ACC Commissioner John Swofford Already Calling for 8 Team Playoff
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Not really understanding why The ACC commissioner is calling for an 8 team playoff, s'not like they are going to get anyone else in. I could understand if the Big 12 was lobbying more so than the ACC..
That being said, why stop at 8, why not have 16? Oh 16 is leaving out to many teams lets just have a 32 team playoff. Oh but then we are forgetting about the other guys being left out, let's just go ahead and give everyone a fight in' chance and a 64 team playoff system it is.
There's always going to be someone wanting more. The BCS was just fine the way it was. This is turning into a freaking circus awfully quick.
That being said, why stop at 8, why not have 16? Oh 16 is leaving out to many teams lets just have a 32 team playoff. Oh but then we are forgetting about the other guys being left out, let's just go ahead and give everyone a fight in' chance and a 64 team playoff system it is.
There's always going to be someone wanting more. The BCS was just fine the way it was. This is turning into a freaking circus awfully quick.
This is what the money grabbers wanted all along. When it goes to 8 teams they will say whoever's 9th or 10th is not going to be happy. When will it end?
LOL, if I recall correctly, he along with Delaney were two of the last ones to come on board for a 4 team playoff. And also, Swofford was one of the ones that made the statement that we'd never expand beyond 4.
Look. These guys are truly just as stupid as they look if they honestly thought this would make everyone happy. Yeah, whoever is 5th or 6th is going to feel left out and believe they got screwed over. So expand to 8 teams. Now whoever ends up 9th or 10th won't be happy.
Look. These guys are truly just as stupid as they look if they honestly thought this would make everyone happy. Yeah, whoever is 5th or 6th is going to feel left out and believe they got screwed over. So expand to 8 teams. Now whoever ends up 9th or 10th won't be happy.
Kanell and others talk about FSU playing ND, The Citadel and a 5-5 Okie St OOC being better than the SEC teams OOC schedule.
The difference is Wake Forest, Syracuse, NCSt, Virg, BC verses MsSt, OM, Aub, Ark, aTm and LSU.
FSU should be penalized for their conference schedule.
Same thing for the big12.
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8 game regular season, 64 team playoff. Champion COULD go 14-0 but what about the teams that lose in the first round? They alright with only making money on 9 games?
Ironically, if you go to 8 teams you will only have more controversy over who does and doesn't get in. Think about it, with two teams, the debate largely centered around a third team and occasionally a fourth team, but most of the controversy was around a third. Now, with four teams, we are seeing the debate move out to several more teams, as every one loss team team from a power 5 conference is in the discussion. If you go to 8 teams? Well, every two loss team will be...
There will always be controversy, but an 8 team playoff would certainly require the inclusion of all of the power 5 conference winners, so the whining would be really just that - whining.
Notice how two 1-loss teams are ahead of the undefeated defending national champion? Right now, only an undefeated ACC team has a chance at getting into the playoff. If they expand to 8, then every power 5 conference gets at least one team in.
It will never end. I sure wish I could be one of those "money grabbers" though. They will make quite a bit from this playoff.
I don't see the conferences giving them up - especially if they know that it will not cost them an entrant into the playoffs. Too much $$$.
Yeah, but they're still not getting two teams in even in a good year for the ACC. Whatever a "good year" means in the ACC. He must be worried about getting one team in in a typical year.
I gotta disagree with you on that.
And where does it end? The bowl system then gets messy. I think we are a good ten years away from that happening. I do believe ultimately that each system they devise has its own life cycle but I do not see them abandoning the present system any time real soon. Money talks though so I do believe it will happen. You always hear people say....we can generally agree on who the top "x" number of teams. But frankly with eight there would be so much wrangling over the last two or three in that I do not see any number pleasing everyone. CNS said last year that "we" can generally agree on the top four but frankly I do not see much difference between TCU, Baylor and OSU or even Miss. St. for the fourth spot. But we will ultimately grow the number. I believe that was inevitable as soon as they went to the top four. It will just be an evolutionary process.
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