Jinxter13 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Those of us [old] enough to remember the good ol' days when NCAA FB had the Big 10, Big 8, SWC, SEC, Pac 8, ACC and the others, and at years end you had only about 9-10 bowl games and winning one of those bowl games meant something. The Rose, Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Peach, were the targets with Tangerine, Bluebonnet, Sun and one or two other were consolation prizes more or less. It seemed that each year the same teams were fighting for a spot, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, UCLA, USC, Notre Dame, Penn State, LSU with occasional changes dominate the polls and rankings. Football fans waited for the year end knowing that from one of the bowls mentioned would emerge the Nat'l Champion. Well with the changes made recently I can agree a true Champion will be crowned, however since the late part of the 20th Century the NCAA miners have struck gold, and the plethora of bowl games has rewarded teams that in the good ol' days would be looking forward to next year, and given a true football junkie his dream and year end bowls crowd the airwaves (cable) and networks with games that interest only alumni and mostly folks directly connected with those schools. I'm a football fan High school, collegiate, and pro, however I'm at a time where NCAA Football is a burn out. Don't be surprised to see a super-conference emerge, the Big 12 (10) being bounced from the playoffs is looking to expand again to 12 schools, allowing for a playoff and crowned conference champion. The good ol' days weren't perfect, but it seems they could have used the old conferences and worked a playoff from that arrangement, something like the SEC v ACC, Big 8 v SWC, etc.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 There's too many for the simple fact that a 6-6 team should not be going to a bowlgame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 With the advent of the 12-game season, 9&3 or 8&4 is all we "need" to see. Teams/athletes are so good now that a 6-win season is not even a challenge for most schools anymore. Oh yeah....roll tide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rightwinger26 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Who wouldn't be proud to say their team played in the Unlce Bens Rice Bowl brought to you Georgia Pacific Lumber. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graves_09 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 8 wins should be the minimum for bowl eligibility. Unfortunately it will never happen because, like everything else in the NCAA, the dollar rules all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 There's too many for the simple fact that a 6-6 team should not be going to a bowlgame. But.. but.. NFL teams with records worse than that can make it to the playoffs, with homefield advantage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 But.. but.. NFL teams with records worse than that can make it to the playoffs, with homefield advantage. That's a different animal though since the NFL has divisions with only 4 teams and the only prerequisite to the playoffs is win your division. Realistically they should change the NFL to just the AFC and NFC. Then the top 8 teams or whatever number it'll be make the playoffs. This will probably never happen though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) But.. but.. NFL teams with records worse than that can make it to the playoffs, with homefield advantage. An abomination, on the same order of Dallas being in the NFC East, and St. Louis in the NFC West <_< , actually it's worse Edited December 27, 2014 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graves_09 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 But.. but.. NFL teams with records worse than that can make it to the playoffs, with homefield advantage. shouldn't be allowed either imo. If your division can't field a team with 8 wins they should lose the automatic bid for division champion. The playoff spot should go to a 3rd wild card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 The playoff spot should go to a 3rd wild card. and naturally that would be the team with the next best winning record after the first five are decided, I just don't believe you could have two divisions with champions with sub .500 winning records in the same year; in the case of a tie, head to head, if they didn't play each other; how did they do against teams they both played, after that just flip a coin ;) . The way it looks the present playoff structure assures a team from each section of the country is in the playoffs, keeps the fanbase interested. Unlike it was in the time before San Francisco and L.A. had teams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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