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Murphy3 · 11-06-2003, 01:49 PM

Well, many teams already have 3-4 weeks off before the bowl season starts... that's entirely too long IMO.
I'd prefer a 16 team playoff... but, it would mean that teams would need to cut back to 10-11 pre-playoff games.

That would mean not allowing teams to squeeze in an extra game by playing in the kickoff classic/pig skin classic and whatnot and it might put an end to some Conference Championship games.

Or you could simply have a 10 game season with a conference championship + the playoffs..

that would mean that the most games that any team played in would be 15..two more teams could play in 14 games.

What would this mean? It would mean that most teams would play in pretty much the same amount of games as currently..many would play in less. At most, two teams would play in 15 games and two more would play in 14. I believe that's less than what currently occurs.

As for time off between the regular season and the playoffs..the schedules could be arranged to allow teams a week off before their first playoff game.

As for playing into January...well, look at it this way. When does the college season start? Late August?

Well, the teams would have 1 game in late August and 9 throughout September, October, and November AND could play a Conference Championship game in late November...

Then, you'd have three playoff games in December with the championship coming in January... hell, you could even extend it a little further out if you'd like..push the playoffs back so that the second round would fall on new years/new years eve. You'd have to have a maybe three more games extending two weeks into january if you did things this way though. but, why would that be a big issue? Players would have more off time during the regular season by having less games. Yes, they'd have more going on during their normal Christmas break...but hell, alot of the teams are already practicing throught their Christmas vacation while getting ready for the bowl games.

11-06-2003, 01:49 PM	#16
Murphy3 Guru Join Date: May 2001 Location: sport Posts: 39,431	RE:Are you for or against college football having some form of a playoff Well, many teams already have 3-4 weeks off before the bowl season starts... that's entirely too long IMO. I'd prefer a 16 team playoff... but, it would mean that teams would need to cut back to 10-11 pre-playoff games. That would mean not allowing teams to squeeze in an extra game by playing in the kickoff classic/pig skin classic and whatnot and it might put an end to some Conference Championship games. Or you could simply have a 10 game season with a conference championship + the playoffs.. that would mean that the most games that any team played in would be 15..two more teams could play in 14 games. What would this mean? It would mean that most teams would play in pretty much the same amount of games as currently..many would play in less. At most, two teams would play in 15 games and two more would play in 14. I believe that's less than what currently occurs. As for time off between the regular season and the playoffs..the schedules could be arranged to allow teams a week off before their first playoff game. As for playing into January...well, look at it this way. When does the college season start? Late August? Well, the teams would have 1 game in late August and 9 throughout September, October, and November AND could play a Conference Championship game in late November... Then, you'd have three playoff games in December with the championship coming in January... hell, you could even extend it a little further out if you'd like..push the playoffs back so that the second round would fall on new years/new years eve. You'd have to have a maybe three more games extending two weeks into january if you did things this way though. but, why would that be a big issue? Players would have more off time during the regular season by having less games. Yes, they'd have more going on during their normal Christmas break...but hell, alot of the teams are already practicing throught their Christmas vacation while getting ready for the bowl games.