College football NIT

[Ragman2000]

I would 100% watch this over the secondary bowls.

 

[orangeinjersey]

Same. This is coming. There’s simply too much money at stake for it not too.

Then we’ll get all the drama of the “what if” NIT winner would have gotten a shot at the playoff.

 

[SURules]

We already beat UNlV and Miami. We also might play a couple of others in a bowl game. If we win the bowl game, I am declaring us the National Football NIT Champion. ;-)

 

[Jake]

Wow. Yeah, I’d watch that. Would make the opt outs interesting.

 

[sufandu]

I think the opt outs would still occur because it would be a meaningless championship. If it happens and I'm wrong about the opt outs, it would be a fun watch. I love quality OOC matchups.

 

[GoSU96]

Yep a second 12 tourney makes sense.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Eh just expand the playoff to 16 and do a last 4 in mini tournament or something

 

[orangenauburn]

We would beat Missouri and lose to ole miss

 

[690West]

We would beat Missouri and lose to ole miss

Sagarin would have Missouri -6 and Ole Miss -13 on neutral. I’d take cuse +6 all day in the Missouri matchup

 

[elimunelson]

Sign me
Up. Make it hugely incentivized for players w money and PlayStations

 

[CU44SE]

I said this in the past 2 years. Consolidate NCAA to 96 teams.

Get rid of conference championships. Add 24 teams to the playoffs. First 3 rounds are home games. (Won’t happen because of bowl games and money, so it would be first 2 rounds.).

Then there would be the next 24 teams would be the “NIT” tournament you talked about. Same setup.

Get rid of bowl games completely, but they could filter in as the quarters and semis for both tournaments.

The other 48 teams in the Div 1 would be done for the year.

Replaces the pointless bowl games. Obviously there would be opt outs of the “NIT” tournament. But you could play younger guys and these games would not count towards eligibility. Get players more experience and act as a ramp up to next year.

Maybe even incentivize like the basketball NIL tournament they have now. And kids would get paychecks for each week they advance in both tournaments.

 

[PhatOrange]

I would love this.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Like the BBall NIT the conference champs will likely be required to be in it. So Army, Jacksonville State, Oregon State, Louisiana/Marshall, Miami/Ohio. Actually those teams would be the favs as they would be less likely to have opt outs.

The 7 at larges would be Miami, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Arizona State/Iowa State, Clemson/Bama/SMU, BYU, Mizzou. If you don't count the PAC then Illinois gets in. So either way, SU gets left out.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

If they go with..

Top 5 conference champs plus 9 at larges go to the NCAAT with the Top 2 champs getting the Top 2 seeds and rest of the seeds by rankings

Bottom 5 conference champs plus 9 at larges go to the NIT with the Top 2 conference champs getting the Top 2 seeds and the rest of the seeds by rankings

You will have pretty much all of the Top 25 in either the playoffs or NIT.

Then dump the Bowls.


For example...

NCAAT
1. Oregon
2. Texas
3. Notre Dame vs Ole Miss
4. SMU vs Arizona State
5. Ohio State vs Miami
6. Penn State vs Alabama
7. Georgia vs Indiana
8. Tennessee vs Boise State

NIT
1. Army
2. Louisiana
3. South Carolina vs Jacksonville State
4. BYU vs Miami OH
5. Iowa State vs Memphis
6. Missouri vs UNLV
7. Clemson vs Colorado
8. Illinois vs Syracuse

That gets every Top 25 team in if you leave out the PAC this year (Oregon State). If you include the PAC then #25 Memphis gets left out.

 

[Marsh01]

Great idea. Zero chance this happens

 

[NJneer12]

Nick Saban: "5-7 Auburn should be in the NIT"

 

[orangeinjersey]

Nick Saban: "5-7 Auburn should be in the NIT"

"the week in and week out grind of the SEC...there just aren't any easy games"

 

[HyattsCuse]

I think the opt outs would still occur because it would be a meaningless championship. If it happens and I'm wrong about the opt outs, it would be a fun watch. I love quality OOC matchups.

Personally, I think it’s only a matter of time that someone on a team that makes the CFP is going to opt out and then others will follow.

Some teams could potentially play 16-17 games. That’s a lot of extra wear and risk for guys that know they are going to be high draft picks.

There’s probably a guy on Ohio State, Georgia, etc that is projected to go high, but pretty banged up at this point after 12-13 games. The debate of playing 3-4 more games knowing a bad injury could forfeit their high draft position will happen. Insurance policy and/or NIL money is nothing compared to a high NFL pick. Someone will eventually be the first to break the ice and opt out of the CFP.

 

[Scooch]

More meaningful football is always good.

However, people here are complaining about playing one game in San Diego. We’re going to pay the expenses to send the team to upwards of 4 games?

 

[Scooch]

Now what could be more feasible… four regional “NITs”. A field of maybe 8 in each region, making travel more affordable. Then you’d have a regional champ of the North, South, Midwest and West?

 

[sufandu]

Personally, I think it’s only a matter of time that someone on a team that makes the CFP is going to opt out and then others will follow.

Some teams could potentially play 16-17 games. That’s a lot of extra wear and risk for guys that know they are going to be high draft picks.

There’s probably a guy on Ohio State, Georgia, etc that is projected to go high, but pretty banged up at this point after 12-13 games. The debate of playing 3-4 more games knowing a bad injury could forfeit their high draft position will happen. Insurance policy and/or NIL money is nothing compared to a high NFL pick. Someone will eventually be the first to break the ice and opt out of the CFP.

You're probably right. I wonder what scouts would think about it, though. There is a difference between leaving your team high and dry with a championship on the line and opting out of a game or tournament that has no impact on a championship. If a guy opts out when he has a chance to win a NC, what's to say he won't sit when he's about to be a free agent?

 

[AngryOtto]

"the week in and week out grind of the SEC...there just aren't any easy games"

 

[PhatOrange]

Now what could be more feasible… four regional “NITs”. A field of maybe 8 in each region, making travel more affordable. Then you’d have a regional champ of the North, South, Midwest and West?

If 1AA can do it and afford to do it, then the D1 schools can to. Regional would be the way to go. High seeds get home games with a neutral champ game.

 

[Stern]

In theory, if all of the top players were to play, the NIT would be great. But knowing that winning the NIT means literally nothing, the big-name players (who sit out bowl games now) would still sit out all of these games, which is why this idea will never happen.

At least with the bowl games fans can travel to a nice destination and watch a meaningless game with backups. In this format of the NIT, no fans are traveling to another college campus (possibly in the cold and snow) to watch backups play.