Bigdaddyg1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:28 am
I've asked this question before. Who exactly was the person of governing body who decided that certain schools/conferences are P's or G's? I don't have a problem with the best however many teams they go with being in the playoff. That's part of the problem with the basketball tournament. There are always 10 or so automatic qualifiers who get spots simply from winning weak conference championships. The 19-12 mid power teams will always get in but the 15-17 team who somehow won the terrible conference championship will take a spot that a good 25-6 mid major deserved.
What is also ridiculous about the football playoffs is still including Notre Dame as a separate entity. They haven't won the championship in over 30 years yet still wield some magical power over any system. A 16 team playoff is bordering on crazy in my opinion. You will have teams playing 12 regular season games, a tough conference championship game then maybe 3 more post season games? Some good teams will be so beat up and weary come late December that the quality will suck.
This is the exact point. Notre Dame gets more credit for doing less than anyone. Hell, Bosie St. has won more BCS bowl games. BUT Notre Dame has a national fanbase, so they are good TV. College football is the only major sport actually controlled by a TV network. We could wind up with a Milwaukee-Tampa World Series, which would be terrible for ratings, ESPN can prevent something like that. The NCAA selection committee, which is terrible, is much more independent from CBS than the CFP committee is from ESPN.