tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post7361158284466486545..comments2023-12-25T14:06:47.943-05:00Comments on Domer Law Blog: College Playoff: 2008-2009 EditionWackohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573984468865704789noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-31578224530528765492009-01-10T18:26:00.000-05:002009-01-10T18:26:00.000-05:00Only one problem with the system that you haveIf a...Only one problem with the system that you have<BR/><BR/>If a team loses the first game in the conference championship (Alabama) are they worse than Texas Tech and do not deserve a playoff spotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-23115816508881083352008-12-09T07:33:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:33:00.000-05:00Also, the Rose Bowl is where it is because it MUST...Also, the Rose Bowl is where it is because it MUST be played on New Year's Day - I can't in good faith place it during Christmas week.<BR/><BR/>That is more important to me than getting the Big 10 - Pac 10 matchup every single year.Wackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573984468865704789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-83639265022790724612008-12-09T07:32:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:32:00.000-05:00I had a system that included every conference cham...I had a system that included every conference champion, but that system got a little bulky, as you can't just ignore the conference championship games that are already in place - it takes too much time to play it all out.<BR/><BR/>That system would have all 11 conference champs and 5 at-large teams, leaving nobody on the outside looking in.<BR/><BR/>That system would inject Troy, Buffalo, and East Carolina into the system. Out of the playoffs would be Oregon, Boston College, and Pitt. I'm not so sure that's an improvement.<BR/><BR/>If you use my record-then-ranking system, you'd get Texas, Alabama, Texas Tech, and Ball State as one loss teams. Ohio State would get the final at-large by virtue of their ranking.<BR/><BR/>And as for Notre Dame taking the non-BCS spots - they would not go ahead of a team with a poorer record, and the non-BCS teams (with their weaker schedules) are also permitted to take an at-large spot if they have an equal record and higher ranking than a BCS school.<BR/><BR/>There are numerous permutations, but the one I laid out above I think is the easiest to implement.Wackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573984468865704789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-38040001134534363992008-12-08T18:50:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:50:00.000-05:00This is a pretty good model, but I'm going to quib...This is a pretty good model, but I'm going to quibble with what seem like some unnecessary changes from the current system (i.e. the parts of the current system having nothing to do with the BCS).<BR/><BR/>1) Why force every conference into having a championship game? Conference championship games are a relatively recent innovation (at least in some conferences) and as the Big 12 discovered, a system of divisions and a championship game doesn't necessarily produce satisfying results. Make it like the old pre-playoff baseball system: best record wins the pennant, ties broken by a one-game playoff (or maybe pick your tiebreaker).<BR/><BR/>2) I get that you've stuck the Rose Bowl in the semi-final round because it's the most famous bowl game. But wouldn't it be better to guarantee the traditional match-up here at the cost of bumping the Rose Bowl to the quarter finals? Seems that the traditional paring is a more substantial tradition than the bowl's relative prestige.<BR/><BR/>3) Here's a substantive gripe -- the segregation of the football world into the have conferences and the have-not conferences. Your system of giving good-record non-BCS conference teams automatic berths is an improvement, but given the pitiful mediocrity of the Big East and the ACC, I don't see their conference winners being any more deserving than Ball State. Also, if the Irish ever figure out how to win again, it puts the have-not teams farther in the hole because we'd be taking up one of their spots. Here -- we can keep a system of automatic berths for X number of conferences, but there should be a rule that if your conference champion is horrible, or perhaps if your conference's overall record is too low, you get supplanted by another conference with a better total record. There would be some kinks to work out, but if this thing is going to be conference-based, there should be carrots and sticks attached to the strength of your conference.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905201479928703850noreply@blogger.com