An 8 team playoff for 2020...why not?

[Monster 219]

Every sport on the planet is restructuring and trying new things this year.  So why couldn't we have an 8 team college football playoff 'for 2020 only'.

Every team is playing 2-4 fewer games this year, so it won't add more games than a normal season.  

And this would solve the issue with the Pac12 only playing 6 games (Or 3-4 games if California postpones everything.) 

Each power 5 conference can send a rep, give 2 more to power 5 'eyetest' teams, and pick the best of the non power 5 teams.  

There's no excuse not to try it this year.  We can go back to an inferior model next year.  

[BurntOrange&White 39683]

Because the committee already said they’re not. 

[Monster 219]

27 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Because the committee already said they’re not. 

The big 10 said they wouldn't play football this year. 

But then they changed their minds. 

This is the year of 'reassessing decisions' and doing what makes the most sense.   

If you don't expand it, what do you do with a 4-0 Oregon team on playoff selection day?  What if Ohio State's biggest games get postponed and they're sitting at 6-0 with only the weakest teams on their schedule under their belt?   Do they get in over the second best SEC team?  

Each power 5 conference sending a rep fixes all that.  And you don't have to worry about finals weeks or class schedules since everyone's taking classes online anyway.  

 

 

Edited October 20, 2020 by Monster

[BurntOrange&White 39683]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30009826/proposal-expand-cfp-eight-teams-shelved

[MonkeyDoughnut 10149]

I'd rather scrap the 4 team and have better bowl matchups

[TriStone 1724]

I'd like to see it expanded to 8 teams so it would be easier to dump Herman when he still doesn't make the playoff.

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Can we make it 64 teams so we can make the playoffs?

 

[n64ra 1078]

18 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

Can we make it 64 teams so we can make the playoffs?

 

We'd still miss it.

[BrazilHorn 6576]

I vote to add relegation into the collegiate mix. Bottom two teams from each conference get dropped and up and comers from non-power 5 conferences get added.

Maybe Texas could win consistently in Div 2 or 3.