Comments on: My Playoff Brackets - Week 1 http://football.calculusman.com/2007/10/16/my-playoff-brackets-week-1/ The Ultimate College Football Blog. OK, maybe not. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nick http://football.calculusman.com/2007/10/16/my-playoff-brackets-week-1/#comment-15 Nick Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:23:01 +0000 http://football.calculusman.com/2007/10/16/joshs-playoff-brackets-week-1/#comment-15 Not a bad idea and the bracket looks like it'll produce some good games.. but there are some flaws... If we "bracket people" are ever going to convice the old-school "BCS people" to do a playoff, we can't push for 16-teamers... Just too grand, too big, too long. An 8-teamer is just perfect... Like the BCS Bowls pre-2006... You got your 6 BCS conference champs (putting a HUGE emphasis on winning your conference - making every conference championship game of utmost importance; and unlike your current model wher eif kansas met Oklahoma, both would be "in" - rendering that game moot). Also, the first round games should be held on home fields... college students and fans can't be expected to travel to 3 sites in 3 weeks or so... The semis and finals should be your Rose, Sugar, Orange or something... Not a bad idea and the bracket looks like it’ll produce some good games.. but there are some flaws…

If we “bracket people” are ever going to convice the old-school “BCS people” to do a playoff, we can’t push for 16-teamers… Just too grand, too big, too long.

An 8-teamer is just perfect… Like the BCS Bowls pre-2006… You got your 6 BCS conference champs (putting a HUGE emphasis on winning your conference - making every conference championship game of utmost importance; and unlike your current model wher eif kansas met Oklahoma, both would be “in” - rendering that game moot).

Also, the first round games should be held on home fields… college students and fans can’t be expected to travel to 3 sites in 3 weeks or so… The semis and finals should be your Rose, Sugar, Orange or something…

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