Comments on: Round 1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/ Sun, 19 May 2013 15:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jcbear http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-104 jcbear Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:46:39 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-104 32 teams is way too many. By selecting 32 teams for the bracket, teams with 3 or 4 losses can still make the playoffs. That sure does diminish the importance of winning every single game. An eight team playoff system can work just fine and will ensure that only deserving and elite teams make the bracket.

]]> By: DrBeeper http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-103 DrBeeper Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:34:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-103 A NCAA football playoff tournament sounds fun and all, but:

  • where would the games be played? (neutral sites?)
  • would fans actually be able to attend, or would they be largely corporate events? – travelling across the country in Dec/Jan on a weeks notice is not easy…

    The TV networks might like a playoff, but IMO it would turn into a farce, with only big “TV” teams in the brackets. The “East Coast Bias” would be even more prevalent.

    Why not remove the romance of regional college sports once and for all and create a “super-conference” of 12-16 top teams which play a season amongst themselves for the #1 ranking. Perhaps implementing a soccer-style “promotion/relegation” system.

    (and so dies college football…)

    • ]]>         By: Pete Morris ('89) http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Pete Morris ('89) Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:13:09 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-102 Love it, Jay! I just wish Cal hadn’t been placed in the “bracket of death”. Auburn, OU, AND Ohio State. Yikes!

    As someone who thinks the NCAA hoops tourney never should have expanded beyond 48 teams, I’m also inclined to prefer only a 12- or 16-team football tourney. Not only do you therefore limit the field to teams with at least nine or ten wins, but you could schedule the tourney so that the two finalists were determined by December 15. That would then free up all but the top pair from participating in the bowls.

    ]]>         By: Anonymous http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Anonymous Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:47:30 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-101 Why is BYU the 7 seed? Seems a tad high, no?

    ]]>         By: DJGuy http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-100 DJGuy Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:09:36 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-100 Jay, this is very interesting. I’m a big fan of playoffs, and it’s good to see someone, namely you, took the trouble to come up with a realistic scenario. But where did the rest of the Cal page go? Here’s the link to your forum:
    http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/colleges/cal/qa_forum.htm

    No updates as of 6 pm Wednesday. Hope we haven’t lost you. Not at a time like this, with a Bowl game on the horizon!

    ]]>         By: Jason http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Jason Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:15:28 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2006/12/05/round-1/#comment-99 I think 32 teams is a bit much. How about a first-round bye system where the top 8 get a week off and the field is reduced to 24? Basically your top 25 (minus one) gets into the tournament, and eight teams, including conference champions and BCS-style at-large tems, get one week off.

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