- Aug 14, 2018
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What's your best argument against expanding the CFP to eight teams?
I am interested to read it.
I ask this question in light of the ESD results yesterday, showing that talent is increasingly being concentrated in the 5-7 schools that are perceived as perennial favorites to make the 4-team playoff.
Now you can say, well if you expand it to eight teams you are still going to have a concentration of talent. It will just be concentrated in a few more schools, like 10-12 instead of 5-7.
Maybe, but in my opinion it will open things up a lot more. It'll be easier for coaches at other schools to convince recruits that they've got a shot, too. When the top tier expands, so does the pool of teams with the potential to break into it. I could see us starting seasons with as many as 16-20 teams vying for playoff spots.
Expanding the CFP to eight teams will make it easier for regional powers like USC, Texas and yes Florida to convince more elite HS players in their states to stay home instead of going to Clemson or Alabama. That then has a ripple effect; there are always at least one or two regional rivals for each school who are going to benefit by counter-recruiting against them.
That's my opinion but I would like to know if there are some good reasons I have not considered for keeping the CFP at four teams. Or on the other hand, arguments for eliminating the CFP altogether and just going back to the top two teams playing each other.
Thanks for taking my call, I'll hang up and listen.
I am interested to read it.
I ask this question in light of the ESD results yesterday, showing that talent is increasingly being concentrated in the 5-7 schools that are perceived as perennial favorites to make the 4-team playoff.
Now you can say, well if you expand it to eight teams you are still going to have a concentration of talent. It will just be concentrated in a few more schools, like 10-12 instead of 5-7.
Maybe, but in my opinion it will open things up a lot more. It'll be easier for coaches at other schools to convince recruits that they've got a shot, too. When the top tier expands, so does the pool of teams with the potential to break into it. I could see us starting seasons with as many as 16-20 teams vying for playoff spots.
Expanding the CFP to eight teams will make it easier for regional powers like USC, Texas and yes Florida to convince more elite HS players in their states to stay home instead of going to Clemson or Alabama. That then has a ripple effect; there are always at least one or two regional rivals for each school who are going to benefit by counter-recruiting against them.
That's my opinion but I would like to know if there are some good reasons I have not considered for keeping the CFP at four teams. Or on the other hand, arguments for eliminating the CFP altogether and just going back to the top two teams playing each other.
Thanks for taking my call, I'll hang up and listen.