I think it kills the importance of the conference championship in many cases.

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Jun 10, 2021
3:12:48pm

cougaman Truly Addicted User

A lot of the conference championship losers will end up making the playoff.

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The dumbest argument I see on the internet is that a 12 team playoff kills the

Kavorka

6/10/21 3:04pm

But there are BIIIIIIG regular season games. That won’t be the case anymore.

cougsareforreal

6/10/21 3:07pm

In the second half of the season, teams are all playing conference games

mannheimadler

6/10/21 3:09pm

Never mind, I think I misunderstood what you meant

mannheimadler

6/10/21 3:11pm

And the couple of BIIIIIG regular season games we lose would be replaced by

Salami Karate

6/10/21 3:09pm

You might get the march madness problem where most fans don't watch till tourny

SLC-Warrior

6/10/21 3:11pm

That hasn’t happened to the NFL

mannheimadler

6/10/21 3:13pm

The NFL has players for more than 4 years and there are 32 teams.

SLC-Warrior

6/10/21 3:18pm

Bama fills their stadium for an Oct game against Austin Peay. They’ll be fine.

Salami Karate

6/10/21 3:14pm

College bball and football are not comparable. There are 32 plus games vs 12.

johnnybyu

6/10/21 3:20pm

How often does that happen outside of maybe an Alabama vs (insert SEC rival)

Kavorka

6/10/21 3:10pm

On the other hand, we'll likely get more big non-conference games as some teams

thewaterboy

6/10/21 3:14pm

That’s a good point and would be a great side affect.

cougsareforreal

6/10/21 3:16pm

I fear the opposite. Why risk playing a tough team?

climps

6/10/21 4:16pm

You example kind of proves the OP's point though. Outside of top 5 teams (which

hardcorecoug

6/10/21 3:16pm

12 team playoff means byes, that leaves tons of incentive to be a bye team.

califcougar

6/10/21 3:29pm

I think your description of the fate of the loser between 2&5 is the reason this

GeorgeAlbertsgoatie

6/10/21 5:17pm

Now, teams like UVa and Georgia Tech and Boston College have a chance

RenoCoug

6/10/21 3:08pm

I think the argument should be that it makes championship weekend meaningless

GlutealGuy

6/10/21 3:08pm

But it doesn't conference championship weekend is going to award 6 autobids and

ZacSeljaas'Stache

6/10/21 3:10pm

The byes do make it better, I’m against the idea of 16 teams

GlutealGuy

6/10/21 3:12pm

I think it kills the importance of the conference championship in many cases.

cougaman

6/10/21 3:12pm

That’s a benefit. Drop conference championship in five years and expand to 24.

jvquarterback

6/10/21 3:15pm

Absolutely. I've always been perplexed why college football doesn't cash in on

hardcorecoug

6/10/21 3:19pm

Will still matter quite a bit IMO. Could be the difference between a first round

Kavorka

6/10/21 3:18pm

But as it currently stands (might change), the top 4 champions get the bye.

cougfan03

6/10/21 3:18pm

For the SEC yes not for the rest of the conferences. There is an auto bid on

johnnybyu

6/10/21 3:23pm

Agree, so dumb. CFB has already killed the regular season

cougfanz

6/10/21 3:21pm

It kills bowl games even further. Lowers the bar for top teams.

Blue Cat

6/10/21 3:22pm

Good. Bowls should die.

jvquarterback

6/10/21 3:41pm

I’d rather have Bowls than no postseason.

Blue Cat

6/10/21 3:43pm

Absolutely. Currently college football is only truly intriguing enjoyable to

hardcorecoug

6/10/21 3:23pm

It’s the same ridiculous argument made about the NCAA hoops tournament.

Zastava

6/10/21 4:29pm

The NCAA hoops tournament does make the regular season meaningless.

Fake Gary Sheide

6/10/21 4:47pm

Not at all. It allows teams to improve and continue fighting for a berth...

Zastava

6/10/21 4:48pm

Not really. BYU never wins the conference tournament, so the auto-bid to the

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