USA Today 64 Team Football Playoff

[Clutch0364]

Exactly the format I thought of. Would be better if they kept all rounds except semi's and final on campus. Campus stadiums are the beauty of college football and the hub of all the pageantry. Its not the fabricated fakeness of the bowl games.

Exactly and you get more of a true champion. The problem is the bcs would not like the small schools on equal ground.

[Clutch0364]

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Now here's a thought, what if the P5 did decide to split from us?? Playoff with the midmajors or bowl??

Worst scenario would be a split from the P5 bc then you become nothing more than 2nd class. You become what the FCS is today.

[CajunJack55]

The non AQ schools would finally be able to tell recruits we can compete for a national championship. I think it puts us on a more equal ground than it does today.

I don't think it would make it even enough. The reason the FCS playoffs work is because there is an equal playing field.
Even if we did tell them that, we are still playing at the Oregons, Oklahomas, and Alabama's first round every year granted we win our conference outright (and how often have we done that in our schools history??). I know this system will never happen, but I just don't think it would be good for our program or our fans. We would be staying at home a lot more often than not.

[CajunJack55]

Worst scenario would be a split from the P5 bc then you become nothing more than 2nd class. You become what the FCS is today.

More accurate would be what the FCS was 25 years ago....Boise St. Nevada, Louisiana tech, Fresno St. ULM, Northern Illinois, Southern Miss etc. I understand it would be sort of a set back but let's face it, if the P5 leaves all these schools behind, there is nothing we will be able to do and something will have to be done. As long as the current FCS schools won't be in with us, I would not have a problem with it.

I would also be in favor of schools who didn't make the playoffs play in bowl games so we don't lose that. More realistically this is the group we would be in most years and this could be sort of a compromise between a bowl/playoff system especially if the P5 school tend to seperate. Still give us a shot at the big boys and a National Championship but also keeps us in the bowl picture if we have an 8-4 season.

[Clutch0364]

More accurate would be what the FCS was 25 years ago....Boise St. Nevada, Louisiana tech, Fresno St. ULM, Northern Illinois, Southern Miss etc. I understand it would be sort of a set back but let's face it, if the P5 leaves all these schools behind, there is nothing we will be able to do and something will have to be done. As long as the current FCS schools won't be in with us, I would not have a problem with it.

I would also be in favor of schools who didn't make the playoffs play in bowl games so we don't lose that. More realistically this is the group we would be in most years and this could be sort of a compromise between a bowl/playoff system especially if the P5 school tend to seperate. Still give us a shot at the big boys and a National Championship but also keeps us in the bowl picture if we have an 8-4 season.

I hate everything about the bowl system . I want it gone!

[ulXrunner]

If you took BCS rankings to rank the 24 teams.
1. Florida St.
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Mich St
5. Stanford
6. Baylor
7. Ohio St
8. Mizzou

*First Round bye

First Round:
1st Quarter of Bracket:
(16) LSU would host to (17)UCLA with winner traveling to (1)Florida St.
(9) South Carolina would host (24) Louisiana with winner traveling to (8)Mizzou

2nd Quarter of Bracket:
(13) Oklahoma St playing host to (20) Tx A&M, winner playing at (4)Mich St.
(12) Clemson playing host to (21) Fresno St., winner playing at (5)Stanford

Champions of 1st quarter and 2nd quarter meet in Semifinals.

3rd quarter of bracket:
(11) Oklahoma playing host to (22) Northern Ill., winner playing at (6)Baylor
(14) Arizona St. playing host to (19) Wisconsin, winner playing at (3)Alabama

4th quarter of bracket:
(10)Oregon playing host to (23) Rice, winner playing at (7)Ohio St
(15)Central Florida playing host to (18) Louisiville, winner playing at (2)Auburn

Winners of 3rd and 4th quarters playing in Semifinals.
Bid out Semifinals to big bowls.
Bid out National Championship.

[ulXrunner]

I hate everything about the bowl system . I want it gone!

Clutch I am with you.

[ulXrunner]

Now could we beat South Carolina? I'm sure Vegas would have them a favorite. But I would love for these kids to have that opportunity.

[ImperialCajun]

As interesting as it would be as a Cajun fan I would not like this. We would never have a bowl experience OR a chance at a National Championship in this scenerio. If we did make the playoff (however many schools) we would never have a home game and would have to travel to a BCS school every year. That would get old.

Now here's a thought, what if the P5 did decide to split from us?? Playoff with the midmajors or bowl??

This is where you are wrong. If your conference has an automatic in for the championship then you can recruit to that. It makes playing at UL just as valuable as at Alabama. OR more so for now. This is why the big conferences do not want a playoff like basketball. Because UL could be the next Gonzaga of football. It is easier to (for now) play at UL and have a shot at a national title than to play at LSU. Because our conference is weaker and we would have a better chance at winning our conference than LSU does at winning theirs. Winner gets automatic seed and everybody else is at large. 16 Teams, 10 conference champs, and 6 at large! Let the bowls bid for the games. Then the other bowls can offer consolation games. This would be balanced and fair, so you will never see it happen! the big five know this!

[cajunhawk]

Now could we beat South Carolina? I'm sure Vegas would have them a favorite. But I would love for these kids to have that opportunity.

Just the chance to do it...it's all you need. George Mason and Butler only needed chances.