Hey Guys,
I've been a non-member reader of the forums for a while and finally decided to join up. I really enjoy the insightfulness and civility of most posters here and hope I can add to the discussions.
I'm a die hard Alabama fan, but I attend graduate school at Auburn. That's the reason for my username. It's tough sometimes having to put up with all of the "All In, Auburn Family" nonsense, but I didn't want to base my school decision on football.
Anyways, after this weekend and seeing the Shaun Dion Hamilton injury I was thinking about how it doesn't seem right that a team like Ohio State gets to sit at home and rest during championship weekend. I think that Ohio State is one of the four best teams, but they didn't do anything to deserve an unfair advantage over the other three playoff teams.
My solution is to have two games on championship weekend played between the four highest ranked non-championship game participants. This year it could have been Ohio State vs. Florida State and Michigan vs. USC. The games could be played at neutral sites that are determined at the beginning of the season. If Ohio State beat Florida State on championship weekend I don't think there's an argument anyone could make for Ohio State not being a top four team, and it would probably push them up to the two seed. The Michigan vs. USC game would not have been as impactful, but if both Washington and Clemson would have lost I think it legitimizes the argument for Michigan to be the third team in from the Big Ten.
There would obviously be many issues such as where to play the game, travel arrangements, and how do you pair the teams for the two games, but if all of that could be worked out I believe it would give us a more definitive top four. There is also an argument to be made for diminishing the value of the non-playoff bowl games, but I think they've already diminished the value of those games. I had no issue with the BSC system, but if we're going to have a playoff I think this could help. I know they'd never do it though.
I've been a non-member reader of the forums for a while and finally decided to join up. I really enjoy the insightfulness and civility of most posters here and hope I can add to the discussions.
I'm a die hard Alabama fan, but I attend graduate school at Auburn. That's the reason for my username. It's tough sometimes having to put up with all of the "All In, Auburn Family" nonsense, but I didn't want to base my school decision on football.
Anyways, after this weekend and seeing the Shaun Dion Hamilton injury I was thinking about how it doesn't seem right that a team like Ohio State gets to sit at home and rest during championship weekend. I think that Ohio State is one of the four best teams, but they didn't do anything to deserve an unfair advantage over the other three playoff teams.
My solution is to have two games on championship weekend played between the four highest ranked non-championship game participants. This year it could have been Ohio State vs. Florida State and Michigan vs. USC. The games could be played at neutral sites that are determined at the beginning of the season. If Ohio State beat Florida State on championship weekend I don't think there's an argument anyone could make for Ohio State not being a top four team, and it would probably push them up to the two seed. The Michigan vs. USC game would not have been as impactful, but if both Washington and Clemson would have lost I think it legitimizes the argument for Michigan to be the third team in from the Big Ten.
There would obviously be many issues such as where to play the game, travel arrangements, and how do you pair the teams for the two games, but if all of that could be worked out I believe it would give us a more definitive top four. There is also an argument to be made for diminishing the value of the non-playoff bowl games, but I think they've already diminished the value of those games. I had no issue with the BSC system, but if we're going to have a playoff I think this could help. I know they'd never do it though.