Effed up playoff system

[HuckFinn]

Yawn.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Crap, it is behind a pay wall. The headline and what I could read does not surprise me. Bowl games are cheap, people watch football on TV, and most players love them as not everyone is a Notre Dame.

Added bonus we get to see Fry go off on them every year.

Weird, I was able to see the article for some reason.

Lol on the Fry comment!

 

[AreWeThereYet]

These games with Tulane and James Madison are not competitive. Much as I don’t like either one of them, these games would be better with Texas and Notre Dame in their place.

With the current formula the 5th & 6th seated teams will likely draw what amounts to be a marginally competitive practice scrimmage. At times the 6th seated team will get a tougher draw.

5th seat is arguably the most advantageous spot in the whole playoff.

 

[kicker22]

Agreed. Time to unshackle from this minor conference auto-inclusion nonsense

I honestly don't mind them being there. I think the only way your going to get more competitive games is by minimizing the playoff field. I honestly don't see much difference between JMU losing by 17 against Oregon in an opening round game then I do with seeing Texas beat Clemson 38-14 or OSU over Tennessee 42-17 last year. Are Tulane or JMU legitimate contenders? Not at all, but not beating a dead horse, I'd rather see them get the opportunity to play against the elites then a team from a major conference that has had that opportunity to play those games all season long.

 

[dagdaj]

I'd rather see them get the opportunity to play against the elites then a team from a major conference that has had that opportunity to play those games all season long.

EXACTLY.
Win your conference. Conference champions are in the playoffs.
Group of 5 has to determine a champion. They can do it by ranking if they want and have a championship. Yes, #3 will claim to be #2. But I'm not going to care. If they get to nonsensey, they can go back to being more or less "D2". Same again if they lose in the first round 10 years in a row.

The conference championship games are the first round of the playoffs.

Boom

Done

There will never be another argument in D1 football over who should be in the championship and who shouldn't. Of course, we won't get "the best matchups". But what are we trying to do here? I thought we're trying to determine a champion.

We do it that way and we can still maintain out of conference rivalries and all the other things that make college football great.