it’s about the bottom line. Period.
It's coming one way or another SEC so get on board with some concept.
All 8 power 4 conference championship participants get a bye to the sweet 16. The top 24 before championship weekend make the playoffs. If a championship participant is not in the top 24 (like duke in 2025) they become the 24th and/or 23rd ranked team etc.
Those teams would have been:
Ohio StateIndiana GeogiaAlabama Texas TechBYU VirginiaDuke
After removing the 8 auto bids the remaining 16 play the second Friday/Saturday in December with the highest ranked hosting those 8 games. If you look at the AP top 25 on November 30, the elimination round would have had the following matchups. Maybe a couple of Saturday 11:30 games, 2:30, 5:30 and 8:30? Or four on Friday and four on Saturday?
Oregon hosting Navy Ole Miss hosting Arizona Texas AM hosting Tulane Oklahoma hosting N Texas Notre Dame hosting James Madison Miami hosting Michigan Vanderbilt hosting USC Texas hosting Utah
Then, the third Saturday in December would be a "sweet sixteen" playoff round with a reseeding after championship games and elimination games again with the highest seed hosting. This would be the 14th game for these 16 teams.
Group of 8 games would be on New Years Eve and New Years Day with games at 3:30 and 8:00 pm. Both days could see a Tampa/Orlando bowl game at noon so three games each day. This would be game 15 for those 8 teams.
New Years Eve winners would play semifinal game at 3:30 on the second Saturday in January and the New Years Day winners meet at 8:00 pm on the same day. All of these teams would be playing their 16th game.
Championship game to be played every MLK Monday. Both teams would have played 17 games in the season.