Expanded CFP - will it ruin the regular season? from The Athletic

[trojanfan12]

I was too. What changed my mind was getting some of the games back at home stadiums. Seems 12 was the number at which there would be agreement. I just wish they’d gone another round or two with it. Teams play in hostile environments all year. But, I’m in the minority because IDGAF about what it would do to bowl games.

Let ALL 118 remaining teams schedule an additional game with each other so they also get that extra practice. If two want to medt in a bowl somewhere, fine. If Houston and San Diego State decide they like to play in the Sun Bowl, we’ll host ‘em. If Houston would like to visit beautiful San Diego in December, that’d work too.

Yeah, there are too many bowl games anyway. When you have to start letting .500 and below .500 teams play in bowl games just to fill the slot...that's too many.

Hopefully, the playoff will end some of that. If they had the playoff and had several bowl games for teams with winning records, that would be ideal. If they haven't already, bowls should get rid of conference affiliations and just try to get the 2 best teams they can from the non-playoff teams.

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

That's not the question. The question is -- will it piss me off as much as 2016, when EVERYTHING was on the line, and we lost by a bad spot on 4th down? No, it won't. It will still suck to lose to Ohio State, we'll still want to win, but the loss will be dampened by the fact that it literally wouldn't have mattered in a 12 team format. We'd still very much be guaranteed a playoff spot. And therein lies the problem. In 1969 when Michigan took out #1 Ohio State, it wouldn't matter in a 12 team format. Ohio State would still go to the playoff. It would have been nothing more than a moral victory for Michigan, not a victory that knocked Ohio State out of contention; devastating their fans. It's THAT exact thing that makes CFB fun. Gone overnight with a 12 team format.

I suspect if you go back and look at a list of all the best games in CFB, they simply wouldn't matter if there was a 12 team playoff at the time.

It's clear we all look at CFB differently. Losing to UF or AU or UTjr or Clemson always matters to me. CFP or not.

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

I was too. What changed my mind was getting some of the games back at home stadiums. Seems 12 was the number at which there would be agreement. I just wish they’d gone another round or two with it. Teams play in hostile environments all year. But, I’m in the minority because IDGAF about what it would do to bowl games.

Let ALL 118 remaining teams schedule an additional game with each other so they also get that extra practice. If two want to medt in a bowl somewhere, fine. If Houston and San Diego State decide they like to play in the Sun Bowl, we’ll host ‘em. If Houston would like to visit beautiful San Diego in December, that’d work too.

I've read some articles and listened to some podcasts that indicate that when those games are wild successes, it will be hard not to have the second roung on campus in the next CFP contract (meaning in the mid-30s).

 

[Collegefbfan]

I watch a ton of them, too. It's amazing at how much they actually make. ESPN makes bank on the fact they have about 35 of them and they make about $5 million on each for TV rights. That's close to $150 million. That works. Personally, I enjoy watching about 30% of them.

I remember back a few years ago. Pre-playoff. I would watch every single bowl game. No matter how sorry the teams were. If I couldn't watch it, I would record it on DVD. I still have some in a closet somewhere. Now, I don't give two shits worth watching the Boca Raton Bowl or the da da da Gasparilla Bowl.

 

[Deep Creek]

I've read some articles and listened to some podcasts that indicate that when those games are wild successes, it will be hard not to have the second roung on campus in the next CFP contract (meaning in the mid-30s).

That’ll irritate the bowls even more!

 

[Deep Creek]

Not sure this belongs here but I couldn't find another thread to put this in.

Since the presidents directed the minions to get a move on with expansion, there have been several articles about the difficulty in working out the logistics. It seems the main one is finding dates/times in December/January at which the CFP won't have to go head to head with the NFL.

Yesterday on PTI, Kornheiser and Wilbon quoted a stat that was shocking to me and showed exactly why they want to avoid going head to head with the NFL. What they referenced was a report that came out to media folks for the 100 most watched shows/events last year. As "stand alone" events not series, NFL seasons, etc. i.e. A single Law and Order episode, one MLB game, etc. Of those 100, something like 74 were NFL games and 4 were CFB games. And I think I heard zero were NBA games and I didn't hear anything about any other sporting events. I knew the NFL was king by a long shot, but not that much.

Can they find "acceptable" dates for a 12 team playoff that don't compete with the NFL?

 

[Volbound1700]

CFB regular season will matter as long as it stays ~12 game range.

When regular seasons stop mattering is when you play 30+ or more games. Notably MLB and NBA which both play or almost play 100 games.