Thread: Playoffs?

This is very interesting and think it would be grat for College Football!

A playoff system may be coming to college football sooner rather than later. The Big Ten has just gotten a championship game, and now the conference is already considering more changes.

"Sources told the (Chicago) Tribune that a Big Ten plan would remove the top four teams from the BCS bowl pool and have semifinal games played on the college campus of the higher seed," Teddy Greenstein reported. "That would do away with the facade of 'neutral' sites such as New Orleans, Miami and Pasadena, Calif., and ease travel concern for fans.

"The championship game then could be bid out, like the Super Bowl."

Four criteria will apparently determine if this is a viable solution for the conference according to Northwestern athletics director Jim Phillips, the chair of the the Big Ten's Administrators Council.

- Is it fair to the student-athletes already suiting up for 12-13 games?

- Would it undermine college football's vital regular season?

- Would the teams be chosen in a way that reflects competitive fairness?

- Can the Rose Bowl be protected?

The Big Ten is listening to its fans, and it make start a domino effect around the nation within the sport.

College Football Rumors - Rumor Central - NCAA - ESPN

Keep dreaming guys.

Originally Posted by kane

Keep dreaming guys.

DUDE! You woke me up! NOT. COOL.

BCS releases playoff proposals for 2014 - CBSSports

I think they announced today that the 8 & 16-team options were already ruled out. If they had a National Championship playoff, it would include four schools. Hey...it's a start.

Lets go like the lower divisions do. 1-16 in the playoffs. If we only have 4 teams is will be an unfair system of slanted polls.

Originally Posted by obiwan

Lets go like the lower divisions do. 1-16 in the playoffs. If we only have 4 teams is will be an unfair system of slanted polls.

I completely agree. That process, however, will take some time. The NCAA will likely see how many fans go to their Conference Championship, National Semifinal, and National Championship. If the fans are willing to travel for three postseason games & the overall attendance is up...I'm sure that a 16-team bracket will not be out of the question.