(09-29-2023 08:52 AM)clunk Wrote:  

(09-29-2023 08:01 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(09-28-2023 05:00 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(09-28-2023 03:46 PM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(09-28-2023 01:02 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  The point is, just having a rational playoff system isn't necessarily a ticket to prosperity. Sports fandom in general, and especially college sports fandom, doesn't necessarily make rational sense. Refer back to the old Jerry Seinfeld routine about rooting for laundry, to the John Mulaney bit about alumni giving money being like being in love with a stripper you haven;t seen in years -- you have the degree, the transaction is done, your business is completed, she's not going to do anything else for you.

So The Powers That Be in college football, who make a hekuva lotta money off of Roll Tide and O-H-I-O and calling the hogs and Good Old Fashioned Hate, maybe are understandably reluctatnt to make the system to clean and orderly and reasonable.

Because in reasonably organized sports, even the world's biggest Kansas City Chiefs fan isn't buying Patrick Mahomes' mother a house. Without the weird emotional traditions and quirks and nonsense, all you have is football, played by sub-NFL talent. Look over at the XFL, USFL to see how that goes.

I guess that explains why March Madness makes money with all of those no name schools in it. Go figure.

We get it, you want to completely change the way we do things in the FBS, even though your school has never qualified for a major bowl, much less the playoff. Stuff like this is why the g5 schools get limited voting rights. I feel like I'm as big of a fan as you'll find in P2 circles for making our FBS tent as large as possible, but the whole reason we have autonomy structure and a separate FBS division is so that smaller schools aren't telling ND and Georgia how to decide a National Champion. Fortunately, the g5 schools generally recognize this and opt to play nicely (and strive for promotion) rather than constantly throwing wrenches into the works and eventually getting themselves kicked off the island.

FBS can't even figure it out. Why do you think we've gone from BCS to 4 team invitational to 12 team? Why do you think they keep changing it? They aren't changing it again for a 3rd time in 20 years just for the hell of it. Do you see the progression of adding more teams? Why do you think that's happening? SMDH

And in regards to your smart ass remark about G5... quit hoarding all the money. What do you think can happen if a G5 were able to double their finances, might be a little threatening to a middling P5? You all can't have that now can you? A&M and ND have seen what a G5 can do.

The purpose of the FCS playoffs is to find who's the best team. It's pretty good at that.
The purpose of FBS post season is to make as much money as possible, while pretending it's about finding the best team. That's harder to balance, which is why they keep adjusting it.