Originally posted by: MadRat
The picture is just as muddy as if you did a +1 game to solve the NC picture. Quite frankly six teams can honestly claim worthy to be in the NC game.
Which is why we should have a 6+2 playoff system. Six automatic bids from the six 'major' conferences and then two at large bids that would go to teams like Hawaii if they're in the top 12 and then to the next highest ranked non-automatic bid 'major' conference team.
So this year we would have something like this:
Automatics:
LSU
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Virginia Tech
USC
West Virginia
At-Large:
Hawaii
Georgia
Now, what is not to like about 3 weeks of watching that unfold???
Ohio State v. Hawaii
LSU v. West Virginia
Oklahoma v. Virginia Tech
Georgia v. USC
Is anyone else drooling at the prospect of this yet?
Ohio State v. USC
LSU v. Oklahoma
Man, who would win those games I wonder?
USC v. LSU
Obviously, a playoff system in college football would suck. It's not my job to figure out how to make it work but it definitely needs to happen. The other bowls will NOT be cheapened because in all honestly how the hell did you make bowls like the Poinsetta Bowl any more meaningless? They will still serve as something for the fans of those teams just like they do today. Nothing will change.