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OrangeAfroMan

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Potential Change for Next Year
« on: December 15, 2024, 06:49:51 PM »
You guys heard of it?

"some changes to the conference championship weekend"

IE - perhaps the B1G and SEC getting a set number of teams in the playoff, let's say 4 each.....which would then yield a CCG weekend not of the top 2 teams in each of those conferences facing off, but of a play-in game of the 4th and 5th slotted teams.
The top 3 in each conference get to take the weekend off, as they're already in the CFP.

What say yous guys?
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2024, 07:17:29 PM »
Cluster fuck,not your idea but how many kids bail to save their sunday careers. Like I prophesized 😇
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2024, 06:20:43 AM »
It would only take one or two top players bailing to majorly impact a team of course.
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2024, 07:54:45 AM »
once the top players are tied to binding $$$ contracts, they will be playing in those end of season games or forfeiting good money 
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2024, 08:08:48 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 16, 2024, 07:54:45 AM
once the top players are tied to binding $$$ contracts, they will be playing in those end of season games or forfeiting good money
They might come down with a painful hang nail and be unable to suit up.
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2024, 08:15:56 AM »
I think giving a 3-loss big 12 team a bye in the playoff will be avoided
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2024, 08:33:59 AM »
I think guaranteeing spots is actual participation trophy, nonsense. 
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2024, 08:53:30 AM »
so does the Bama AD
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2024, 09:02:54 AM »
I think the Big Ten should just set up a flex schedule the week of the CCG.

Everybody up until to that week would have played 8 conference games (4 home,  4 away) and 11 overall games.  By then everybody should have played all its annual rivalry games too.  Then on CCG weekend,  everybody plays it's 12th game.

The Big Ten can then decide the best lineup based on what has happened that year. 
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2024, 09:09:28 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on December 16, 2024, 09:02:54 AM
I think the Big Ten should just set up a flex schedule the week of the CCG.

Everybody up until to that week would have played 8 conference games (4 home,  4 away) and 11 overall games.  By then everybody should have played all its annual rivalry games too.  Then on CCG weekend,  everybody plays it's 12th game.

The Big Ten can then decide the best lineup based on what has happened that year. 
Wasn't that the original plan for the COVID year?
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2024, 09:13:32 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on December 16, 2024, 09:02:54 AM
The Big Ten can then decide the best lineup based on what has happened that year. 
so, Ohio St., Oregon, Indiana, Penn St. play Purdue, Maryland, Northwestern, & Wisconsin
Thus, protecting their playoff possibilities...

Like playing Mercer only better
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2024, 09:17:46 AM »
Quote from: ELA on December 16, 2024, 09:09:28 AM
Wasn't that the original plan for the COVID year?
Yes,  until half the games that week got canceled due to players getting COVID.

Of course it actually helped with the scheduling that no fans could attend the games.   It made last minute schedule updates a little easier because you did not have to worry about travel plans for the fans.
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2024, 09:25:55 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 16, 2024, 09:13:32 AM
so, Ohio St., Oregon, Indiana, Penn St. play Purdue, Maryland, Northwestern, & Wisconsin
Thus, protecting their playoff possibilities...

Like playing Mercer only better
I am not sure the TV networks would like that,  but sure that would have worked this year.

Maybe on flex weekend,  you can have a tentative game scheduled ahead of time against a non-rival.   Then the Big Ten can tweak it if necessary.   Try to keep the number of home games equal over a 4 year period.
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Re: Potential Change for Next Year
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2024, 09:53:37 AM »
the networks don't like that Bama plays Mercer instead of another SEC game

9 game sched is the only way the Big can compete with the SEC on TV $$$
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