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Yeah,Division 1 college football has always had a hard time getting on the same page about anything. It took the BCS to finally crown an outright national champion,and that was in the late 90s.

Yet,it's still like pulling teeth to have a good playoff system.

A lot of money,tradition and pride that has held that back for so long.

I do agree and like the FCS version of playoffs much better.
 
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Pennheel said:
Yeah,Division 1 college football has always had a hard time getting on the same page about anything. It took the BCS to finally crown an outright national champion,and that was in the late 90s.

Yet,it's still like pulling teeth to have a good playoff system.

A lot of money,tradition and pride that has held that back for so long.

I do agree and like the FCS version of playoffs much better.
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I agree, but I will say I'm at least glad I lived long enough for them to start trying at least. I would like them to go to 16 teams and have everyone play first round games and host. I also would like them to make the G5 champions play a play game if possible.

I get some are up in arms about them not belonging and all but this is still preferrable to bowl games that nobody will care about.

The problem with the FCS and lower playoffs is the higher seeds host all the way up to the championship. They didn't have to worry about appeasing a bowl system because they never had one. That's been a major problem with trying to get a playoff going, they set the precedent with a imo pretty terrible bowl system and then you couldn't just pivot to a playoff. The bowls were great for exhibitions, they were horrible for determining a champion.
 
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knox73 said:
Good suggestion on play-in games for teams like James Madison and competition shy schedulers like Notre Dame.
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I am opposed to anything that gives ND another way to get into playoff other than by earning it playing a schedule of contenders or winning a conference title. Not being in a conference is by their choice ergo the consequence of their hubris is all on them.
 
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Flamparadiddle said:
FCS/1AA is way more organized. They've been doing a playoff smoothly since the 70s.
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Most games are played at campus locations. Locations are considered with aligning the teams because these teams generally do not have large travel budgets that allow them to travel long distances easily.

Put differently - they do things to limit the expense as there is a very limited amount of revenue generated by the FCS division.

Conference championships, playoff games, bowl games - bring in a lot of money that the teams that participate in Division I depend upon to keep their AD treading water. Division I is NOT going to give up the revenue and reduce the number of games. They just won't regardless of how much folks complain about less than desirable matchups in the CFP.

Enjoy the amount of football that is to be watched in December and January! If a game is boring, turn the channel and watch something else!
 
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volfan102455 said:
Enjoy the amount of football that is to be watched in December and January! If a game is boring, turn the channel and watch something else!
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This. I honestly don't understand the amount of complaining just becaues it's a playoff game. Who cares? Realistically each season there are 4-6 teams, if that many, that are probably legit NC level teams. Some years will have more, some less. I don't see why everyone's panties are in a bunch because there are a few blowouts, how is that worse than bowl games nobody cares about and much less people would watch.

This pearl clutching over the playoff games is quite humorous. They will keep tweaking the system.
 
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Flamparadiddle said:
FCS/1AA is way more organized. They've been doing a playoff smoothly since the 70s.
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All the schools in it are basically similar in size and funding. D1 consists of 3 or 4 different levels, how can you make a competitive tournament and include all? High school sports solved this decades ago.
 
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Lekvolrrah said:
Play every bowl at the beginning of the season based on each teams final standing the previous season.
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WOW!

That is thinking outside the box there.

So, if Tennessee waits until September to whip Illinois, does qb Joey A still get a goodie bag of Music City Bowl gifts?
 
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Jax_Vol said:
WOW!

That is thinking outside the box there.

So, if Tennessee waits until September to whip Illinois, does qb Joey A still get a goodie bag of Music City Bowl gifts?
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😄 I'm sure he'd be fine with another financial incentive for whatever bowl is clinched the previous season. He could get it after the final game.
 
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MarkHodge said:
EKU grad here, no doubt the FCS playoff format is so much better. The top 16 teams get in, no politics or under the table BS.
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They even made North Dakota come to Cookeville to eliminate Tennessee Tech.

Seems to be a fair system.

Problem with the big games...not about "fair"...more about money.

No clue what letting James Madison into field was even about....think the committee got drunk and giggled with that selection.
 
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This year’s template includes the top ranked G5 champion. When Duke won the ACCCG, the committee was in a pickle. Do they include a 5-loss ACC champion or a higher ranked G5 champion? Yeah, there should have been other considerations, but, we got two mismatches with obvious outcomes and two other play-in games in which the visiting teams won.
 
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