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5+1 > 8

Now that the season is all but over ...

With an 8 team playoff, who would you have wanted to see as seeds 7 & 8?

Georgia Tech? Arizona? Missouri? Ole Miss? Mississippi State?

Five conference champion automatic bids plus 1 at large is perfect solution.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
    topdawgnc said:

    Now that the season is all but over ...

    With an 8 team playoff, who would you have wanted to see as seeds 7 & 8?

    Georgia Tech? Arizona? Missouri? Ole Miss? Mississippi State?

    Five conference champion automatic bids plus 1 at large is perfect solution.

    It's a perfect solution... for this season.

    It's going to vary every year. Sometimes there'll be 3 teams, 4 teams, 7 teams or 8 teams. This is the first year we've had this system and the ideal number is 6. Let's see what the next few years have to say before making any conclusions.
  • Thump
    Thump Member Posts: 793
    No to Zona & Mizzu

    Yes to GT & Mich State

    Why not 3 at large bids? I just think 8 > 6
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,394 Standard Supporter
    I don't like 6 because two teams get a bye then. It would be more politics over the two teams that got the bye this year.

    I like 16 and no bowls, or the bowls are the NIT. 8 is better than 4. I don't like 6.
  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    edited January 2015
    The perfect solution is four super conferences with championship games... then bowl tie ins.

    B1G & Pac-16 to the Rose @ 3:30 Eastern, SEC vs. ACC/Big-12 Hybrid in the Sugar at 8:00 Eastern.

    Orange bowl gets the second place team from Big-12/ACC hybrid and B1G @ 12:00 EST. Fiesta gets second place team from SEC and Pac-16 @ 11:00 Eastern.

    Easy.
  • topdawgnc
    topdawgnc Member Posts: 7,839

    I don't like 6 because two teams get a bye then. It would be more politics over the two teams that got the bye this year.

    I like 16 and no bowls, or the bowls are the NIT. 8 is better than 4. I don't like 6.

    Why do you hate conference championships?
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,394 Standard Supporter

    The perfect solution is four super conferences with championship games... then bowl tie ins.

    B1G & Pac-16 to the Rose @ 3:30 Eastern, SEC vs. ACC/Big-12 Hybrid in the Sugar at 8:00 Eastern.

    Orange bowl gets the second place team from Big-12/ACC hybrid and B1G @ 12:00 EST. Fiesta gets second place team from SEC and Pac-16 @ 11:00 Eastern.

    Easy.

    Merge the Big 10 and Big 12. You can't keep the history of the Rose Bowl just because you like it.
  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754

    The perfect solution is four super conferences with championship games... then bowl tie ins.

    B1G & Pac-16 to the Rose @ 3:30 Eastern, SEC vs. ACC/Big-12 Hybrid in the Sugar at 8:00 Eastern.

    Orange bowl gets the second place team from Big-12/ACC hybrid and B1G @ 12:00 EST. Fiesta gets second place team from SEC and Pac-16 @ 11:00 Eastern.

    Easy.

    Merge the Big 10 and Big 12. You can't keep the history of the Rose Bowl just because you like it.
    I can't?!?
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,566

    The perfect solution is four super conferences with championship games... then bowl tie ins.

    B1G & Pac-16 to the Rose @ 3:30 Eastern, SEC vs. ACC/Big-12 Hybrid in the Sugar at 8:00 Eastern.

    Orange bowl gets the second place team from Big-12/ACC hybrid and B1G @ 12:00 EST. Fiesta gets second place team from SEC and Pac-16 @ 11:00 Eastern.

    Easy.

    Merge the Big 10 and Big 12. You can't keep the history of the Rose Bowl just because you like it.
    What about my doctor?
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Title of this post really thru me off. I thought it was shorthand for "5 of those games we played felt like victories combined with the signature win against Southwestern Tennessee Tech State, this felt like an 8 win season."
  • EwaDawg
    EwaDawg Member Posts: 4,379

    I don't like 6 because two teams get a bye then. It would be more politics over the two teams that got the bye this year.

    I like 16 and no bowls, or the bowls are the NIT. 8 is better than 4. I don't like 6.

    Six is MUCH WORSE than FOUR. Never heard an acceptable way to do six. It just isn't fair. Eight might be the best as it allows for one mulligan if you want loosers to have a chance. Sixteen is too much. It takes a month (4 week ends) just to finish the playoff.

    Four works . Just nut the hell up and win.

    Maybe in a few years (like 10 or so) Eight will be enough.