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Topic: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large

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Cincydawg

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #224 on: June 17, 2021, 10:18:33 AM »
I was looking at this preseason ranking just to see how the playoff would work this year if this really happened (a double negative):

SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large (cfb51.com)

Top four would be Bama Clemson OSU  OU, no surprise there at all, all conference champions.

Then in order UGA ND A&M  Florida Iowa State Cincy LSU USC

If I did this right, first round games would be simply:

USC @ UGA
LSU @ ND
UC @ A&M
ISU @ UF


This presumes no limit on SEC teams of course.  The good news is those would be watchable games.  Let's say the home teams win them all:

UGA - OU
ND - OSU
A&M - Clemson
Florida - Bama

SEC heavy of course if you do it this way, and one rematch of a RS game.  Still watchable football.

If the top seeds win, Bama - OU and Clemson-OSU, kind of the usual group.  Then Bama- Clemson, duh.  
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #225 on: June 17, 2021, 12:47:55 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 17, 2021, 02:13:41 AM
It wouldda been cool to see that Baylor offense vs MSU's defense.
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Also, it's weird:  Auburn's last 2 elite teams (2013, 2010) had poor defenses.  Well, poor for a good team.  Yet Auburn is traditionally a strong defensive program.  Meh.
They met a year later, when Baylor was coming off missing the playoff. Baylor’s offense won the battle, while MSU won the game. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #226 on: June 17, 2021, 11:41:40 PM »
What was the worst idea for a CFB playoff format that you've seen or heard over recent years? 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #227 on: June 18, 2021, 07:05:35 AM »
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #228 on: June 18, 2021, 07:54:32 AM »
Obviously, some have suggested a 64 team playoff, not anyone serious of course.  The most interesting idea I have heard was the "flex playoff" concept.  The committee would decide each year  how many teams should be included and arrange the playoff accordingly.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #229 on: June 25, 2021, 10:43:39 PM »
-Brushes it off-
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FOUND IT!
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #230 on: June 25, 2021, 11:18:26 PM »
Totally tubular. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #231 on: June 26, 2021, 07:49:33 AM »
What if the entire season was a triple elimination playoff with seeded teams and no conferences?

#1 would start with #130 or whatever at home, and so one.

That's probably the worst idea most here have heard.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #232 on: June 26, 2021, 10:34:56 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 26, 2021, 07:49:33 AM
What if the entire season was a triple elimination playoff with seeded teams and no conferences?

#1 would start with #130 or whatever at home, and so one.

That's probably the worst idea most here have heard.
I've actually thought about something like that.

Like you play your division for the first 5-6 games.  Then you slot the teams into pots, like they do for international soccer tournaments, and have a draw.  So (just for example), Pot #1 is the SECW #1, SECE #1, Big XII, and B10E #1.  You draw, and they get seeds #1-4, and so on.

Then the remainder of the season is a double elimination tournament.

So everyone plays 7 games, anyone with a pulse plays 8-9, anyone decent plays 10-11, and the best team, I believe, still plays no more than 13.

Nobody is giving up that many home games though
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #233 on: June 26, 2021, 10:50:46 AM »
Kind if a neat idea really.  You could have a lower division perhaps where the losers play.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #234 on: June 26, 2021, 10:56:01 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 26, 2021, 10:50:46 AM
Kind if a neat idea really.  You could have a lower division perhaps where the losers play.
We could call them "bowls"
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #235 on: June 26, 2021, 11:38:22 AM »
Maybe this will be my next simulation project...
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #236 on: June 26, 2021, 12:19:32 PM »
geez, youse guys do too much thinking

like the morons that thought up this 12-team playoff
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #237 on: June 26, 2021, 01:54:24 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 26, 2021, 11:38:22 AM
Maybe this will be my next simulation project...
I'm thinking this.  6 week "regular season" consisting of purely divisional games.  I'll figure out something to do with the Independents.  Maybe work them in where there are less than 7 in a division.

That determines your seeding in 128 team, double elimination tournament.  Your seeding holds throughout, except losing from the winners bracket is prioritized over winning from the losers bracket.  Better seeded team always hosts

So...
Week 7 - 128 teams play
Week 8 - 128 teams play; 64 winners play each other, 64 losers play each other (32 teams eliminated)
Week 9 - 96 teams play; 32 undefeated teams play each other, 64 1-1 teams play each other (32 teams eliminated)
Week 10 - 64 teams play; 16 undefeated teams play each other, 48 2-1 teams play each other (24 teams eliminated)
Week 11 - 40 teams play; 8 undefeated teams play each other, 32 3-1 teams play each other (16 teams eliminated)
Week 12 - 24 teams play; 4 undefeated teams play each other, 20 4-1 teams play each other (10 teams eliminated)
Week 13 - 14 teams play; 2 undefeated teams get a bye, 12 5-1 teams play each other (6 teams eliminated)
Week 14 - 8 team single-elimination playoff; 2 undefeated teams HOST the two lowest seeded teams; 3-6 and 4-5 play in bowls
Week 15 - Semifinals at bowls
Week 16 - Championship Game
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