College football needs to look at the NFL

[Cowbell]

And mirror it's playoff format. A 14 or 16 team playoff would be perfect and eliminate conference title games. Viewership is way up for the NFL due to these playoffs and how exciting they've been And it would be the same for college football. Plus it would get these kids more used to playing 4 playoff games Before the draft.

[coachnorm]

A 14 or 16 team playoff will not work because it would run in competition with the NFL. Simply, the networks will loose money with football saturation. The NFL will take an adversary position to this and move in its best interest which is to dominate all premium advertising time slots.

[HoopsDawg]

And mirror it's playoff format. A 14 or 16 team playoff would be perfect and eliminate conference title games. Viewership is way up for the NFL due to these playoffs and how exciting they've been And it would be the same for college football. Plus it would get these kids more used to playing 4 playoff games Before the draft.

It should be 16, I don't care what anyone says. But the biggest hurdle is eliminating the conference championship games. I just don't think Sankey would do it. Too much money for the SEC.

The other problem is that if we go to 16 teams, Sankey has hinted at changing the clock rules so games will be fewer plays. I'm not a fan of this at all.

[Cowbell]

A 14 or 16 team playoff will not work because it would run in competition with the NFL. Simply, the networks will loose money with football saturation. The NFL will take an adversary position to this and move in its best interest which is to dominate all premium advertising time slots.

How would it compete with the NFL? It would be in December abd we are talking 13 games total. And it would be replacing bowl games.

[coachnorm]

How would it compete with the NFL? It would be in December abd we are talking 13 games total. And it would be replacing bowl games.

With the expansion of the NFL season and playoffs there are going to be additional premium time slots used for the NFL. The major bowl games are played in the New Years Day proximate time periods. Now there is an expansion for college football? The expansions will conflict and the NFL will prevail. This means college football will be relegated to less valuable ad time slots? If college football playoffs have to be played in bad time slots, the playoffs will be devalued and less viable. There is also a saturation point for football and the NFL is king.

Remember, a viewer who watches a college football game on DVR is useless for commercial television and no benefit to the networks because no commercials are watched.

[Quaoarsking]

I have gotten to the point where I support abolishing the bowls and taking 24 teams to the playoffs. However, they should play it during December, starting the next week after the regular season ends (no more meaningless conference championship games) so that it can finish on New Year's Day.

[Maroonthirteen]

How would it compete with the NFL? It would be in December abd we are talking 13 games total. And it would be replacing bowl games.

College and pro football seasons run concurrently for September through November and partly in December. NFL playoffs begin in January. College footballs biggest bowl games are in January. It would not be an issue.

[Maroonthirteen]

FBS needs to look at FCS. A playoff works in FCS. It will work in FBS.

24 team playoff. Top 8 seeds get a round 1 bye. ​

If your team doesn't make the playoff, your team is done.

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

A larger playoff is not going to change the problem with college football which is competition. The NFL games have been exciting because of the built in system that promotes parity in the NFL. If 2 NFL teams got 15 first round picks a piece, these games would not be exciting in the least. Adding 3 more weeks to college football would just add more incredibly uncompetitive games with that same ultimate result in the end. College football has really started to suck in the last 10 years.

[Quaoarsking]

A larger playoff is not going to change the problem with college football which is competition. The NFL games have been exciting because of the built in system that promotes parity in the NFL. If 2 NFL teams got 15 first round picks a piece, these games would not be exciting in the least. Adding 3 more weeks to college football would just add more incredibly uncompetitive games with that same ultimate result in the end. College football has really started to suck in the last 10 years.

I think you'd get a lot of good competitive matchups in a 24 team system, and the hope is that more teams with a path to a championship spreads out the talent better.

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[OLJWales]

I prefer keeping Do or Die Regular Season Natty games intact which makes college football the most unique and exciting sport. Let 1-4 Host 5-8 to start then finish out at neutral bowl game sites.

[dparker]

A larger playoff is not going to change the problem with college football which is competition. The NFL games have been exciting because of the built in system that promotes parity in the NFL. If 2 NFL teams got 15 first round picks a piece, these games would not be exciting in the least. Adding 3 more weeks to college football would just add more incredibly uncompetitive games with that same ultimate result in the end. College football has really started to suck in the last 10 years.

THIS!!!!!

[HoopsDawg]

A larger playoff is not going to change the problem with college football which is competition. The NFL games have been exciting because of the built in system that promotes parity in the NFL. If 2 NFL teams got 15 first round picks a piece, these games would not be exciting in the least. Adding 3 more weeks to college football would just add more incredibly uncompetitive games with that same ultimate result in the end. College football has really started to suck in the last 10 years.

Recruits may be willing to attend other schools if they see a route to the playoffs.