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[ronfitch]

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how the **** are 4 teams a playoff. It's the +1 people suggested it is NOT A PLAYOFF. Give me more teams then we can call it a playoff

Not a PLAYoff but rather a PAYoff. Always follow the money.

[jnutt]

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It's not a +1, it's a playoff.

they added one more game. The winner of each game face off in another game. that's +1. HOw can you have a playoff with only four teams?

[DomeIsHome]

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what's the difference between a "plus one" and a "playoff"?

A plus one would still involve the 4 BCS games being decided by the computers/polls, and then the winner of whichever two bowls would be designated the semifinals would play each other.

A playoff gets rid of the BCS bowl selections, and gets you the system that they have in place now.

[TH1974]

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HOw can you have a playoff with only four teams?

Wut? Duh.....

[TH1974]

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It is just a "plus 1" and it is only 1.5 times better than the "old" way IMO. Needs to be at least an 8 team playoff someday, but money will dictate if / when that ever happens.

It's not at all a "plus 1". It's a four-team playoff. It's also plenty of teams. No need to go to eight.

[Kyle]

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It will almost certainly go to eight and maybe even to 16.

After the terrible NC ratings last year, it's no surprise they finally made the change nearly every football fan in America wants. Now all they have to do is increase the field and get rid of the famous idaho potato bowls. If they do all that, the FBS postseason might gain some respect and not be the butt of nearly every sports related joke throughout December and January.

[clenz]

I see this as one step closer to another split in the cfb ranks.

Even with ab expansion to 16 the little guys aren't getting in and bowl money will dry up.

I see a"bcs" division a new division between fbc and fcs with the Mac sbc, cuss, and possibly the top 3 or 4 fcs leagues, then the left over fcs schools with new d2 schools

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[JayJ79]

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Why is the bowl money going to dry up? There has pretty much always been just a handful of MAJOR bowls, which got incorporated into the "BCS", and now some/all of those major/bcs bowls will be incorporated into the "playoffs". I don't really see how that changes anything with regards to the non-major bowls.

[ronfitch]

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It will almost certainly go to eight and maybe even to 16.

After the terrible NC ratings last year, it's no surprise they finally made the change nearly every football fan in America wants. Now all they have to do is increase the field and get rid of the famous idaho potato bowls. If they do all that, the FBS postseason might gain some respect and not be the butt of nearly every sports related joke throughout December and January.

Yup. Once they hit eight teams, you've pretty much eliminated doubt that any legitimate team is out of the race and should they take it to sixteen, that eliminates any lingering doubt still out there. The initial setup is a stepping stone, IMO. Even the NCAA isn't that incompetent ... well, actually, they are ... but still, I think someone who get them to get this right.

[clenz]

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Why is the bowl money going to dry up? There has pretty much always been just a handful of MAJOR bowls, which got incorporated into the "BCS", and now some/all of those major/bcs bowls will be incorporated into the "playoffs". I don't really see how that changes anything with regards to the non-major bowls.

Say it expands to 8....The big boy conferences will still get their bowls and the money will still be there for those.

Playoffs now run during the same time as the small time bowls. TV time isn't there for them anymore. Sponsorships aren't what they once were.

It won't happen with a 4 team playoff, probably. However, the playoff was to appease no one other than the fans who were pissy that BSU and TCU were left out and every couple years there was a Utah or Hawaii that had a good year. The playoff doesn't help C-USA, MAC, SBC, heck the Big East may be a shell of what it is right now in a couple years as a football conference.

I could see those conferences (and possibly the bottom half of the MWC) breaking off as part of a new subdivision that runs a playoff as well along with the top 2-4 FCS conferences. Then those FCS schools that would end up in the SBC, WAC, MAC, etc... can still "move up" as it would be either a 74 of 85 scholarship division.


The rest of the FCS stays D1 FCS and possibly brings up D2's that wanted in.