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Title: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2020, 04:24:32 AM
Gator Bowl:  1 Alabama vs 16 BYU
Independence Bowl:  8 Cincinnati vs 9 Georgia
Winners to play in Peach Bowl
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Alamo Bowl:  5 Texas A&M vs 12 Coastal Carolina
Sun Bowl:  4 Notre Dame vs 13 North Carolina
Winners to play in Cotton Bowl
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Music City Bowl:  6 Oklahoma vs 11 Indiana
Holiday Bowl:  3 Ohio State vs 14 Northwestern
Winners to play in Fiesta Bowl
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Liberty Bowl:  7 Florida vs 10 Iowa State
Outback Bowl:  2 Clemson vs 15 Iowa
Winners to play in Citrus Bowl
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Winners of Peach & Cotton Bowls play in Orange Bowl
Winners of Fiesta & Citrus Bowls play in Sugar Bowl
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Winners of Orange & Sugar Bowls play in Rose Bowl
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 31, 2020, 10:03:09 AM
Time to lay off the Angel Dust. 
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 31, 2020, 10:36:36 AM
Where are the Pinstripe, Windy City, Cheddar Curtain and Steel City Bowls?
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: rolltidefan on December 31, 2020, 11:45:04 AM
Gator Bowl:  1 Alabama vs 16 BYU - bama wins easy
Independence Bowl:  8 Cincinnati vs 9 Georgia - good game, uga survives
Winners to play in Peach Bowl
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Alamo Bowl:  5 Texas A&M vs 12 Coastal Carolina (best rd1 match up)
Sun Bowl:  4 Notre Dame vs 13 North Carolina - unc still can't compete quite yet
Winners to play in Cotton Bowl
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Music City Bowl:  6 Oklahoma vs 11 Indiana - ou on a tear
Holiday Bowl:  3 Ohio State vs 14 Northwestern - osu just better, convincing win
Winners to play in Fiesta Bowl
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Liberty Bowl:  7 Florida vs 10 Iowa State - isu might put up fight, but motivated and ful roster uf just outpaces them
Outback Bowl:  2 Clemson vs 15 Iowa - clemson just way too much for iowa
Winners to play in Citrus Bowl
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Winners of Peach & Cotton Bowls play in Orange Bowl
Winners of Fiesta & Citrus Bowls play in Sugar Bowl
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Winners of Orange & Sugar Bowls play in Rose Bowl
Peach Bowl: 1 Alabama vs 9 Georgia - uga has regressed from last meeting and it didn't go well then

Cotton Bowl: 12 Coastal Carolina vs 4 Notre Dame - cinderella story ends here

Fiesta Bowl: 6 Oklahoma vs 3 Ohio State - (best rd2match up) again, ou on tear

Citrus Bowl: 7 Florida vs 2 Clemson - uf d can't stop tlaw and co, can't keep pace
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Orange Bowl: 1 Alabama vs 4 Notre Dame - we'll see in a day or so

Sugar Bowl: 6 Oklahoma vs 2 Clemson (best rd3 matchup) - clemson plays game of year to beat ou

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Rose Bowl: 1 Alabama vs 2 Clemson - clemson peaked 1 game too early, bama outlasts them in what has become an almost annual thriller.


would be a fun tournament.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: Cincydawg on December 31, 2020, 11:48:19 AM
Does anyone think there is much real pressure to expand the playoffs "soon"?

I don't.  I could see getting to six in a decade or so.  Maybe.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: rolltidefan on December 31, 2020, 11:55:43 AM
Does anyone think there is much real pressure to expand the playoffs "soon"?

I don't.  I could see getting to six in a decade or so.  Maybe.
not much right now, but i could see pressure increasing in next 5 years to force it to 6-8. maybe a bigger effect is the changing environment of tv and streaming, and how that might effect contracts. i could see the lost interest in some "smaller" bowls getting the execs to try to bring viewers back by making them part of an expanded playoff.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2020, 03:17:02 PM
Why stop at 6 or 8?  If we're going to be inclusive, just let everyone in.  16 teams.  4 different bowls/locations for the last 2 teams.  Let's get a "hot" 13 seed with 3 losses as national champ.  I can't wait!!!
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: MrNubbz on December 31, 2020, 03:26:50 PM
Does anyone think there is much real pressure to expand the playoffs "soon"?

I don't.  I could see getting to six in a decade or so.  Maybe.
Didn't the NCAA sign another contact with ESPN to broadcast 4 Team Play Off for a few more years
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: Cincydawg on December 31, 2020, 06:22:00 PM
I'm not too interested in seeing some INFERIOR team winning a game because the SUPERIOR team's QB has a bad night and throws 3 INTs in the first quarter or something.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: CWSooner on December 31, 2020, 06:54:09 PM
I'm not too interested in seeing some INFERIOR team winning a game because the SUPERIOR team's QB has a bad night and throws 3 INTs in the first quarter or something.
It's good that such a game has not yet happened this year.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2020, 07:13:21 PM
Same thing happened to Georgia last year - half your team doesn't play and you lose.  It's the new normal.  Playoff or bust.  
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: CWSooner on January 01, 2021, 01:48:29 AM
I hope you are not edging into Dan Mullenesque excuse-making, OAM.
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: longhorn320 on January 01, 2021, 05:55:17 PM
Eight team playoff

champs of 5 majors and 3 at large
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: MrNubbz on January 01, 2021, 06:14:00 PM
sure after a 3rd of the starters opt out - book it
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: longhorn320 on January 01, 2021, 06:17:44 PM
sure after a 3rd of the starters opt out - book it
should we stop having playoffs because of opting out

I think there will be far less opting out on teams in the playoff
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: MrNubbz on January 01, 2021, 06:33:34 PM
As long as they keep the schedule to say 13-14 games they can finaggle it any way they want.It's expanding there that will cause big problems
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: TyphonInc on January 02, 2021, 02:03:59 AM
Eight team playoff

champs of 5 majors and 3 at large
Six team playoff

Champs of 5 majors (if ranked in top 12) and 1 at large (or more if several earth shattering conference upsets occur)
Title: Re: 2020: 16-team playoff within bowls
Post by: longhorn320 on January 02, 2021, 10:13:34 PM
Six team playoff

Champs of 5 majors (if ranked in top 12) and 1 at large (or more if several earth shattering conference upsets occur)
we have in excess of 40 bowl games in a normal year

fitting an 8 team playoff into 7 existing bowls would not be hard