Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2002 Yes.. my way to implement NCAA playoffs is to mess around with the conference structure a bit and put together 4-team districts. But, with the NCAA at 117 teams, I have to add three to make this work. The three I add to the NCAA: Montana W. Kentucky E. Kentucky With 120 teams, they are split into 30 districts. Then, they are split into 1-A and 1-B for the purpose of the playoffs. With 15 teams qualifying, one more wild card team gets in on both sides, the Wild Card being the best team that did not win it's district. The districts are mostly composed of splitting conferences, but there are a few that are made up of all sorts of teams. So, let me tell you the pairings 1-A ACC-1: Florida State/Clemson/Virginia/Georgia Tech ACC-2: North Carolina/North Carolina State/Maryland/Duke Big East-1: Miami/Pitt/West Virginia/V-Tech Big East-2: Boston College/Syracuse/Rutgers/Temple Big 10-1: Michigan State/Wisconsin/Illinois/Penn State Big 10-2: Northwestern/Indiana/Minnesota/Purdue MEAC (The Eastern MAC teams)-1: Miami Ohio/Ohio/Kent State/Marshall MEAC-2: South Florida/Central Florida/UConn/Buffalo MWAC (The Western MAC teams)-1: Central Michigan/Western Michigan/Eastern Michigan/Bowling Green MWAC-2: Toledo/Ball State/Northern Illnois/Akron SEC-1: Florida/Alabama/Auburn/South Carolina SEC-2: Tennessee/Georgia/Kentucky/Vandy SEC-3: Arkansas/LSU/Ol Miss/MSU Misc. District-1: Notre Dame/Michigan/Ohio State/Wake Forest Misc. District-2: Troy State/Army/Navy/Air Force and now the districts of 1-B Big Eight-1: Nebraska/Colorado/Iowa State/Iowa Big Eight-2: Kansas/K-State/Missouri/Texas Tech SWC-1: OU/UT/OSU/A&M SWC-2: TCU/Baylor/Rice/SMU CUSA-1: Houston/Cincy/Louisville/Memphis CUSA-2: Tulane/UAB/ECU/S. Miss MWC-1: Montana/Idaho/Wyoming/Boise State MWC-2: Utah/Utah State/North Texas/UTEP WAC-1: New Mexico/New Mexico State/UNLV/Nevada WAC-2: San Jose State/San Diego State/Colorado State/BYU Sun Belt-1: Arkansas State/Louisana Tech/UL-Lafayete/UL-Monroe Sun Belt-2: East Kentucky/West Kentucky/Tulsa/Middle Tennessee State Pac Ten-1: USC/UCLA/Cal/Stanford Pac Ten-2: Washington/Wash. St./Oregon/Oregon State Misc. West District: Hawaii/Arizona/Arizona State/Fresno State and here would be the playoffs right now.. just based off record, IRL, the team with the best record in their district goes to the playoffs 1-A 1. Florida State-BC 2. Maryland-The Winner of Miami/Pitt 3. Penn State-Georgia 4. Purdue-Alabama, or if Bama can't do it due to getting the "Death Penalty": Purdue-Tennessee 5. LSU-Miami (if they lose to Pitt) or Notre Dame (Wildcard) 6. Ohio State-Air Force 7. Bowling Green-South Florida 8. Northern Illnois-Marshall 1-B 1. Iowa-TCU 2. Kansas State-Oklahoma 3. Louisville-North Texas 4. Southern Miss-Boise State or Montana (Both are 10-1, but they don't play each other) 5. New Mexico State-Washington State 6. Hawaii-USC 7. Western Kentucky-Colorado State 8. Arkansas State-either Boise State or Montana (Wildcard) but.. how will this be done? easily! Dec. 7th: First round Dec. 14th: Second round Dec. 21st: Quarterfinals Dec. 28th: Semifinals Jan. 4th or 5th: Finals. National title game. As for the Bowls. They will be filled easily. The BCS bowls will get the conference winners not in the National title game. Other bowls will get non-playoff teams or ones that went out in the first or second round Now.. quick questions 1- Which 4 team pairing is the best? 2- Which is the worst? 3- Which ones would you change? 4- Which first round playoff matchup is the best? 5- Which is the worst? 6- What is your opinion on my idea? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted November 18, 2002 That's definitely a very well thought-out plan. I just don't think it's necessary. A twelve-team playoff can easily be accomodated within the current bowl structure, using conference championships and at-large bids as the criteria. Your system would force the schools to play one or two more games each, and a few already play a thirteen-game regular season. I think capping the regular season at eleven games across the board is a good idea, then the playoffs can take over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2002 My system would fit in well with alot of the schools (the ones in districts where they are all in the same conference) some pains are the Misc. conferences. I made a last minute swap to put Air Force in the second quartet and Wake Forest in the first. I also swapped Tech and A&M. The games could be fit into non-conference slots. Although it'd work better with some conference swapping (maybe I am just not a big fan of the Big 12) Capping Seasons at 12 games would work well. To ensure the end of 'Kickoff Classic'-a-mania (with like 10 K.C. games) It was sorta amazing that I could get the playoffs fit into a time period to not fuck up the Bowls too much. My idea would have to end the idea of Army v. Navy playing on a weekend in December, fuck them both, they have like 2 wins combined. I did keep Wake in the ACC (while in the Nightmare District), ND/Army/Navy/AF/Troy State were all Independents, Fresno/Hawaii were WAC, Arizona/ASU were both Pac 10 and of course OSU/Michigan were Big 10 At least I'm not basing this system off the Kansas High School system (districts of 4, and two advance from every district), mine is the Missouri system (districts and one team advances) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hardyz1 Report post Posted November 18, 2002 I did keep Wake in the ACC (while in the Nightmare District), ND/Army/Navy/AF/Troy State were all Independents, Fresno/Hawaii were WAC, Arizona/ASU were both Pac 10 and of course OSU/Michigan were Big 10 Air Force is in the WAC (or maybe the MWC) and Army is in Conference USA. Just FYI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted November 18, 2002 so will this become the NIT football tourny? The evil partnership between the BCS and the TV Networks will hold down the playoffs for at least 5 more years. Doritos hm~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2002 I did keep Wake in the ACC (while in the Nightmare District), ND/Army/Navy/AF/Troy State were all Independents, Fresno/Hawaii were WAC, Arizona/ASU were both Pac 10 and of course OSU/Michigan were Big 10 Air Force is in the WAC (or maybe the MWC) and Army is in Conference USA. Just FYI. Yes, I know that.. I kept Air Force out of the WAC for some reason (a pairing with Army, Navy and some other schools) as for Army.. it just doesn't seem normal for them to be in a conference. There has been a huge reduction in Independent NCAA football schools Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted November 18, 2002 That's a good plan, but seems overly complex. A much simpler playoff plan would be keeping everything as it is and run a 16 team playoff using the top 16 ranked teams. A 8 team playoff would still get alot of so and so team got screwed. If a team can't make it into a 16 team playoff they really have no reason to complain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RepoMan Report post Posted November 21, 2002 That's a good plan, but seems overly complex. A much simpler playoff plan would be keeping everything as it is and run a 16 team playoff using the top 16 ranked teams. A 8 team playoff would still get alot of so and so team got screwed. If a team can't make it into a 16 team playoff they really have no reason to complain. I like that systeme, except every conference champ gets if they have at least 7 wins, to avoid a situation like last year when North Texas won the Sun Belt with a 5-6 record. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Texas Tech will beat Oklahoma to go to the Big 12 Championship. Oh yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
