"The whole POINT of expanding was to make sure no one deserving got left out."
Unfortunately, I think that's what people who idealistically supported expansion saw as the point. The *real* point from the perspective of the people in charge was to make sure more Big Ten and SEC teams could get in. The "five conference champions" thing basically guarantees nine slots between the P2 conferences.
only issue there was when there was an undefeated team left out.
12 team playoff means (meant? should have meant?) if you go undefeated in D1, you're in.
but yes, it's going to end up with a B1G bracket on the left side and an SEC bracket on the right side with 4 play-in games with teams from outside those two conferences.
I stand by my half-serious, but no-that's-actually-a-good-idea proposal from seven years ago: announce the playoff format when you announce the teams. Sometimes it's a 2-team playoff, sometimes it's a 6-team playoff. Determine who's worthy, then build a bracket to support it.
This would cause such chaos, but it's absolutely the right way to do it. Some years you have two undefeateds and some meh, some years youve got 7 1-loss teams all neck and neck.
I'm already pissed about how convoluted the 12 team playoff rules are.
Just take the top 12 teams!
Let the rankings sort them out!
It's fine! The whole POINT of expanding was to make sure no one deserving got left out.
And now they want to secure conference champion slots and byes, a fifth conference gets in, but there may not even be five conferences in two years.
They're trying so hard to ruin something that doesn't need fiddling with!
"The whole POINT of expanding was to make sure no one deserving got left out."
Unfortunately, I think that's what people who idealistically supported expansion saw as the point. The *real* point from the perspective of the people in charge was to make sure more Big Ten and SEC teams could get in. The "five conference champions" thing basically guarantees nine slots between the P2 conferences.
(also, I liked the four-team playoff, yeah sometimes a fifth team was mad but that's why you shouldn't finish fifth)
only issue there was when there was an undefeated team left out.
12 team playoff means (meant? should have meant?) if you go undefeated in D1, you're in.
but yes, it's going to end up with a B1G bracket on the left side and an SEC bracket on the right side with 4 play-in games with teams from outside those two conferences.
I stand by my half-serious, but no-that's-actually-a-good-idea proposal from seven years ago: announce the playoff format when you announce the teams. Sometimes it's a 2-team playoff, sometimes it's a 6-team playoff. Determine who's worthy, then build a bracket to support it.
https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2017/12/4/16733710/galaxy-brain-playoff-proposals
This would cause such chaos, but it's absolutely the right way to do it. Some years you have two undefeateds and some meh, some years youve got 7 1-loss teams all neck and neck.
ok that's genius.
also, i'm just getting this out now so i can prepare myself for a 9-3 miami missing the playoffs.
Go Canes.