08-20-2019, 07:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2019, 07:10 AM by OutsiderFan.)
The corporate college football industry needs to make up its mind about what it wants from the playoff and scheduling. Right now they are in this middle ground that makes no sense and provides very little direction.
Alabama is working to change its schedule to reduce cupcakes, under the auspices that people aren't paying to go to see FCS and San Jose State level teams at Bryant-Denny Stadium. At the same time, going undefeated is seen as the ticket to the playoff, regardless of schedule strength. These two forces are at odds against each other.
Making matters worse, the bowl executives standing in the way of progress are hell-bent against an expanded playoff, when the reality is an expanded playoff that includes automatic berths for the Power 5 conferences, would largely resolve this.
Across college football, you would see an end to FCS games against P5, and much greater matchups across the board. I get the notion that the San Jose States of the world would be hurt without the payoffs from playing at Alabama and Florida, but Alabama no longer sees benefit in such charity games, and I'm pretty sure others will follow.
The idea that Stanford would benefit by removing Notre Dame from its schedule is crazy to me. You know how many programs would KILL to get Notre Dame once or twice, let alone, annually? Don't eliminate a good opponent and opportunity for rivalry. Change the system that makes having the game a liability.
Alabama is working to change its schedule to reduce cupcakes, under the auspices that people aren't paying to go to see FCS and San Jose State level teams at Bryant-Denny Stadium. At the same time, going undefeated is seen as the ticket to the playoff, regardless of schedule strength. These two forces are at odds against each other.
Making matters worse, the bowl executives standing in the way of progress are hell-bent against an expanded playoff, when the reality is an expanded playoff that includes automatic berths for the Power 5 conferences, would largely resolve this.
Across college football, you would see an end to FCS games against P5, and much greater matchups across the board. I get the notion that the San Jose States of the world would be hurt without the payoffs from playing at Alabama and Florida, but Alabama no longer sees benefit in such charity games, and I'm pretty sure others will follow.
The idea that Stanford would benefit by removing Notre Dame from its schedule is crazy to me. You know how many programs would KILL to get Notre Dame once or twice, let alone, annually? Don't eliminate a good opponent and opportunity for rivalry. Change the system that makes having the game a liability.