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buckeye27fan

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Hello all, longtime lurker, but I don't post very much as I'm stuck here in San Antonio.

Anyway, I searched for this but didn't see it, but if it's already here please move it. CBS Sportline's website has put together a 16 team D1 playoff, with voters choosing who wins (close ones are played on EA Sports CFB 2K6). The Bucks are in the final four, against USC (currently leading with 54% against 41%).

Here is the link: http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/spin/story/9118590

On a side note, I'm a volunteer in one of the food and beer berths at the Alamo Bowl tonight, so I'll be subtly reminding scUM fans about "25-21" and so forth (unfortunately, it's Aramark, so I have to wear khakis and a white collared shirt).
I figure writing the score on both my hands so their fans can see it when I hand them yet ANOTHER beer (to drown their sorrows) is a good start.

GO BUCKS!!
 
That is retarded. If they had a 16 team playoff they better just use the BCS poll and not care who won the conferences. Akron doesn't belong in a playoff between the best teams. IMO there are 3 levels of teams in D1A. Mid majors who have no reason to be talked about for the NC i.e. MAC, Con. USA, WAC, Mountain West, etc. Then you have the crappy schools from the BCS conferences. They don't have a chance to win the NC, but they are members of one of the big conferences i.e. the Indiana's of the world. These teams can beat most of the mid majors, but can't compete with the best programs. The top of the food chain are the super powers who I would guess have won every NC since WWII. These are the only schools that should be talked about in terms of a CFB playoff save for a rare occurrence like Utah last season.
A 16 team playoff is way too much for D1A anyway. 8 teams would be the best, while still making sure that the regular season means something.
 
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tOSU is leading USC 53% - 41% in the poll for the semifinal game.

I think putting the score on your hands is a great idea, 27! Maybe you could wear a hat with "4 out of 5' on it. Or "Tressel owns LLLLoyd"

Have a great time at the game.
 
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Cool 11W (nostalgic) article on the CFP ideas back in 1975.

www.elevenwarriors.com

Remember When: College Football Playoff System Idea Rejected By Woody Hayes and Others in 1975

A College Football Playoff-type system was rejected in 1975 by Woody Hayes, among others, due to concerns that it would lead to an excessively long season and its effect on other bowl games.
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Remember When: College Football Playoff System Idea Rejected By Woody Hayes and Others in 1975​

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A College Football Playoff-type system was proposed more than 50 years ago, before it debuted in the 2014 season.

Although the CFP has only been in place for 11 years, debuting as a four-team playoff in 2014 before increasing to 12 teams this past season, discussions of a playoff system were first discussed in 1975.
Fifty years ago, some called for a college football playoff system to decide the national champion, but Woody Hayes, among others, was against the idea.

From the Jan. 2, 1975 issue of The Lantern:

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While many Ohio State students interviewed had mixed reviews about the voting system compared to a BCS system, compared to a playoff system to decide a national champion, Hayes thought a playoff system would hurt other bowl games.

"A playoff for the national championship would hurt the bowl games. And that's not good, because many teams wouldn't normally get anywhere or go in the bowl games.

"The national championship is won right there on the football field during the bowl games. It was won in the last two minutes in the Rose Bowl by John McKay and his team. That's the way it should be."

According to Marvin Homan, the publicity director of the athletics department, it would have led to the college football season being too long.

"The NFL is not really comparable to the structure of college football. There are only 28 NFL teams while there are 126 college teams. For colleges to copy that idea isn't very wise.

"Besides, those men play football for a living. They aren't going to school. Many athletic administrations wouldn't be in favor of prolonging the season. This would be too much overemphasis on football."
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Google AI: The College Football Playoff's new television deal, a six-year, $7.8 billion contract with ESPN, will generate $1.3 billion annually. This revenue is distributed to participating conferences and schools, with the Big Ten and SEC receiving the largest shares. Specifically, schools from these conferences will receive approximately $21 million each. The ACC and Big 12 will receive roughly $13 million and $12 million, respectively.

Just sayin': The attitudes about a CFP has rurally changed over the decades; needless to say, the driving force of change has been the money. Lots of money.
 
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