ddraig wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:58 pm
I'd prefer 16 teams. Take all the Conference Winners and then fill out the remainder with "At Large" teams. Eight games the first weekend, four games the following week. Two the next week, and then the Championship Game. 15 games total and a month to do it. Play the Games at neutral sites and those teams in the SEC have to play elsewhere than in the South. There are many relatively "Warm Weather" sites that can be used. Seattle included. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Phoenix are also possibilities. That's five of the 15 sites needed.
I've always said that....use the Bowl sites or NFL sites in warm locations, what ever. I'd even settle for 12 teams. You want controversy? Decide which of the Power 5 Champs doesn't get a bye! That seems to be what they love the most about this bullshit format....the controversy that keeps them in the news each and every week. Of course? Starting next year, it wouldn't me much controversy as there will only be 4 Power 5 Conferences. The winner of each Conference Championship game would get a bye in a 12 team format.
The only reason I like 12 more than 16 is I think from 13 to 16 you are looking at some pretty weak competition. Right now those first four games if you just use the AP rankings?
Georgia vs Oregon State
Michigan vs Louisville
Ohio State vs Missouri
Florida St vs LSU
So, never mind. Fuck it, let's have 16 teams. Those are some pretty decent games!
Washington would draw ND!
In either format, I'd like to see the first round games be played at the home field of the higher seed. There needs to be some more reward for having the better resume, IMO. Or use seedings....So Georgia would play at Mercedes Benz in Atlanta. Michigan could play at Ford Field in Detroit. Ohio State plays in Cincy or Celevelan and Florida State plays at Hard Rock in Miami. Huskies get Lumen?
I'd still rather see it be home field, TBH.