We can agree to disagree on this. Personally I think a random group of people, with their own biases and agendas making decisions with no real criteria and no real transparency, and no real accountability is a pretty poor way to do anything.
Everybody knows how to correctly organize a championship tournament. The pro organizations all do it based on division champions plus some win/loss scenarios to select remaining teams. All other NCAA sports do it based on conference champions plus some committee determined alternates. Even football in every level, except FBS, does it by conference champions plus remaining teams determined by a committee. FBS is the only NCAA sport, and only sport that I know of, that determines which conference champion to leave out based on a biased committee.
Here is a link to the CFP protocols - Includes 1. mission statement and 2. principles.
collegefootballplayoff.com
I thought it would be interesting if bowl payouts were reduced in some capacity and the amount reduced becomes an NIL fund where the bowl organizers pay players NIL amounts to use the player's likeness in future ads. If you opt out of the game, the Bowl organizers would not need to include the player, as the player did not participate.
Since you brought up EPA, EPA legit hates Washington. Their EPA diff was 18th compared to Oregon's 1st (Even FEI has Oregon as the best team still). This is another reason why I think using pure predictive stats to determine playoff contenders is a joke. Resume rankings are the correct choice.
Did the 2011 Giants "deserve" to be in the playoffs at 9-7? You don't need to have unbending rules for all teams in the playoffs, but you should have a clear known path for every team in FBS to get there. As it was this year, a P5(4) team can schedule strong OOC, win every game, and still be excluded.
Corporations also have plenty of mission statements and guidelines that supposedly shape the culture of their companies and keep them on ethical footing. As does the US Government. Do you trust them? In your opinion are they being honest all of the time and doing the best they can do?Here is a link to the CFP protocols - Includes 1. mission statement and 2. principles.
Here is a link to the CFP committee and their Bios.
2024-25 Selection Committee Roster - College Football Playoff
The official 2024-25 Selection Committee Roster for the College Football Playoff
There are 133 FBS teams that play unbalanced schedules and few head to head matches. Applying unbending rules to an unbalanced schedule will not give you great results either.
I guess i would dislike the CFP committee too if i thought most people are dishonest and intentionally do crappy jobs.
NFL does not equal College Football. As many point there is more parity in the NFL than pretty much any other sport.
I’m usually on board with your posts, but I disagree. Including a bunch of G5 conference winners will not turn your “pageant” into a legitimate playoff. Keep in mind all of your P4 champions are going to be in the playoffs whether you include the G5 winners or not. Is the playoff more legitimate by including 5 teams from G5 conferences versus 5 additional at-large P4 schools? Which playoff scenario below do you think is more difficult to win?
What I believe or what Bill Hancock believes is the problem with the current system, and with the 2024 system.
Why do the non P5 conferences need to be included? Having an interesting tournament and Crowning the Tournament winner is better than having several 45-15 games the first week. Football is simply different in #1 it is the money making sport that allows most other NCAA sports to exist. Always remember rule #1. The rest is just who cares. Every G5 Conference Champion lost their Bowl Game to mid level P5 teams. They can have their own tournament if they want!
Then split FBS football. The NCAA is already talking about splitting it up between professional and non-professional teams. Don't call the winner of the current system, nor even the expanded playoffs the National Champion. It is an entertainment exercise, not a championship.
You won't avoid this by only having P5 schools. UGA would have played Ole Miss this year, who they already beat by 35. The vast majority of P5 teams are going to get blown out, even in their in their best years if they take on the elite programs. In reality we need a subdivision with about 10-15 teams that can actually compete for championships. Then the rest of us can have a real playoff.
Because it gives everybody in FBS a fair shot, and more people are interested when everybody has a fair shot.
Any P4 at large had a chance to earn their way in on the field. Adding the “window dressing” in the form of G5 teams is less political than adding opinion-based at-large conference losers. It helps keep the regular season and conference championships important too.
But then you’ll probably just have a group of 5-10 that will win all the championships in the 2nd tier.
Not true. No one wants to see 45-14 games. That would be the results. People want games like we had Monday.
