Chingon fixes college football

[Stevesie60]

I think TV ratings are like, a thousand times more important than how many fans show up.

[Cartierfor3]

I think TV ratings are like, a thousand times more important than how many fans show up.

TV ratings would be great for Michigan State at Alabama round 1 playoffs.

[TownieCat]

I think TV ratings are like, a thousand times more important than how many fans show up.

TV ratings would be great for Michigan State at Alabama round 1 playoffs.

I'd have to do the math, but I'm guessing 105,000 tickets times at least $100 each is a lot of money.

[joda]

I think TV ratings are like, a thousand times more important than how many fans show up.

Yea and does anyone really think these games would have trouble selling tickets?

Alabama vs Marshall in Atlanta
Oregon vs Baylor in LA
Florida St. vs Ohio St. in (insert whatever NE area stadium you want)
Mississippi St. vs TCU in Dallas

[Cartierfor3]

Also 3 neutral site games means a team is on the road for what, like, 4 straight weeks??

[TownieCat]

I think TV ratings are like, a thousand times more important than how many fans show up.

Yea and does anyone really think these games would have trouble selling tickets?

Alabama vs Marshall in Atlanta
Oregon vs Baylor in LA
Florida St. vs Ohio St. in (insert whatever NE area stadium you want)
Mississippi St. vs TCU in Dallas

If I'm Bama fan I don't buy tickets to that game because I'll wait to travel to round 2.

[michigancat]

Also 3 neutral site games means a team is on the road for what, like, 4 straight weeks??

Have you heard of this little thing called the NCAA Men's basketball tournament?

[Cartierfor3]

Also 3 neutral site games means a team is on the road for what, like, 4 straight weeks??

Have you heard of this little thing called the NCAA Men's basketball tournament?

i have yes

[mocat]

Did the SEC recently mandate all their teams play a P5 OOC every year or was that just a rumor/future thing?

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Chings can you implement a rule where replay officials can, for lack of better term, "simulcast" replay angles? It's like so many times they have one camera angle where you can absolutely tell when the ball comes out but you can't see when his knee hits. Other angle you see his knee down but can't see the ball. Everybody says "whelp! Didn't get it all from one angle. Guess we don't have conclusive video evidence."
Yes you do, dummy. You have indisputable video evidence of both critical events and all you need to do is play them along side one another and compare. It's not rocket science and it continues to baffle me why they don't implement this technique.

[ben ji]

Did the SEC recently mandate all their teams play a P5 OOC every year or was that just a rumor/future thing?

Yes, not sure when it goes into effect tho. There was an ESPN article about teams blowing up the phone lines trying to get a game scheduled against KU. 

[ben ji]

I like the idea chings but the first round games need to be played at home stadiums of the higher ranked team.

Getting 40,000 fans to travel to 3 neutral sight games in a row would be difficult for even the bluest of blue bloods. TV ratings would be great but having 20,000 empty seats during a "playoff game" would be terrible.

[mocat]

Did the SEC recently mandate all their teams play a P5 OOC every year or was that just a rumor/future thing?

Yes, not sure when it goes into effect tho. There was an ESPN article about teams blowing up the phone lines trying to get a game scheduled against KU. 

I would love to play Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, A&M, even Alabama.
i would not love to play Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, Miss St, Vanderbilt, South Carolina

[mocat]

but mostly Florida. man, can you imagine? The Swamp! 

[Cartierfor3]

mocat why on Earth would we wanna play A&M? Been there done that.

[nicname]

I'll always and forever want 16 teams

11 confy champs

5 at-large

Home-field advantage for higher seed through to title game

Title game = neutral site.

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Limit reg season to 11 games + confy champ game is confy has one. If confy doesnt have champ game they get extra rego season game.

If 5 at-large teams dilutes reg. season too much, then have less at-large, and give byes to top seeded teams.

[doom]

will agree if confirmed first round is home game for higher seed.

Disagree.  There will be specific venues ready for which conference has the higher seed.  For example if the Big 12 champ is the higher seed, the game is played in Cowboy stadium, if the SEC it's Atlanta, ACC it's Jacksonville, Big Ten it's Indianapolis, Pac 12 it's Rose Bowl.  If the higher seed is a non Power 5 (like ND) then the game will be played at the pre-determined flex-location (let's say tied with a bowl so Fiesta).

I would like something where the higher seed can pick between two conference venues.  I'd hate to be matched up against a&m someday at cowboy stadium.  Would much prefer arrowhead. 

[Yard Dog]

I'll always and forever want 16 teams

11 confy champs

5 at-large

Home-field advantage for higher seed through to title game

Title game = neutral site.

..........

Limit reg season to 11 games + confy champ game is confy has one. If confy doesnt have champ game they get extra rego season game.

If 5 at-large teams dilutes reg. season too much, then have less at-large, and give byes to top seeded teams.

That sounds sexual. Is that how D2 does it?

[catastrophe]

I'll always and forever want 16 teams

11 confy champs

5 at-large

Home-field advantage for higher seed through to title game

Title game = neutral site.

..........

Limit reg season to 11 games + confy champ game is confy has one. If confy doesnt have champ game they get extra rego season game.

If 5 at-large teams dilutes reg. season too much, then have less at-large, and give byes to top seeded teams.

The 8-team playoff has been getting a ton of traction and seems inevitable, but I really like this concept of a 16-team playoff more.  Gives a real possibility of Cinderella stories (which up to this point has honestly been impossible for smaller schools in FBS football).  Also, removes a lot of the Committee's ability to screw things up.  Just hope it happens during my lifetime.

[mocat]

mocat why on Earth would we wanna play A&M? Been there done that.

you're right. what about Florida tho!? 

[Cartierfor3]

mocat why on Earth would we wanna play A&M? Been there done that.

you're right. what about Florida tho!? 

yeah that sounds fun. Tennessee would be fun too

[Tobias]

yeah that sounds fun. Tennessee would be fun too

would be fun times with @leecrowe

[Katpappy]

8 teams

Champs from the Power 5
Highest ranked team from non-Power 5
Two wildcard (two highest ranked remaining teams, but they both cannot be from the same conference)

This means the most a conference can get into the playoffs is 2 teams. Everyone gets a chance. I don't care if this means a Marshall-ish team gets in, if a power 5 team wanted in they should have won their conference.

This above is the recipe for a proper playoff in college football.

My respect for you has climbed immensely!  This is what they should have done before locking this 4 game playoff in for 12 years. 

[Katpappy]

Questions:

Chings doesn't 3 neutral site games seem like a lot for the 2 that make the 'ship?

Can we then just ban altogether playing FCS teams? I'm getting tired of that. Especially these November SEC games. There's no reason for Alabama to be playing West Carolina this weekend.

Basically, I'd like SOME form of universal schedule requirements across college football. Like, no more FCS teams.

Clock stopping on 1st down is kinda pointless. Let's get rid of it.

I didn't think of you as one, but now I'm convinced; you my friend is now known as a FOOTBALL RADICAL! 

[nicname]

ESPN says Coaches want 8.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11915335/fbs-coaches-prefer-eight-team-playoff-espn-poll-shows

To be fair, this is mostly a commish of a crapty confy (ACC) doing the talking.

Also, we already have a thread on this (with some curious responses).

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=9007.msg190694#msg190694