Even Divison 2 has a playoff system. Almost every year there is some kind of problem about the 2 teams playing in the National Title game.
They say it's ratings and money to have The Bowl Games.
So tell me what you think of my answer to that and tell me how you would do it.
1st. Start the season early by 1 week. at the end of the season choose the 8 best teams in college to play in the Playoffs.
Take the next 18 teams in the Top 26 and give them all bowl games to play ( that would be 9 Bowl games )
Then in the Playoffs, round 1 would be 4 more different Bowl games.
Round 2 would be 2 more Bowl games.
And then the National Title would be the last bowl game.
That would be 16 Bowl games and 8 teams teams playing for it. The Playoffs would only take 3 weeks if you start the season early the extra 2 weeks could be played during Holiday time.(Teams have about 3 weeks before they play there Bowl games anyway ) That would still give them a week home for the Holiday.
2007-07-14 01:27:52 · 9 answers · asked by Break Down ( Sports Outlaws ) 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I am highly in favor of a playoff system. Think of it: "DECEMBER MADNESS!" I do disagree with your methodology. I think it should be structured like the NCAA basketball tournament. There are 11 conferences, so the conference champion in each would get a bid. This would leave five "at-large" teams. Sure some good schools from bigger conferences won't get in, but it will give more parity to the college football scene. I do like your idea of having bowl games for the winning teams that didn't make it. It still gives rewards for a winning season, and will be comparable to the NIT in basketball.
2007-07-14 03:11:50 · answer #1 · answered by jdrichards1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't happen. What puts college football apart from other sports is every single game means something. You lose week 1? Theres a good chance that could screw you the rest of the year. Every single game in college football is a big game, this rewards teams for being consistant all year and not just getting hot at the end of the year going into a playoff. I love bowl games maybe they dont always have the right teams playing in the bowl games. Maybe something like if there is a clear dispute over who is national champions like LSU USC from a couple years ago where USC was AP champs and LSU was BSC champs. Maybe have ANOTHER game at the end of the bowl games to decide.
2007-07-14 05:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lou P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why on earth should the 8th best team be playing for the title? I like the system the way it is, with teams having to play well the entire year, instead of saving up for the playoffs. Why do you want to kill games like Alabama/Auburn and Ohio State Michigan? They will rest their starters for the playoffs. If they insitute a playoff, college football will be dead in 10 years. Everyone will just watch the pros, because all that makes college football will be gone. The century old rivalries, the debate on who is champion, and the fact that the top teams have to play hard from game one till the end. So if you hate college football, then keep pushing for a playoff, morons.
2007-07-14 06:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by blibityblabity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should be a playoff system where the top 32 teams get in they would use the top two colleges from every division including independent ,that would leave 8 teams left that could try to make it to the playoffs this way no one wouyld complain about a college having an easy schedual and making it to the championship even though this prolly wont ever happen it is still a god idea
2007-07-14 06:18:37 · answer #4 · answered by Adam H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My idea is to use 2 of the BCS bowls as Semi-final games then another as the championship game.A four team playoff is the best answerin my opinion with keeping the season the same length.
2007-07-14 04:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by BEJEWELED 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They won't change what they have. Unlike college basketball, they get people to buy tickets to regular season games. They're not going to shoot themselves in the foot, money wise. While a playoff would be better for the game as a game, there's too much money in College Football, and money rules.
2007-07-14 02:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who determines the best 16 teams, u have to understand there are more d-1 teams than the lower divisions. so basically in the other division its ususally the conference champions who play in the playoffs. in d-1 you would exclude a lot of worthy teams from the playoffs, the science of figuring out the best 16 teams is a lot harder than determing the best 2 teams.
2007-07-14 04:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by originalitybygeorge 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Playoffs are held at every level but Division I-A.
For a playoff to really work, it needs to be 16 teams, not 8.
And there are actually fewer teams at the I-A level than there are at the lower levels.
2007-07-14 03:11:27 · answer #8 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds good to me
2007-07-14 02:02:43 · answer #9 · answered by bigbeast 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋