CFP Thread

[FearlessF]

Because Oregon State.  And UConn.  And Kentucky.  And Iowa State. 

You need programs who want to commit, can commit, and will compete their fair share of the time.
That, combined with a number where everyone can play everyone else in their division/conference, yields the right number, between 32 and 80.

7) 10-team conferences with 9 conference games would include Kentucky & ISU, exclude Oregon St. and UConn
I think
I'd rather have them but cut out JMU and Tulane

[ManHawk]

Because Oregon State.  And UConn.  And Kentucky.  And Iowa State. 

Any specific reasons you singled out Kentucky and Iowa St?

[Honestbuckeye]

https://twitter.com/SECShorts/status/2003465626778849754/mediaViewer?currentTweet=2003465626778849754&currentTweetUser=SECShorts


The best.  😂😂

[Cincydawg]

I can't my head around Indiana's helmet, I really can't.  Did they beat OSU?  Huh.  

These CFP games, to me, look close broadly speaking, usually the team with best TO ratio will prevail, and "experts" will call some "upset" amazing and a sign Team X is making a run.

Let's say Ole Miss beats UGA 38-35 on the basis of a 3-1 TO margin, though UGA outgained Ole Miss decisively, what does that mean?  To me, it means the teams are pretty close overall and TOs were the main difference.  But wags will claim OM is "on a mission" after Kiffin departed, blah blah blah.

That spread, to me, is too wide.  

[OrangeAfroMan]

Any specific reasons you singled out Kentucky and Iowa St?

Kentucky hasn't come close to a conference title since before I was born.  ISU...I don't think they've won one since before my DAD was born.

They're the chum.  The fodder.  

[Cincydawg]

I was born before 1976, it does seem like it was a while ago.  UK has some notable wins in the past few years.  Every conference basically needs some pastries though.

[847badgerfan]

Last conference title for Iowa State was in '12.

And it wasn't 2012.

[bayareabadger]

Kentucky hasn't come close to a conference title since before I was born.  ISU...I don't think they've won one since before my DAD was born.

They're the chum.  The fodder. 

Something the sport needs, as it’s constructed. 

[847badgerfan]

Something the sport needs, as it’s constructed.

It's fun to be chum.

[bayareabadger]

It's fun to be chum.

If the super league comes, a lot of upper middle class teams are going to suddenly find themselves lower middle class, and as we know, it ain’t that fun.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I'm glad you guys agree with me.

But even including some chum, there's the bottom of the barrel that can be trimmed off.

I think 60 is good because it's 3x20, which is basically 6x10. It allows us to go back to 10-team divisions where everyone can play everyone else within their division.  6 division champs + 2 at-large yields a tidy, no-byes 8-team playoff.

It's too efficient to ever happen, but whatever.

[847badgerfan]

Align the B1G with 20.

I know there are 6 schools that will NOT want to be joined with the PAC 4.

Mine being one of them. F that noise.

Do pods of 5. Add Arizona State (AAU member/PHX) since Furd and Cal won't collaborate with this.

https://btaa.org/

Add one of the ACC schools. ?

ASU
UCLA
USC
fUO
UDub

UW
MN
IA
UNL
NU

UM
OSU
PU
IU
UI

PSU
RU
UMD
MSU
?

[Cincydawg]

I enjoy mayhem and untidiness.  Things don’t have to be perfect. Embrace entropy.  

[MrNubbz]

Well right now the Tide's still in it, is that untidey enough?