12-Team Playoff On the Way; 14-Team to Follow

Just cause year one of this system has some lopsided wins doesn’t mean the next couple of years will be the same.  It was great to have home playoff games in college stadiums vs the cookie cutter indoor stadiums. 
 

Give me two rounds of home playoff games in the near future before we get to the final four. 

 
The Dude said:
I've seen several national championship games that were blowouts.  I'm even old enough to remember a few that Nebraska were involved in.  By that criteria, you could argue 2 teams is too many.
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Arguably, most years there’s a clear #1 or one team deserving of a shot at the championship, followed by 2 teams vying for the championship game, maybe a 3rd if people feel a G5 team is compelled to lose. 
 

I have intention to check into this, but I would be willing to guess FCS championships are won by seeds 1-4, majority being the 1-2. 
 

Playoff system is solely for money and pundits to feel their opinion matters.

 
IN REALITY, the old days with bonafide bowls and 2 or 3 teams with a shot at the NC was best for the sport! I was always for the FCS type play-off scheme, but now can see that TRUE fan interest, across the entire D-1 playing field, is more enhanced by respectable bowls and the excitement of 'David and Goliath' match ups (Boise/Oklahoma). Other than 10 to 15 schools, the rest are relegated to a 'spring scrimmage' type bowl with red shirt freshmen and non-regulars making up rosters, to enable some teams to participate. Most fan bases with little incentive to travel, tv money will dissipate to the few play-off games and bowls are a thing of the past!

 
GISker said:
IN REALITY, the old days with bonafide bowls and 2 or 3 teams with a shot at the NC was best for the sport! I was always for the FCS type play-off scheme, but now can see that TRUE fan interest, across the entire D-1 playing field, is more enhanced by respectable bowls and the excitement of 'David and Goliath' match ups (Boise/Oklahoma). Other than 10 to 15 schools, the rest are relegated to a 'spring scrimmage' type bowl with red shirt freshmen and non-regulars making up rosters, to enable some teams to participate. Most fan bases with little incentive to travel, tv money will dissipate to the few play-off games and bowls are a thing of the past!
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I think you'll be proven correct, but its not going to start happening for a few seasons yet. Everything is still fresh so its generating more excitement...right now.

 
chamrocck said:
8 was always the right number but greed and stuff.  You could have used the bowl system and then like a Final 4 playoff.  These games sucked bigly.  
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Agreed this never should have gone past 8 teams. But if you did go greater than 8, the proper way was always to have every FBS conference championship game winner in the playoff regardless off how we feel about the strength of the conference. Then you can fill out the rest with wild cards as needed. That would preserves the sanctity of the regular season, winning your division and conference, as well as giving the underdogs a shot.

 
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ZRod said:
Agreed this never should have gone past 8 teams. But if you did go greater than 8, the proper way was always to have every FBS conference championship game winner in the playoff regardless off how we feel about the strength of the conference. Then you can fill out the rest with wild cards as needed. That would preserves the sanctity of the regular season, winning your division and conference, as well as giving the underdogs a shot.
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IMO it might've been more fair from a "sporting" standpoint, but not from an entertainment one, and that's ultimately a big component of any playoff/tournament structure. If we all actually cared about determining true champions and crowning those deserving of the title then we'd probably do a Premier League format since it awards the most consistently strong team, but most people don't want that.

I'm hesitant to make any real sweeping critiques of the 12-team system in year one, but we probably all agree they won't be reducing it any time soon (if ever), which means they'll need to try to find new ways to make the current system better. But college football isn't (nor, has it really ever been) about a power balance like the NFL tries to be. We saw bad 4-team CFP games. We're going to see bad 12-team CFP games. Really only a few teams are legit title contenders ever year but playoffs aren't really about identifying and crowning them... they're really more about capturing the excitement and unpredictability of sports.

 
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