Alabama mystique...yuck

[cptau 169]

The college football "playoff" committee is nothing more than a glorified, human bcs system. It's still GARBAGE! It STILL relies on some subjective, arbitrary and faulty rationale; Forde's article exposes that completely. Until college football goes to a playoff system like any of the true, major professional sports in this country, it will always be garbage. I am sooooooo sick of the excuses too: "too many games", "interferes with education" "too long after new years" :-\/> Garbage! All of it. Make it 16 teams - the 10 conference winners automatically are in and 6 at large. The second week of December use 8 (of the FREAKING FORTY <_</> ) of the newer cheapo bowls; then the next weekend 4 of the middle-tier bowls (Sun, Holliday, Alamo, Citrus) for the round of 8. Then on new years do the same as they are now - new years day six bowls with the rotation. That way some of the bigger teams that missed the cut still get into a new years day bowl game for $**t and giggles. Let the committee pick the 6-at large for whatever stoopid reasons they have now. And your done. 16 team playoff uses 15 of the ridiculous 40 bowl games and cuts down on the amount of 6-6 teams that water down the post season.

Why retain any of the bowl system at all? Just play the games home and away. It keeps the money in and around campus towns, and the fans can make more playoff games. Why should mega cities like New Orleans, LA, or Atlanta make all the big bucks.... when they don't have a team in the game?

Bowl games have been a part of college football forever and would be a huge decision to give that up....though they would still exist for the teams not participating in the play-offs.

Plus, we get to see most of the games played in good weather cities. The first time AU had to play a play-off game in Michigan....you would understand better. .

But more important in my view is that the play-offs try to create a neutral environment for the play-off games and the bowl game locations pretty much answer that question.

Bowl game committee are giant slush funds for local politicians and businesses. The fiesta bowl was so bad in 2010 that they got caught and Auburn fans turned a lot of money over to that bunch in Phoenix.

I think the big 5 conferences could set up a bowl system in their areas where college football stadiums could be used for playoffs. That keeps the money closer to the schools. A neutral college stadium site could be used for each game. The SEC, ACC, PAC12, Big12 all have stadiums in warmer areas for January bowl games. Keep in mind SEC Tulane's stadium was used for the sugar bowl until the 1970s. College Station, Baton Rouge, Tallahassee, Gainesville, Houston all have college stadiums that could be used

Only the Big10 lacks a stadium in a warmer location. Maryland being the farthest south campus. Perhaps they could use the dome in Indianapolis.

[AU64 10,122]

The college football "playoff" committee is nothing more than a glorified, human bcs system. It's still GARBAGE! It STILL relies on some subjective, arbitrary and faulty rationale; Forde's article exposes that completely. Until college football goes to a playoff system like any of the true, major professional sports in this country, it will always be garbage. I am sooooooo sick of the excuses too: "too many games", "interferes with education" "too long after new years" :-\/> Garbage! All of it. Make it 16 teams - the 10 conference winners automatically are in and 6 at large. The second week of December use 8 (of the FREAKING FORTY <_</> ) of the newer cheapo bowls; then the next weekend 4 of the middle-tier bowls (Sun, Holliday, Alamo, Citrus) for the round of 8. Then on new years do the same as they are now - new years day six bowls with the rotation. That way some of the bigger teams that missed the cut still get into a new years day bowl game for $**t and giggles. Let the committee pick the 6-at large for whatever stoopid reasons they have now. And your done. 16 team playoff uses 15 of the ridiculous 40 bowl games and cuts down on the amount of 6-6 teams that water down the post season.

Why retain any of the bowl system at all? Just play the games home and away. It keeps the money in and around campus towns, and the fans can make more playoff games. Why should mega cities like New Orleans, LA, or Atlanta make all the big bucks.... when they don't have a team in the game?

Bowl games have been a part of college football forever and would be a huge decision to give that up....though they would still exist for the teams not participating in the play-offs.

Plus, we get to see most of the games played in good weather cities. The first time AU had to play a play-off game in Michigan....you would understand better. .

But more important in my view is that the play-offs try to create a neutral environment for the play-off games and the bowl game locations pretty much answer that question.

Bowl game committee are giant slush funds for local politicians and businesses. The fiesta bowl was so bad in 2010 that they got caught and Auburn fans turned a lot of money over to that bunch in Phoenix.

I think the big 5 conferences could set up a bowl system in their areas where college football stadiums could be used for playoffs. That keeps the money closer to the schools. A neutral college stadium site could be used for each game. The SEC, ACC, PAC12, Big12 all have stadiums in warmer areas for January bowl games. Keep in mind SEC Tulane's stadium was used for the sugar bowl until the 1970s. College Station, Baton Rouge, Tallahassee, Gainesville, Houston all have college stadiums that could be used

Only the Big10 lacks a stadium in a warmer location. Maryland being the farthest south campus. Perhaps they could use the dome in Indianapolis.

Not saying it can't be done but you are ignoring an army of logistical issues . For example, for a game in Baton Rouge between TCU and Clemson for ....who is responsible for arranging for ticket printing and distribution, ticket sales, sponsorships, entertainment for players and fans, travel...game programs, concessions.......and the list is endless....

And, would Auburn, FSU or UF or any other school be interested in hosting a game on their campus between two visiting teams with all the disruption that would bring? We can complain about the bowl committees with good reason but those organizations do a lot of necessary work to make the games fun for the fans and the players....and likewise, can you imagine any college town in the south being able to deal with the mass of incoming visitors for the better part of a week? It would be total chaos.

Just saying...you can do away with the existing bowl games but you will have to replace them with the same kind of organization to make any play-ff game the kind of experience that Auburn and other teams have enjoyed the past several years and pretty much you need urban areas that have hotel, transportation and restaurants. Shoot, it takes a cast of thousands at AU to pull off a home game and that a crowd where 90% of the people know their way around the campus and are able to drive to the game.

Like it or not, there is no practical way to move away from the establish bowl sites....JMO