Conference Realignment Board

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4 things. Plus a solution.

OOC in current form is a joke.
It usually involves 3 cupcakes and 1 good opponent played at a neutral site. And on occasion, a quality home and home. The only game nationally that is a must see is Notre Dame-USC.

More games are hypocritical and greedy.
I am sick of the virtue signaling and grandstanding about CTE, "paying college players will ruin college sports", academics and the welfare of the student-athlete from frauds also wanting to play more games. It's pathetic. And LOL at the NFL for expanding the schedule while pretending to care about the long-term health of its players.

The season is way too long.
Can we just have a system that ends on New Years Day like in the past? I'd rather start the season earlier than play the title game on a weekday in the second week of January. Just lame.

Why is 12 the number of the month for a CFP?
Forget byes. Either play the games or don't play them. 2, 4, 8 or 16. If you think playoff games are lopsided now, wait until you give the Alabamas of the world a bye before playing the lowest seeded team to get through the CFP first round.

My solution:
Shrink conferences to the size that round robin play is mandatory (no more than 13 teams per, 12 games). All but junk OOC games. Get rid of lame conference title games. Have an 8 or 16 team playoff. Offer at least half the bids to conference champions, offer the rest at-large.
[Post edited by Maroon Baboon at 01/16/2022 12:33AM]

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Posted: 01/16/2022 at 12:33AM

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Surprise, surprise. ESPN wants to get rid of conf championship games. -- Hokester 01/15/2022 11:22PM

I like the Conference championship games. Keep them and use it as first -- wwhokie1 01/18/2022 3:57PM

No conference non-champions means no legit OOC games. -- Maroon Baboon 01/20/2022 3:18PM

IMO, That is the only way to sensibly expand they playoffs -- Truthahn 01/17/2022 4:14PM

Wish Phillips had been here years ago. He is showing some good football -- IB4TECH 01/17/2022 12:47PM

See part of the play. conferences are hindering their vision -- Mercury 01/16/2022 4:30PM

Maroon touches on it below. I have a problem with this if OOC games -- Femoyer Hokie 01/16/2022 10:48AM

Ideally, conferences would be smaller and a true round robin would -- Femoyer Hokie 01/16/2022 12:40PM

That's happening now. Determines Conference Division Champion. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 12:47PM

Problem is, these divisions aren't nearly as interesting as any of the -- Maroon Baboon 01/16/2022 1:41PM

Agree...my concept kinda fixes some of that -- Vienna_Hokie 01/16/2022 4:18PM

The problem with no risk opportunities is that when there is no risk -- Maroon Baboon 01/16/2022 4:46PM

Correct, why the focus on the playoff and a MNC is destroying CFB -- Vienna_Hokie 01/16/2022 5:56PM

Good OOC games sell out easily, for VT: Nebraska, ND, TA&M in a hurricane, -- Stech 01/17/2022 04:43AM

Why is that? I am just trying to understand where you are coming from. ** -- Stech 01/16/2022 12:30PM

That's not ESPN. That's Pat Forde sounding like a fool. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 10:39AM

If we are going to have a College Football Czar, I'm gonna want -- Maroon Baboon 01/16/2022 11:43AM

Hear hear! -- Truthahn 01/17/2022 4:22PM

The P5 becoming the P4 is what I heard almost 20 years ago, it's still the -- Stech 01/16/2022 11:20AM

Per below, Conf Champ Game as first round accomplishes that. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 11:32AM

All of those would work better than 12 w/ 6 at large, but SEC/ND will fight -- Stech 01/16/2022 11:39AM

Who stops them is the Audience, just like NASCAR. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 12:56PM

Does the audience really have that much power these days? -- VTHokie2000 01/18/2022 10:57PM

I hear you, but hopefully ESPN wakes up before then, because once the fans -- Stech 01/16/2022 12:56PM

I know. The NBA is doing it to itself now. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 12:59PM

I find th eliminating of Conference Championship games intriguing to reduce -- Stech 01/16/2022 09:48AM

Getting rid of CCGs could lead to back door contraction, which I support. -- Maroon Baboon 01/16/2022 09:58AM

4 things. Plus a solution. -- Maroon Baboon 01/16/2022 12:33AM

My solution? -- TerryD 01/16/2022 10:27AM

W ** -- RTFC 01/17/2022 01:57AM

Agree. Only let conf champs into the CFP and wrap it up by Jan. 1. -- Hokester 01/16/2022 01:18AM

Been saying that for years. Only question is how many conferences. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 11:07AM

We should cut that cord with the bowls. Money will still be made, maybe -- IB4TECH 01/17/2022 12:52PM

If they insist on a tournament, it will be one or the other. -- HOO86 01/17/2022 1:20PM

Should add that no conference gets more than 1 at large each year... -- EDGEMAN 01/16/2022 05:41AM

You accomplish making same conference teams in first round easily. -- HOO86 01/16/2022 10:52AM

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