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College Football 2025

The playoffs don’t need expanding. I will die on this hill.

Because the argument has always been: there’s too much to consider! You will always leave out someone deserving. Well, yeah no shit. Guess what happens when you get closer to the median? It gets even more convoluted and even. It’s a very poor reason to expand.

Anyways, Miami and especially Alabama getting in over Notre Dame and BYU is a damn shame and it’s clear as day that this is a two-conference sport now.
 
My only argument is that if we are all in the same subdivision then the all the conference champs deserve playoff bids. Otherwise it is simply an glorified NIT invitational for big schools. (Yes, I know it is exactly that, and the B10/SEC will breakaway soon enough).
 
jericho said:
So are you suggesting that *checks notes* everyone gets a trophy???
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If the bids go only to the 12 best teams in the nation, then the ~50% of D1 schools that don't play in the Big 4 conferences would file an anti-trust suit before the reveal show was off the air, and we all know how well the NCAA does against law suits.

Pardon the inference, but this is simply Affirmative Action for those "less fortunate" D1 programs without a Daddy Warbucks in their booster club.

In a broader sense, having a (or 2) pity invites will eventually grow the sport; cf. the D3 discussions about having autobids for conferences that play club-level hockey.
 
MichVandal said:
The first few rounds would suck pretty badly.
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Totally random draw, first home then visitor. First game could be Ohio State hosts Indiana. Or it could be Centenary hosts Alabama.

All schools receive 1/512th of the TV deal at the beginning of the tournament. No direct monetary advantage for advancing (just the joy of the fans and of course the advantage for the players and coaches of performing well). No preference for factory schools. No input from ESPN. You don't like it? We'll go to PBS. Home team schedules time based on the convenience of the home crowd, not TV. Each stadium reserves 75% for home fans, 25% for road fans. No resale. Notre Dame plays at a school with a 300-seat stadium? You get 75 tickets. Tough shit.

Games are played beginning the first Saturday after Labor Day for 9 consecutive Saturdays. No fixed bracket -- all matchups redrawn after each round.

That first Saturday. 256 elimination games. Every program in the country an equal chance at the NCAA title.

Oh, and for round the nation central desk coverage, we bring back the Prudential College Scoreboard with the original sets.

making-of-prudential-college-football-scoreboard-show.webp
 
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Kepler said:
Totally random draw, first home then visitor. First game could be Ohio State hosts Indiana. Or it could be Centenary hosts Alabama.
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Sir, outside of the fever dream of the last two years, I do believe the quality of those two games would be roughly similar.
 
MichVandal said:
So, ah, then the 12 team playoff isn’t enough? Lol!!!

It was so funny that the expansion was sold as a way to make sure those who deserved to get in can. Hilarious that the actual conversation isn’t about the one team out of the 4, it’s the multiple teams screwed by the 12.
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I mean, that will always happen, but the larger the field is, the less those first left out have to really complain about. When there were 3 undefeated major conference champs and only 2 could get in, there could be a legitimate complaint if you were the one left out. If there are 12 or 16 and a 2-loss team is complaining, well, lose fewer games. Same with March Madness, as much as there is discussion for discussion's sake about the first four left out there each, who really cares that an 18-15 team did not get in.

(Not an endorsement for making it any larger, but just saying.)
 
French Rage said:
I mean, that will always happen, but the larger the field is, the less those first left out have to really complain about. When there were 3 undefeated major conference champs and only 2 could get in, there could be a legitimate complaint if you were the one left out. If there are 12 or 16 and a 2-loss team is complaining, well, lose fewer games. Same with March Madness, as much as there is discussion for discussion's sake about the first four left out there each, who really cares that an 18-15 team did not get in.

(Not an endorsement for making it any larger, but just saying.)
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It shifted from one team to multiple ones. Maybe the percent of angry teams is similar, but there are more butt hurt teams now vs if it was just IU, OSU, UGA, and TT. If it were just 4, it would be almost impossible to replace one of those 4. Now we have legit gripes from 2 teams that got jumped because of an early season game.
 
Just saw some news that the process changes for the next 6 years- ND gets in automatically if they finish in the top 12. They have special protected status. Oh goodie.
 
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