Date: November 9th, 2026 2:19 PM Author: frank rizzo
having a bunch of sportswriters arbitrarily decide which of two undefeated teams who never played each other was national champ was sort of lame and gay. not as lame and gay as 12 team playoffs.
overall it's better now but i do miss when very game mattered and single loss could ruin your season. upsets were such a big deal back then. now the OSUs and USCs of the modern college football world just brush it off like "meh, whatever. we're still in the playoffs."
Date: November 9th, 2026 2:21 PM Author: bigeastboy
Agreed to no playoff. and I say this as an absolute USC homer. we would have benefited more in the 2000s from a playoff than any other school (would have won NC's in 02, 07 and 08 for sure). but I would gladly go back to the pac/big10 Rose Bowl setup. CFB peaked in 1996
Date: November 9th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: Ancient Christian Wisdom
Looking at past seasons, there has only ever been 2-3 teams who looked like legit national title contenders. No one has ever thought "Wow, the 7th ranked team really should have a shot at the national." I get it's just networks raping the sport for cash but at some point you have to maintain some integrity.
Date: November 9th, 2026 2:41 PM Author: SkaddenArse
This. if by some chance the 6th best team in a tourney wins the championship it is because they got hot at the right time. to me thats more luck than talent.
4 team was the best way, you will always get the two teams with the "best" regular season that way plus a chance for an underdog to win it without having to go through the nonsense of pretending that jmu or some shit program like Texas tech belongs in the conversation
There are going to be years when the #3 or #4 team is going to have a legit claim to the best or second best season. I think having 4 means there's very little chance you'd ever leave out the best or second best team. And by underdog I'm talking about a 1 loss power 4 champ in almost every case. I think this is the best compromise
Date: November 9th, 2026 3:47 PM Author: michael doodikoff
a 6 or 8 team playoff would have been perfect
CFB is an abortion now, Im actually sad that we are about to have the LAST SEC Championship game, its hard to even comprehend that. SO that TV stations could make more money
Date: November 9th, 2026 4:19 PM Author: michael doodikoff
there were two divisions for a long time - there is always confusion about the "who is best" in "conferences" (I use that term jokingly) who don't have conference games.
and some people prefer a definitive "best" which can only be done by a championship game
I don't get lisping football fans who just think that the "eye test" holds for determining championships
Date: November 9th, 2026 3:55 PM Author: Dickey Simpkins
BCS was cool because the upsets were so consequential but the whole system was predicated on the non-championship bowl games being meaningful. That was starting to decline even before the the CFP came, so the older model was on borrowed time.
With the bowls in decline, 12 game playoff is the next best thing. Basically you need to make an old “BCS bowl” to make the playoff. The upsets do matter but you basically need to go 10-2 in the SEC or Big10 to be safe or 11-1 in ACC or Big12 (unless you won conference). A 9-3 team or two will make it this year for the first time due to sole chaos but the 9-3 team will likely have 5 wins over ranked teams.
24 team playoff turns it into college basketball and will hasten the decline of the sport. The SEC and Big10 signed their eventual demise today and it’s hilarious. The top programs will start joining ND as independents at some time in the 2030s once the grant of rights expire. Ohio State and Michigan won’t be having equal disruptions to Purdue and Maryland once they can get out of the current deal and with conferences now meaningless.