College Football...We need a Playoff!

[Prof]

Forgive me...my alma mater, deserves some respect!

The Horned Frogs, meanwhile, feature a defense made of a bunch of former high school running backs and guys who didn’t get offered scholarships to Texas. They’re nasty. TCU held the C.J. Spiller-led Clemson Tigers to just 10 points, BYU to just 7, and an SMU offense averaging close to 30 points per game to just 14. The Horned Frogs won all three of those contests. Naturally, the defense led the way.

— Peter Schrager,

FoxSports.com

Beating Clemson in Death Valley isn’t the be-all-end-all, but it stacks up with anything the Gators have done, and it might outflank anything Alabama has done, considering its biggest win is over Virginia Tech. So it’s now time to change our thinking. TCU, you deserve to play for the national championship if the opening is there. And you might deserve it even if the opening isn’t.

— Pete Fiutak, FoxSports.com

TCU is performing a public service to America by once again exposing the Bowl Championship Series as the fraud it’s always been. No, this isn’t an attempt to lobby for change or propose a specific kind of plan (been there, done that, for more times than we can count). This is merely a thank you to the Horned Frogs for giving football fans the small but real satisfaction of knowing that injustice lingers, even if the sport’s power brokers rake in bowls of cash and unconvincingly assure us that all is well.

— Matt Zemek, FoxSports.com

Take away those cool, new uniforms, and you’d never know you’re not watching an SEC defense. Throw in an offense with its own share of playmakers, and you’ve got a complete football team. ... Could they beat one of the Big Three [Florida, Alabama and Texas]? Absolutely."
Stewart Mandel,
cnnsi.com

 

[Scrambler1]

I agree that a playoff would be MUCH better and have for quite some time. (Holy shit did I just agree with you?) But I doubt we'll ever see it. I'd much rather see fewer nothing bowl games that no one gives a shit about and a real playoff. Too much money and politics tied up in those bowls to do away with them.

 

[Prof]

We agree totally...with the need for a playoff, and the fact that it will not happen in the near future.

That's one in a row for us!

 

[OCBob]

Playoff or not there would still be problems. How many teams would make the playoffs, and how would it be decided which teams they were? I think we would end up with basically the same issues we have today of smaller schools being overlooked.

Now with that said, I would still like to see it. I think at the very least it would be more entertaining.

 

[Prof]

I think it would be the top eight ranked teams...three additional games...maybe reduce the regular season by one game.

It would all be over in mid December with the championship game on New Years Day. Still have other bowl games...but maybe they would be the regional match ups that would attract a lot of regional attention, hence attendance and television interest. One would be a consolation game for #3/4...another would be a consolation game for #5/6.

Lots of issues here, but the big one is as Joe said...dollars.

 

[Black1]

Michigan/Ohio State game is this weekend.... :rock:

 

[eddie102870]

Michigan/Ohio State game is this weekend.... :rock:

and?

 

[Black1]

and?

Sorry... added to my post, above. Refer to the chick's asses, please.

 

[Prof]

I can always count on Jake to add a little spice to a rather dull thread!

Thanks!

 

[Black1]

I can always count on Jake to add a little spice to a rather dull thread!

Thanks!

I know your propensity for Co-Eds needs to be filled every now and then... your welcome.

 

[Prof]

You know me soooo well.

 

[raceram9]

Michigan/Ohio State game is this weekend.... :rock:

Ohhhhhhh we don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan the whole state of Michigan the whole state of Michigan we dont give a damn for the whole state of Michigan we're from Ohio
We're form Ohio O-H
We're form Ohio I-O
Oh we don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan we're from Ohio
GO BUCKS

 

[raceram9]

why not take the champions from each of the conferences and put them in a play off?:dontknow: My opinion is if you don't win your conference why should you play for the national championship.

 

[Prof]

why not take the champions from each of the conferences and put them in a play off?:dontknow: My opinion is if you don't win your conference why should you play for the national championship.

I understand your view...but what if one conference has two or three of the top teams in the nation...in some conferences, not all schools get to play each other every year...so the possibility of not having several of the very best teams left out looms...

 

[includemeout]

You all know Football Sucks:argh: :argh: :argh:

 

[Prof]

Only because we don't have a playoff Jerry! Help us fix that, and you and Denise will be devoted fans...maybe.

 

[includemeout]

Only because we don't have a playoff Jerry! Help us fix that, and you and Denise will be devoted fans...maybe.

Ok we will have football banned Actually I played defensive linebacker and I really got to hate all the falderall much less the so called game.:argh: :argh: :argh:

 

[raceram9]

I understand your view...but what if one conference has two or three of the top teams in the nation...in some conferences, not all schools get to play each other every year...so the possibility of not having several of the very best teams left out looms...

do what the SEC or somthing close to. have a east and a west division winners play each other for the conference championship, and the winner goes to the play offs get rid off the top 25 due to having the play offs. i believe if you don't win your conference you should not be in the play offs have the bowl game be for the runner ups to play

 

[OCBob]

do what the SEC or somthing close to. have a east and a west division winners play each other for the conference championship, and the winner goes to the play offs get rid off the top 25 due to having the play offs. i believe if you don't win your conference you should not be in the play offs have the bowl game be for the runner ups to play

I think you would still need some at large bids, like they do with the NCAA basketball tourney. Hell, they even do it with wild cards in the pros.

 

[Prof]

Ok we will have football banned Actually I played defensive linebacker and I really got to hate all the falderall much less the so called game.:argh: :argh: :argh:

I always thought that all linebackers were pretty offensive in several ways!