Porter's Top 16 - Week 15

[Porter]

This is how it should go. We have 34 bowl games right.

Top 16 teams take up the best 15 bowls.

Leave the other 19 for filler if they want to matter. I mean who wants to see the Papajohns.com bowl. This isn't Nascar. This is ****ing football.

#1 (SEC Champ) Florida vs #16 (Big 12 South #4) Oklahoma State
#8 (Big 10 Champ) Penn St vs #9 (WAC Champ) Boise St.

#4 (Pac 10 Champ) USC vs #13 (Mountain West #3) BYU
#5 (SEC Runner Up) Alabama vs #12 (Big East Champ) Cincinnati

#2 (Big 12 South #2*) Texas vs #15 (Pac 10 #2) Oregon
#7 (Mountain West Champ) Utah vs #10 (Big 10 #2) Ohio State

#3 (Big 12 Champ*) Oklahoma vs #14 (Big 10 #3) Michigan St
#6 (Big 12 South #3*) Texas Tech vs #10 (Mountain West #2) TCU

[browntown653]

I want an 8 teamer, we don't need 16...it's rare you'll even have 8 teams that could make a legitimate case...16 is unncessary. At least at 8 you include an undefeated team and a power conference one loss team as your 7 and 8...nobody wants Oklahoma State or BYU in the discussion.

[browntown653]

1) Florida vs 8) Utah - The Urban Meyer Bowl
2) Oklahoma vs 7) Penn State - JoePa tries to stop the nation's best offense
3) Texas vs 6) Texas Tech - THE REMATCH
4) Alabama vs 5) USC - Saban vs Carroll, 2 of college football's most storied programs

Who wouldn't watch those games??? I'm salivating at the thought of it.

[cjkalt]

I want a 16 team playoff but the difference is every conference champ gets a spot, you know so winning a conference championship...gasp, means something

[Porter]

I want an 8 teamer, we don't need 16...it's rare you'll even have 8 teams that could make a legitimate case...16 is unncessary. At least at 8 you include an undefeated team and a power conference one loss team as your 7 and 8...nobody wants Oklahoma State or BYU in the discussion.

You cant tell me that you wouldn't want to see TCU vs Texas Tech?

All the other subdivision have 16 teams. Make it uniform.

[Porter]

If CJ got his way.

Champions
SEC- Florida
Big 12 - Oklahoma* (Until they beat Texas they get the asterisk)
Big 10 - Penn St
Pac 10 - USC
ACC- Virginia Tech (Yuck)
Big East - Cincinnati
MAC - Buffalo (LOL)
Mountain West - Utah
CUSA- East Carolina
WAC - Boise St
Sun Belt - Troy


#1 Florida vs #16 Troy
#2 Texas vs #15 Buffalo
#3 Oklahoma vs #14 East Carolina
#4 USC vs #13 Virginia Tech
#5 Alabama vs #12 Cincinnati
#6 Texas Tech vs #11 Boise St
#7 Utah vs #10 TCU
#8 Penn St vs #9 Ohio St

[browntown653]

Ummmm...East Carolina did beat Tulsa for the C-USA championship

[Porter]

Ummmm...East Carolina did beat Tulsa for the C-USA championship

Fixed. But really doesnt change much. I like my Top 16 better.

[cjkalt]

If we adopted my system (16 team playoff, every conference champ gets in, no more than 3 per conference here is the matchups), BCS used as guideline for committee, just like the RPI is used.

#16 Buffalo (MAC Champ) @ #1 Oklahoma (Big XII Champ)
#15 East Carolina (C-USA Champ) @ #2 Florida (SEC Champ)
#14 Troy (Sun Belt) @ #3 Texas (Big XII-At large #1)
#13 Virginia Tech (ACC) @ #4 USC (Pac-10 champ)
#12 TCU (Mountain West-At Large #1) @ #5 Alabama (SEC- At Large #1)
#11 Ohio State (Big X- at Large #1) @ #6 Utah (Mountain West Champ)
#10 Cincinnati (Big East Champ) @ #7 Texas Tech (Big XII-At Large #2)
#9 Penn State (Big X-Champ) @ #8 Boise State (WAC Champ)

2nd Round games played on campus at lower seed (NO Reseeding)

Final 4 played at 2 neutral sites (1 for semis, 1 for finals)

Advantages to system:
- Conference Titles carry meaning
- Every conference has a chance at a title
- Higher seed means home-field and weaker round 1 opposition
- No complaining about not getting in (Teams left out lost multiple games)

Disadvantages:
-Playoffs favor hot teams
-Playoffs slightly flukier than 12 game season

I think this would be the way for them to go, better seeds get home field and easier opps while every conference has a chance to win a title, isn't that the point of sports. What would happen if the NL West didn't get a chance to play for a World Series? If the AFC West didn't get to send its champ to the playoffs? Everyone would be up in arms about it. NCAA football IS A PRO SPORT. As such it should be treated as such, and give every team that wins a title a chance at the national title.

[browntown653]

BUFFALO TO THE 'SHIP

Turner Gill FTW