Eight Team Playoff

[Duke C #11]

Had the powers that be decided on an eight team format, these would've been the match-ups in the first round, followed by my score picks.

Michigan State/Alabama 34-35

Mississippi State/Oregon 37-52

TCU/FSU 35-27

Baylor/Ohio State 42-45

What do y'all think? Would this be better for college football, or do you prefer the current process?

 

[Chitownhorn]

Had the powers that be decided on an eight team format, these would've been the match-ups in the first round, followed by my score picks.

Michigan State/Alabama 34-35

Mississippi State/Oregon 37-52

TCU/FSU 35-27

Baylor/Ohio State 42-45

What do y'all think? Would this be better for college football, or do you prefer the current process?

I would love to see an 8 team playoff with the first round hosted by the highest rated school. That way it keep the overall travel costs down for both the fans and teams.

 

[UT1983]

Eight teams a better format.  Could you imagine what TCU would do to these others teams?   More teams equal more fan interest; plus ALL major conferences get included.  Stupid having 5 major conferences and only four slots.

 

[dillohorn]

I guess I'm old. I wish we could go back to the pre-bcs days. I liked the poll and bowl days. The more they try to perfect the system, the more controversial it becomes. 

 

[tejasrulz]

8 team play-off is better than anything we have today. I know FSU got drilled by Oregon but if you're the only team w/o a loss, you should be seeded #1.

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

I wouldn't mind a 6 team playoff.  No controversy: 5 conference champs and 1 wildcard from the highest-rated non-Power 5 school.  Top two teams get byes. Quarter Finals played at home stadium of higher-ranked school. 

 

[echeese]

Logistically the best way to make it work is what happens now (expect we have 5 power conferences not 4).

Each division sends it's winner to play for the conference title.. . . .

1st weekend in Dec. . . .

Had TEXAS left aggie and taken TT to the Pac, this would already be in place. . .or if instead of merging with the BigEast. . .the ACC had merged with the BigXII and we'd have culled some of the dead weight from the herd.   

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

Logistically the best way to make it work is what happens now (expect we have 5 power conferences not 4).

Each division sends it's winner to play for the conference title.. . . .

1st weekend in Dec. . . .

Had TEXAS left aggie and taken TT to the Pac, this would already be in place. . .or if instead of merging with the BigEast. . .the ACC had merged with the BigXII and we'd have culled some of the dead weight from the herd.   

I want us to PAC so badly.  We have the Florida pipeline now and imagine tapping into Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly.  

In Patterson we trust....

 

[streettopeschel]

Leave it at 4. Sure whoever misses the cut will feel screwed. So what? Eight teams virtually assures a 2-loss team gets in. Let's not dilute the thing just yet.

 

[echeese]

I want us to PAC so badly.  We have the Florida pipeline now and imagine tapping into Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly.  

In Patterson we trust....

I know that CFS is tapping his Florida connections and hope he continues to cherry pick but nothing to stop us from looking west as well. . .keep in mind the Johnson's are legacies.

Pac would have been great for me personally but ACC is actually a far better fit and would have given us access to far better TV markets (well, markets that watch football anyway).   It also would have been a GREAT fit for the Olympic sports as well. . . .

 

[bcherry168]

I am very much opposed to going to the PAC 12. Too far, wrong time zone. The mistake was letting the ACC get a couple of teams that would have made a pretty good fit with the Big 12. But we will be fine at Texas. The ones hurt by lack of a championship game are the church schools who have no national brand.

If Texas can just handle its business, we will do great just like it is.

 

[GBT]

Drop a regular season game and go with 16. Every other level does it that big or bigger, so lets do it big den !!!! LOL

Use the bowls : Smaller bowls for the first 8 games and so on or have the first 8 games played at top seed home site, then the semi finals at the major bowls. Either way ....It would be great.