24 Team CFP?

[longtimefan]

The "presidential committee" gets involved.

With CFP expansion talks ongoing, presidential committee pushing for 24-team field

There is growing support for a 24-team playoff.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[FloridaCuse]

ESPN executives 'privately dismissed' 24-team CFP, per report

ESPN executives have reportedly "privately dismissed" calls for a 24-team College Football Playoff days after Fox Sports CEO endorsed it.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[FloridaCuse]

Inside the fight: NIL arms race fueling new push for College Football Playoff expansion

Athletic departments spending millions on NIL want more playoff access, driving the debate between a 16-team and 24-team CFP expansion model.

www.foxnews.com

 

[sufandu]

24 is stupid. 16 is perfect. Have correctly sized regionally based conferences with full round robin conference schedules. The conference champ goes and then you get a few at larges.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

24 is stupid. 16 is perfect. Have correctly sized regionally based conferences with full round robin conference schedules. The conference champ goes and then you get a few at larges.

4 was perfect

 

[javadoc]

4 was perfect

I'd be perfectly happy going back to the 1980's, small/compact conferences, bowl games with history and luster, and no tournament to determine a single champion, with all the chaos that could entail. And have everything done on January 1 for heaven's sake.

To me it feels like adopting a playoff was a cheap attempt to make football like hoops... which is a step down IMO.

 

[Blanko97]

If you do 24 kill the bowl season entirely

 

[Eric15]

I'd be perfectly happy going back to the 1980's, small/compact conferences, bowl games with history and luster, and no tournament to determine a single champion, with all the chaos that could entail. And have everything done on January 1 for heaven's sake.

To me it feels like adopting a playoff was a cheap attempt to make football like hoops... which is a step down IMO.

I hate the idea of expanding to 24. I don’t want to ruin the sacred college football regular season by 8-4 teams making the cut. I see 12 as a sweet spot.

But the system in the 1980s was terrible also. Split national champions, 1 and 2 often not being able to play each other due to Rose Bowl commitments, undefeated teams being left out, etc. Any system where a team can “claim” a championship is fundamentally stupid.

I do 100% agree with you that the smaller conferences with regional identity was way better.

 

[sufandu]

4 was perfect

Nah. 4 wasn't really a playoff. It was a bloated BCS. I'd also be ok with 8. What I really want is smaller conferences that aren't geographically idiotic. Give me those and get rid of the dumb conference championship games, and 16 makes sense. The first round takes the place of the conference championship games.

 

[sufandu]

If you do 24 kill the bowl season entirely

It's dead anyway. The players you really want to see on any team not in the playoff opt out.

 

[djorange1989]

16 works. No bye’s, all first round games on campus. The Big 10 douchenozzles are insisting on it going to 24 after a few years and that is screwing things up