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Title: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: 2Stater on June 20, 2012, 08:19:18 PM http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8078786/commissioners-reach-consensus-four-team-college-football-playoff
Quote Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the discussion centers on a four-team playoff inside the existing bowl structure with the championship game up for bid nationally. ??? Conference champs? 4 best teams? :dunno: Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: Marshal Dillon on June 20, 2012, 09:34:14 PM Why all the love for Notre Dame? They have been nothing in football for 20 years.This is almost like a Sandusky-like love affair. The BCS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick on Wednesday endorsed a seeded four-team playoff model for college football that would begin for the 2014 season. >:( Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: McBaman on June 20, 2012, 10:29:21 PM Before I'll know what to think about this, I want to see the criteria the Selection Committee has to follow, and how strictly they have to follow it. Also want to know who will be on the committee, or at least how it will be formed.
But if done right, this could be a step forward. Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: Marshal Dillon on June 20, 2012, 10:48:42 PM Before I'll know what to think about this, I want to see the criteria the Selection Committee has to follow, and how strictly they have to follow it. Also want to know who will be on the committee, or at least how it will be formed. But if done right, this could be a step forward. I have no faith in a committee. You can bet your life there will be a Big Ten "homer" and probably a Notre Dame fan on the committee. It will be stacked against the SEC. :tinfoil: Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: cbbama99 on June 21, 2012, 08:45:22 AM Before I'll know what to think about this, I want to see the criteria the Selection Committee has to follow, and how strictly they have to follow it. Also want to know who will be on the committee, or at least how it will be formed. But if done right, this could be a step forward. I have no faith in a committee. You can bet your life there will be a Big Ten "homer" and probably a Notre Dame fan on the committee. It will be stacked against the SEC. :tinfoil: Before I pull out my tinfoil hat on this, I want to see who will actually be on the committee. Unless I missed it in the story, there was no information on that, my guess being that is one of the details that still needs to be hammered out. Will it be the conference commissioners? Coaches? Appointed members from every conference? Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: McBaman on June 21, 2012, 10:22:05 AM Here's a link to an al.com story with a little more info:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/06/hello_college_football_playoff.html I share all the concerns that Marshal and cb have voiced. We won't know the real story and all the risks for a while; until more details come out. Slive seems OK with it but he could be doublecrossed as the details unfold. IF the committee is composed of knowledgable football people, and IF they are required to watch all the games (at least the key games), and IF they actually watch all the plays in all those games, then at least they will be making an informed decision. (Yea I know...IF...IF...IF...) But all people have biases. Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: Catch Prothro on June 21, 2012, 12:31:22 PM Here's a link to an al.com story with a little more info: It's not clear that the details have been worked out yet. All the announcement said was a four team playoff, and there has been some vague reference to a committee. The playoff would be a plus-one format within the structure of existing bowl games, with the title game at a neutral site to be bid out. These details, while important, seem still in the works.http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/06/hello_college_football_playoff.html I share all the concerns that Marshal and cb have voiced. We won't know the real story and all the risks for a while; until more details come out. Slive seems OK with it but he could be doublecrossed as the details unfold. IF the committee is composed of knowledgable football people, and IF they are required to watch all the games (at least the key games), and IF they actually watch all the plays in all those games, then at least they will be making an informed decision. (Yea I know...IF...IF...IF...) But all people have biases. Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: cbbama99 on June 21, 2012, 04:20:25 PM Here's a link to an al.com story with a little more info: It's not clear that the details have been worked out yet. All the announcement said was a four team playoff, and there has been some vague reference to a committee. The playoff would be a plus-one format within the structure of existing bowl games, with the title game at a neutral site to be bid out. These details, while important, seem still in the works.http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/06/hello_college_football_playoff.html I share all the concerns that Marshal and cb have voiced. We won't know the real story and all the risks for a while; until more details come out. Slive seems OK with it but he could be doublecrossed as the details unfold. IF the committee is composed of knowledgable football people, and IF they are required to watch all the games (at least the key games), and IF they actually watch all the plays in all those games, then at least they will be making an informed decision. (Yea I know...IF...IF...IF...) But all people have biases. Exactly why I am not donning the tinfoil hat yet. I want to see where this goes and hope against hope that the powers that be get it right. Title: Re: Consensus reached on playoff Post by: ricky023 on June 21, 2012, 09:00:56 PM Hey guys don't you think Mike Slive would have an inside idea before he voted any way at all? I would say it will be equal for us, SEC, as much as possible or he would have been speaking up. RTR!
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