How to have a 16 team playoff that works...

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Since it's defacto the off-season might as well discuss.

So right now arguably the best 10 teams play in a conference championship game at the end of the season. That same weekend have the remaining six highest ranked teams play three "play-in" games. That would be sweet-16 weekend if you will. The following weekend have the four elite 8 games then continue playoffs as normal.

Advantage is you've only added one week to the season and have given 16 teams a shot.
The winners of the "play-in" games which are played at the highest ranked teams home stadium would of course draw the lowest seeding.

The Elite 8 games would be played at the highest seeds home stadium assuring full attendance.

This method is infallible.

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P.s. I hate playoffs in any form.

 

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ThreatMatrix said:

Since it's defacto the off-season might as well discuss.

So right now arguably the best 10 teams play in a conference championship game at the end of the season. That same weekend have the remaining six highest ranked teams play three "play-in" games. That would be sweet-16 weekend if you will. The following weekend have the four elite 8 games then continue playoffs as normal.

Advantage is you've only added one week to the season and have given 16 teams a shot.
The winners of the "play-in" games which are played at the highest ranked teams home stadium would of course draw the lowest seeding.

The Elite 8 games would be played at the highest seeds home stadium assuring full attendance.

This method is infallible.

Discuss

P.s. I hate playoffs in any form.

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too many teams

 

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Remind me to revisit this thread when we make it back into the top 16.

 

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#BringBackTheBCS

 

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I prefer the system where even a 1 loss SEC champ was pretty much guaranteed a spot in the NC game

 

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Conference champs get auto bid. From there fill out with wild cards. First round home games for higher seed. Rest of tournament is at bowl locations eliminating half of the crap that gets bids.

Could also do the same format as FCS with 24 teams.

 

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Way too many teams...8 teams max but would be just fine if they keep it to 4

 

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This is a 16 team plan. An infallible 16-team plan that lovers of 16-team plans unanimously agree with.

 

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GMDGator said:

too many teams

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Way too many teams. Champions and a wildcard nonP5 or independents only.

Dont want to destroy the season the way basketball has.

 

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The problem is a great team loses the conference championship game by a couple of points and is out of the playoff. Some team who never saw a top 25 team beats another team who never played a rank team and they get into the elite 8.

 

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That isnt a problem at all.

The regular season counts. Every week matters. Every loss hurts. Want to win a national championship? Then win your conference.

 

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The problem is a great team loses the conference championship game by a couple of points and is out of the playoff. Some team who never saw a top 25 team beats another team who never played a rank team and they get into the elite 8.

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Makes the conference game just that much more important doesn't it?

 

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It's a 16 team tourney just like any other tourney - if you lose you're out.

 

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ThreatMatrix said:

It's a 16 team tourney just like any other tourney - if you lose you're out.

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Yes, but most tournaments are set up so the top-ranked teams play the bottom-ranked teams in the first round. If we followed the plan now the #1 team plays the #2 team in the first round.

 

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Yes, but most tournaments are set up so the top-ranked teams play the bottom-ranked teams in the first round. If we followed the plan now the #1 team plays the #2 team in the first round.

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Life's not perfect Doc. But this plan is.

 

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Donkey throwing out dislikes in a fantasy thread.

 

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I’ve been wanting to start a thread on this topic too, but with something completely unorthodox.

Since we would assume most want to see the playoffs expand to eight (or more) teams, I think the SEC should eliminate the SEC championship game.

Here’s why: as mentioned above, the team that loses the SECCG may find themselves out of it, or incorporating that game into the playoffs forces the first round game against potential #1 vs #2. And if the playoffs expand it can minimize or complicate these conference championship games.

Here’s how: make the regular season where everyone plays everyone. Sure you can have a school win the conference by the 6th or 7th game, but you will find a true conference champion with another school still in it as the 2nd best.

To come to this end, the SEC would have to go down to 10 schools. Each school plays 9 conference games with three out of conference. That would mean dropping 4 schools. I would give up TAMU, Missouri, and Arkansas back to the Big 12 or recreate the old Southwest Conference, and then drop Vandy. Sorry but their facilities and 30 thousand fans is not SEC caliber.

Anyway just a thought. Standing by for your comments.

 

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Donkey throwing out dislikes in a fantasy thread.

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If I were NK, Id be lobbing missiles.

 

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I'm with Nav. Notify me when our coach and team have enough relevancy to warrant thinking we would be contenders.

 

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The last two Eastern division champs disagree that they are top ten in anything. There's no way the Gators of '15 & '16 would deserve to be in a playoff. None.

 

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