CFP Expansion.....

[Pit Bull]

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[TUSK]

I voted "Nay", but I would LOVE IT if they went to 8 teams...

[Pit Bull]

Most of my BAMA friends prefer to keep it at 4 teams......and that's easy to see why. 8 teams would help MSU and a few others who can't quite get to that top 4 level and stay there. 8 teams opens it up to more competition for BAMA and the teams who frequent the top 4. I was just curious to see what most MSU posters thought.

[Todd4State]

I think expanding to eight is inevitable.

How I hope they do it is the playoff 8 play four games around Christmas.

Then the Final four on or around NYD

Then the Championship at the same time as they do now.

I also hope that they expand the NY6 bowls to the NY8 and add the Citrus and another bowl like say maybe the Alamo Bowl to the current and rotate the playoff 8 between the NY8 bowls. Then have the Final Four at neutral sites and the championship at a neutral site.

[TUSK]

As a selfish, rat bastard Bammer, I'd like an 8 team playoff (provided all bids are "at large")...

It'd provide a greater margin of error for top tier teams.... JMO

[BulldogBear]

I am against it 100%.

But with that said Todd is probably right on it being inevitable. They are already set up for it and probably also know it's going to happen eventually. And no, they don't have to add bowls. Round of 8 uses four NY6. Semis uses the other two. Then a NT game like they have now. If this is not how they're planning to do it then they should.

Then they can justify adding a few more bowls also.

[Leroy Jenkins]

I don't see how the #8 team can make a legitimate argument for having a shot at the title. If people can't make a solid case for differentiating #4 and #5, imagine trying to split hairs between who gets left out at #8 and #9.

[msstate7]

I don't see how the #8 team can make a legitimate argument for having a shot at the title. If people can't make a solid case for differentiating #4 and #5, imagine trying to split hairs between who gets left out at #8 and #9.

Power 5 champs, top out of power 5 conference champ, and top 2 at large according to a computer metric like bcs (kinks worked out)

[Leroy Jenkins]

Power 5 champs, top out of power 5 conference champ, and top 2 at large according to a computer metric like bcs (kinks worked out)

So you want 12? Nah, no communist football for me. No way a #12 team can make a claim they deserve a shot.

4 is good.

[DownwardDawg]

It should have been 8 from the beginning and leave it at 8. Most of us already knew that. But whatever. The “experts” are always a little slow.

[LC Dawg]

Make it 8 with the 1st round on campuses so late season games will still have meaning because they are for seeding.

[chef dixon]

I would love a 16 team playoff although I realize not that feasible.

Bottom line is College Game Day would usually go to a matchup between any of the top 16 ranked teams. If you can't see or enjoy the entertainment value in that many damn good games then do you even like college football?

Also it would make it much more accessible for success for teams like MSU. Even with 8 we ain't threatening very often at all. Let's be real, CFB is a rich get richer system, sometimes when we are playing for the Gator Bowl instead of the Liberty Bowl I wonder why I am a fan.

[Leroy Jenkins]

We already have a playoff that encompasses all the teams in FBS. It's called the regular season. Win and you are in, I dont even know what to say to a person who wants to lower the bar until 8-12 teams get a chance at the championship, regardless of where they finished the year.

[dawgday166]

So you want 12? Nah, no communist football for me. No way a #12 team can make a claim they deserve a shot.

4 is good.

NFL has 12 with fewer teams. I'm for expanding to 8 at least. Then schedule strength (or lack thereof) won't hinder teams from having a very strong schedule and losing 1 maybe 2 vs very weak schedule going undefeated.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

So you want 12? Nah, no communist football for me. No way a #12 team can make a claim they deserve a shot.

4 is good.

5+1+2=8 comrade

[msstate7]

Delete

[msstate7]

5+1+2=8 comrade

Thanks. Thought I worded it correctly

[Quaoarsking]

Either Oklahoma or Ohio State will likely be left out at 12-1, and if Alabama loses they both probably will, so it seems obvious that there aren't enough slots.

8 is almost certainly enough though unless we get more than 5 power conferences

[Leroy Jenkins]

Gotcha. It was strangely worded. I read it as, power 5 champs + 5 best conf champs from non-power 5, +2 at large=12

5+1+2=8 comrade

[msstate7]

Gotcha. It was strangely worded. I read it as, power 5 champs + 5 best conf champs from non-power 5, +2 at large=12

That would definetely be socialist football lol