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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 665455, member: 652"] Would be to have 16 team playoff a la FCS and give all 11 D-1 conferences(AAC, ACC, B1G, Big XII, CUSA, MAC, MWC, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC) an automatic bid and 5 at-large teams. Play first round on-campuses, play quarter-finals at 2 sites with double-headers at each BCS sites(Orange, Rose, Chick-Fila, Sugar), semi-final doubleheader(at one of the two sites not used in the quarter-final), then the Championship game at the 4th site. I would switch out Fiesta for either Chick-Fil-A or Cotton Bowls as they are in better geographic areas Dallas/Atlanta vs. Glendale, Arizona. By having double-headers it would get 4 fanbases to one site and would fill the stadium up regardless of the four teams there and would create a march madness type atmosphere. Michigan, Ohio State fans at the Rose Bowl site with Ohio State playing Oregon and Michigan playing Alabama it would be tremendous theater. If they wanted to do a two single headers on back to back days that would work as well one game on Friday, the other game on Saturday like that a la the Pac-12 Championship game on Friday, and the B1G game on Saturday. I would also follow the lacrosse system and use geography with the first round to restrict as much travel as possible. Thus under my system last year would have looked like this 3rd week in December 1. Notre Dame(at-large) vs. 16. Wisconsin(B1G) (following the LAX model of reducing travel) 2. Alabama(SEC) vs. 15. Arkansas State(Sun Belt) 3. Florida(at-large) vs. 14. Northern Illinois(MAC) 4. Oregon(at-large) vs. 13. Utah State(WAC) 5. Georgia(at-large) vs. 12. Louisville(AAC) 6. Stanford(Pac-12) vs. 11. Boise State(MWC) 7. Texas A&M(at-large) vs. 10. Tulsa(CUSA) 8. Kansas State(Big XII) vs. 9. Florida State(ACC) Remember in lacrosse geography matters I would flip Tulsa and Louisville if A&M-Tulsa and Georgia-Louisville didn't make better geographic sense. New Year's week The quarterfinals Rose Bowl(Pasadena)- hosts ND-Wisconsin winner vs. K State-FSU winner, Oregon-Utah State winner vs. Georgia-Louisville winner Orange Bowl(Miami)- Alabama-Arkansas State winner vs. A&M-Tulsa winner, Florida-NIU winner vs. Stanford-Boise winner 2nd week in January Sugar Bowl(New Orleans)- doubleheader featuring 4 winners 4th week in January week between NFL Conference Championships and Superbowl Chick-Fil-A Bowl(Atlanta)- National Championship game [/QUOTE]

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