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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 5438296, member: 5685"] It isn't allowed under the current rules. But B1G/FOX would love a Big Noon 4v5, 330 3v6, and a 730 1v2. While that is a great weekend of FB, it opens up the door for bad teams getting AQs. For instance last year... CG: 1. Oregon vs 3. Penn State 3v6: 9. Indiana vs NR Iowa 4v5: 6. Ohio State vs 21. Illinois Iowa being able to play their way into an AQ would be awful. Even Illinois would stink. The SEC wouldn't have been a big deal as #6 was ranked 14th. As to the ACC/B12 there isn't much you can do. Having 1v2 does nothing for the playoffs. Both teams are already in. I suppose #2 can improve their seeding. #1 likely isn't moving up much with a win, and could fall with a loss. For example last year SMU fell from 8 to 10, and Clemson rose from 17 to 16. With different rules SMU maybe even drops to 12. If SMU had won, I don't think they move past 7. So what was the point in the ACC CG? Having an AQ game (2v3) likely makes more TV $, but then you could hurt your chances at getting a 3rd at large. For example if #3 is Top 15, then an AQ loss could knock them outside the playoffs. That wasn't the case in the B12 last year but it WAS in the ACC... 2v3: 17. Clemson vs 12. Miami Miami at 12 is getting an at large without an AQ game. If they play an AQ game vs Clemson and lose, do they stay in the Top 16? Or does it knock them out of the playoffs? I think last year they still make it, but why risk that? If Miami wins the AQ game that knocks Clemson out of the playoffs and the ACC only gets two teams. How is that good? I am not a fan of these AQ games as it would risk bad teams getting in. Although it would be a great day of Championship week FB having the games. Also these AQ games risk missing out on at large bids. If you aren't a lock and play in the AQ, your conference risks losing an at large bid. Essentially there are 2 at large bids (assuming Notre Dame is Top 15 most years). So in the case of the B1G/SEC the 5th or even 6th place team can go from an at large to out, and in the case of the ACC/B12 the 3rd place team can go from an at large to out. Since TV money for the B1G/SEC is likely huge, they can take that risk. Not so much for the ACC/B12. Selfishly in SU's case we want an AQ game. It is easier for us to finish 3rd than to finish Top 15. Which makes it easier to make the playoffs. [/QUOTE]

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