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I'm thinking of having Vandy play Miami, winner gets in.  And maybe Texas plays ND, same deal.

I do wonder what these ticket demands look like over time.

If Ohio State, or Georgia, etc, who are in it every year, find themselves in a 5-12 home game against James Madison, do they care.  Maybe that just opens a door for the fans who can't travel, to see a home playoff game.

But how many years are fans travelling for a quarterfinal game over NYE, knowing even with a win, they are 2 weeks away from a title.

SEC fans driving to Atlanta, New Orleans, or Dallas, might keep those ok.  But to LA, or Phoenix?

I don't think, in the foreseeable future that there will be a lack of demand for home playoff games but I do think this will be a growing issue for the quarter-final and semi-final bowls.

Looking at Ohio State last year you had:

• First round vs Tennessee at home on December 21.
• Quarter-final vs Oregon at the Rose Bowl on January 1.
• Semi-Final vs Texas at the Cotton Bowl on January 10.
• National Championship vs Notre Dame in Atlanta on January 20.

From my perspective as a fan who has been to few Bowl games including a CFP Semi-final and a BCSNC:

Demand for the home game is always going to be there because most fans can drive it in a day. If I could get into a home playoff game for a couple hundred bucks, I'd go.

The Rose Bowl is trickier. That is a trip. Nearly everyone is flying. I drove it, but it takes close to 36 hours of driving. Driving or flying is one thing when you have around six weeks to plan the trip, it is very different when you have 10 days. When I went, Ohio State clinched the Rose Bowl bid by beating Indiana on November 16. That left better than six weeks to plan the trip to California for a game on January 1. Last year Ohio State didn't clinch the Rose Bowl bid until December 21. That only gives you 10 days.

The semi-final was even worse. It was only nine days after the Rose Bowl. Beyond that, my view was that I had zero interest because:

• If Ohio State won, I'd rather pay to travel to the bigger stakes and closer NC 10 days later in Atlanta, and
• If Ohio State lost, who wants to go see a loss?

Either way, I don't want to go to Texas.

I'd like to see the first two rounds on campus.

Boise is killing the Rebels. 

Tulane with the win

another reason the ESPN committee leans towards helmets - they travel

Tulane and James Madison both won last night so there is now absolutely no path the the playoffs for Dook.

Tulane is in. 

Virginia/Dook determines the last two seeds:
If Virginia wins:

• #11 Virginia 
• #12 Tulane

If Dook wins:

• #11 Tulane
• #12 James Madison 

Either way, the #5 and #6 seeds are getting comically easy first round home games. 

Who will get those #5 and #6 seeds?

If the favorites all win it will be Oregon and Ole Miss. Interestingly, Ole Miss already beat Tulane by seven TDs so a rematch would only tell us how much they miss Lane.

If Bama beats UGA again I think that Bama would steal Georgia's bye and push UGA to the #5. BYU over TxTech would likely push TxTech down without getting a bye for BYU.

What an odd thing to spend the time to produce.