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Post by TruAztec on Jul 23, 2014 12:42:58 GMT -8
Alright, I will be the first to admit I get confused often. I always thought that the playoff was 4 teams. But then I was hearing how there are other games that are not a part of the playoff but are something called the New Year’s Spectacular and was described as such: Fans will enjoy back-to-back triple headers. Two semifinals and four other premier bowl games will be played on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Those holidays will belong to college football. Semifinal games will rotate among six different bowls, extending the experience to more fans. This is from www.collegefootballplayoff.com/Then I listened to the MWC press conference with the commissioner and he was talking this up. I have never heard of these games sand how there is a guaranteed spot for the non-P5 teams. Anyone know anything?
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Post by RockNFish on Jul 23, 2014 12:52:07 GMT -8
www.nola.com/sugarbowl/index.ssf/2013/12/college_football_playoff_debut.htmlWhat will be the six bowls’ function in seasons when they don’t host a semifinal and how will they be filled?
This is where there is a lot of confusion.
The six bowls are divided into two categories, contract bowls and access bowls, and that’s important to keep in mind for the seasons in which they don’t host the semifinal game.
The Sugar, Rose and Orange bowls are the contract bowls, meaning they are affiliated with two or more of the five power conferences, the Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, ACC and PAC-12.
The Sugar Bowl will be affiliated with the SEC and Big 12. So in seasons when the Sugar Bowl isn’t hosting a semifinal game, the SEC and Big 12 will send teams to fill the two slots. The Rose Bowl is set up, as it has been for years, with the Big Ten and PAC-12. And the Orange is contracted with the ACC and either the Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame.
The access bowls – Fiesta, Chick-fil-A and Cotton - will be filled by the CFP selection committee and will have little to no say in who comes to their games when they don’t host a semifinal game.
The slots in the access bowl will first be filled by any power conference champion that didn’t make the semifinal playoff and has no place in the contract bowl because it is hosting a semifinal.
The access bowl must also take the highest rated team from the five non-power conferences – known as the Group of Five – which consists of the MAC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, American Athletic Conference and Mountain West. That team will be picked by the selection committee.
If there are any spots left to fill in the access bowls, the highest ranked teams, as ranked by the selection committee, will fill be put in those bowls.
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Post by HighNTight on Jul 23, 2014 12:53:39 GMT -8
Rose, Fiesta, Peach, Orange, Cotton & Sugar Bowls make up the CFP / New Year "Spectacular" ... two of the bowls will be used for the CFP each year (for the semi's) in a rotation, while the others (not in use that year) will host the Access Bowl or regular P5 match-ups. The NCG will be held at a site to be designated each year from any stadium (college or pro) that bids for it.
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Post by ab on Jul 23, 2014 13:33:45 GMT -8
This year
semi-Finals - Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl Championship - Jerry World - Cowboys Stadium
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Post by aztecgold on Jul 23, 2014 13:40:57 GMT -8
Just know this. It is a bogus playoff scheme to get 2 SEC teams into the playoffs for most years although it is currently only a 4 team playoff.
I am hoping that it will create big TV money though, and with their known tendencies for greed, college football comes up an 8 or 16 team playoff eventually.
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Post by aztec70 on Jul 23, 2014 14:29:57 GMT -8
The more P-5 foolishness is just causing me to become less engaged with college football.
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Post by La Mesa Aztec on Jul 23, 2014 23:00:11 GMT -8
Just know this. It is a bogus playoff scheme to get 2 SEC teams into the playoffs for most years although it is currently only a 4 team playoff. I am hoping that it will create big TV money though, and with their known tendencies for greed, college football comes up an 8 or 16 team playoff eventually. A 16 team football playoff would be like the NCAA basketball tournament on steroids. It would give the NFL competition for viewers. Unbelievably college football powers that be don't get it.
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on Jul 24, 2014 4:38:13 GMT -8
Just know this. It is a bogus playoff scheme to get 2 SEC teams into the playoffs for most years although it is currently only a 4 team playoff. I am hoping that it will create big TV money though, and with their known tendencies for greed, college football comes up an 8 or 16 team playoff eventually. A 16 team football playoff would be like the NCAA basketball tournament on steroids. It would give the NFL competition for viewers. Unbelievably college football powers that be don't get it. They are more about power and greed. They want to limit access to a pile of money CFB fans generate annually. In their minds they, the P5 generate all the revenue. Dumb asses! Jim Delany ≈ Darth Vader!
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Post by La Mesa Aztec on Jul 24, 2014 13:53:37 GMT -8
A 16 team football playoff would be like the NCAA basketball tournament on steroids. It would give the NFL competition for viewers. Unbelievably college football powers that be don't get it. They are more about power and greed. They want to limit access to a pile of money CFB fans generate annually. In their minds they, the P5 generate all the revenue. Dumb asses! Jim Delany ≈ Darth Vader! It's actually a smart play if they make more money in the current system. But I'd bet there would be so much more revenue generated with a real playoff that the B(C)S schools would make more than they do now even with a smaller cut.
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