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sorry for late reply. Here is what I read about it (don't claim to be a rules expert) in the the AJC as explained by an SEC referee:
Yeah, make it 16 teams and give two of the spots to the highest ranked teams from the non-P4 conferences. No, they’re not going to have 2 of the best 16 teams in the country most years, but it would be good for the sport. It keeps fans of those conferences interested and maybe once a decade we’ll get a Cinderella to root for in the second round. Depending on what you count as a lesser conference in basketball, the NCAA gives auto bids to about 23 lesser conferences and it’s fantastic for March Madness. Rooting for a Pac-12, MAC, MWC (NOT Boise State) or AAC underdog has much more appeal to me than watching Ohio State stomp on the 6th place SEC team.
I post things that have been discussed here before when I feel like someone ties it up with a neat, tidy bow on it. I especially like knowing topics we vehemently agree with (whether it be sports, politics, or whatever) are getting a bull horn on social media as well.Obligatory…
Wasn’t a knock on you posting it. I’ve gone back and forth with Trogdor about how NIL and portal have created more parity in college than ever before. Sure, top programs remain great but the depth on those teams, especially in the trenches, are a lot worse now leading to their margin of error being smaller than before.
If I was an announcer for ESPN, that would have been a bowl game I'd have been lobbying hard to do on-site. Assuming ESPN owns it as it does most bowl games these days, kind of pathetic not to lean into it to at least a minimum level.
Talking to my guy at one of those schools, the atmosphere and logistics around it in the lead up was piss poor. From what it sounds like, it may not be around much longer.
This is an excellent outcome for college football! Still need more black head coaches, with only 12% being black versus 50% for players. Freeman, Franklin and Prime show you can succeed at very high levels.
The NCAA tournament comparison doesn't work IMO. Go back to Purdue's loss as a 1 seed year before last-they shot 35% from the field, 19% from 3 (woof), and less than 80% from the line. Those variables in basketball happening on a day allow for upsets like 15s over 2s and 16s over 1s here and there.
Top 4 teams from each P4 have their own 4 team “playoff” to determine the champion and second place team. 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3, winners play.
The final 4 are Texas, Ohio state, ND and PSU. I’ll need move evidence before I agree that this is anything other than the normal cyclical nature of cfb.
