Fix the Bowls & Playoff and Stop Being Greedy

Meangreen Fight · January 4, 2020

I believe the answer to fixing the bowls and FBS playoff is so simple that only greed is stopping the powers that be from fixing it. The issue with the end of the season is that we really have no idea how conferences stack up versus one another because most team haven't played a non-conference FBS opponent in 6 weeks or more. But here is how you fix it without unfairly stacking the playoff with teams from the same conference. So now the New Year's 6 Bowls have a deal and let work within this frame work. Four playoff teams will be chosen from bowl winners.

Summary: Every P5 Champion gets their choice of Bowl and Top Champion G5 get last choice. Top four team after bowl games to a playoff

Rose

Pac 12 Champ vs Big 10 Runner up OR

Big 10 Champ vs Pac 12 Runner up

Fiesta Bowl

Top G5 Champion vs at large top 12

Cotton Bowl

Big 12 Champion vs At Large top 12

Sugar Bowl

SEC Champion vs At Large top 12

Orange Bowl

ACC Champion vs At Large top 12

Peach Bowl

(Big 10 Champ or Pac 12 Champ) vs At Large top 12

For example this year we would have 6 very interesting bowls

2019 Season Bowls:

Rose: 2 Ohio State vs 11 Utah

Fiesta: 17 Memphis vs 5 Georgia

Cotton: 4 Oklahoma vs 10 Penn State

Sugar: 1 LSU vs 7 Baylor

Orange: 3 Clemson vs 8 Wisconsin

Peach: 6 Oregon vs 9 Florida

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We get 6 meaningful games and an potentially undefeated G5 team takes on a P5 runner up in this system. If the top 4 teams take care of business in bowl games they are favored in they go to the playoff. And if any of them go down it creates a ton of interest and another week of great debates making a cause of why your bowl champion team deserves into the playoff. I would much prefer this than a straight 8 team playoff.

Edited January 4, 2020 by Meangreen Fight
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NorthTexasWeLove · January 4, 2020

It's very fixable.

As you stated, simple greed is holding back significant improvement most notably inclusion.

Moobs · January 4, 2020

It needs to be 4, 8 or 16 teams for a proper bracket. I could also see top 6 with the first 2 getting a bye week. But 12 teams won’t work that well unless the top 4 are getting bye weeks.

Personally, I like the 6 team scenario. Each P5 gets a spot with an at large going to another P5, G5 or Notre Dame or other school with no conference affiliation.