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There are zero formats in which a SJST would play Coastal in a playoff.

I was saying that while on my phone, and trying to do it in my head. But a 12 team playoff with 10 autobids and 2 at large would have led to (assuming byes for top 4)

1. Alabama (SEC)
2. Clemson (ACC)
3. OSU (B1G)
4. ND (at large)
5. TAMU (at large) v. 12. UAB (CUSA)
6. Oklahoma (B12) v. 11. Ball St (MAC)
7. Cincinnati (AAC) v. 10. Oregon (P12)
8. Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) v. 9. SJSU (MWC)

I'm basing the ratings on the final playoff rankings - UAB, Ball State, and Oregon weren't ranked so I am just guessing there. But Coastal was 12th and SJSU 24th so that's not crazy. Of course, I don't think the playoff types are pushing for autobids for every conference, even though I think that could really do wonders for TV ratings for MACtion and the like.

Edit: Oregon was 25th

I was saying that while on my phone, and trying to do it in my head. But a 12 team playoff with 10 autobids and 2 at large would have led to (assuming byes for top 4)

1. Alabama (SEC)
2. Clemson (ACC)
3. OSU (B1G)
4. ND (at large)
5. TAMU (at large) v. 12. UAB (CUSA)
6. Oklahoma (B12) v. 11. Ball St (MAC)
7. Cincinnati (AAC) v. 10. Oregon (P12)
8. Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) v. 9. SJSU (MWC)

I'm basing the ratings on the final playoff rankings - UAB, Ball State, and Oregon weren't ranked so I am just guessing there. But Coastal was 12th and SJSU 24th so that's not crazy. Of course, I don't think the playoff types are pushing for autobids for every conference, even though I think that could really do wonders for TV ratings for MACtion and the like.

Edit: Oregon was 25th

In real life, you wouldn't have a 4-3 PAC-12 champ, so the Sun Belt and MWC would be on the 9-12 seeded side of things.  If you want to use the convoluted 2020 season as an example of anything, have at it, but I won't be paying attention.

Using 2019
1. LSU (SEC)
2. OSU (B1G)
3. Clemson (ACC)
4. Oklahoma (B12)
5. Georgia (at large) v. 12. Miami (MAC)
6. Oregon (P12) v. 11. FAU (CUSA)
7. Baylor (at large) v. 10.  App. State (Sun Belt)
8. Memphis (AAC) v. 9. Boise (MWC)

2018
1. Alabama (SEC)
2. Clemson (ACC)
3. Notre Dame (at large)
4. Oklahoma (B12)
5. Georgia (at large) v. 12. NIU (MAC)
6. Ohio State (B1G) v. 11. UAB (CUSA)
7. UCF (AAC)  v. 10. App. State (Sun Belt)
8. Washington (P12) v. 9. Fresno State (MWC)

I wonder how much the rankings actually mattering would've affected that kind of booby prize of fifth place for UGA.

Thanks for the examples showing what I said.  Look at these games.......every year, IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF....we'd have 2 preseason-type games:  Georgia vs Miami(OH).  That's hot.  And this isn't some middling, shitty UGA team who barely makes a bowl, but the 5th-ranked UGA team who will evicerate the MAC champs.  
Oregon vs FAU?  And the Owls aren't getting a fat check from the Ducks?  For shame!
Ohio State vs UAB.  UAB?  
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My TV would be off.  Period.

Honestly, this would be an even bigger lie to the have-nots. 

Here, you get a seat at the table.....here's your chance!  But it's no chance.  Beat OSU then Clemson then Alabama. 

That seat at the table is nothing more than an annual beat-down on national television.  An opportunity to be on someone else's highlight film.  It's disrespectful and a sick joke. 
Woo-Hoo!  We made it to the playoff!  Hope we score! 

Thanks for the examples showing what I said.  Look at these games.......every year, IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF....we'd have 2 preseason-type games:  Georgia vs Miami(OH).  That's hot.  And this isn't some middling, shitty UGA team who barely makes a bowl, but the 5th-ranked UGA team who will evicerate the MAC champs. 
Oregon vs FAU?  And the Owls aren't getting a fat check from the Ducks?  For shame!
Ohio State vs UAB.  UAB? 
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My TV would be off.  Period.

I'm with OAM. I likely wouldn't watch any game until we were past the first-round byes and into the quarterfinals of 8. 

It would be pointless before that. 

so, some Boise recruits and their mothers might attend those first round playoff games, if they're given tickets?

probably no one else in the seats

First Fro insists that there is no way that two G5 Champions could possibly face each other in round one. After being shown evidence that it would have indeed happened each of the last three years, he immediately moves the goalposts from that to braying about how the other three match ups are all P5 vs G5. Instead of calling him on it, the rest of the board is just like "damn right, um hum."

I think we were talking two different scenarios, one with few tallest midgets and one with automatic representation of every G5 conference champion.

I believe his first point was referring to the idea that throwing G5 teams in there would just be an automatic slaughter, which absolutely makes sense if you consider that there might only be 1 at large G5 team in the field (probably seeded around 9-11th) and one G5 auto-bid conference champ (quite likely seeded 12th and facing the 5th-best team in the country). A G5-G5 matchup in that sense would be extraordinarily uncommon.

Obviously if you have all G5 champions included, that means in the play-in to the quarterfinals you will likely have 5 G5 teams and 3 P5 teams. As a result you're forced to have at least one G5-G5 matchup, but will basically never have more than two.