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12 team playoff coming in 2024

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Will there still be conference championships?
if so, that’s a lot of football for 19-20 year old kids whose bodies aren’t yet developed…
 
Applecane said:
Will there still be conference championships?
if so, that’s a lot of football for 19-20 year old kids whose bodies aren’t yet developed…
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Yup. Can’t ******* practice because of safety concerns but as soon as ESPN can profit off of it and the SEC cult has an extra few weeks to jerk themselves off more games is no detriment to the kids.
 
da truth said:
Who cares. 12 games gives us a hail Mary chance of making it in 24
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I'm not opposed to it. I've always wanted an expanded playoff with guaranteed berths. Just thought 8 was the perfect format but I'll take 12 because (like you said) it'll give us more chances and eliminates the possibility of us getting screwed if we ever actually do win the conference. They should just never go beyond 12. We already know what conference will always get the byes in this format too.
 
Tad Footeball said:
It should've been an 8 team format (5 conf champs + 3 at-larges) with NO byes but the argument that the regular season won't matter any longer simply doesn't hold weight. It'll actually matter now more than ever especially with the SEC bias followed by (to a much lesser degree) B1G preference by polling and the committee.

The essentially auto-bids to the conference champions will make getting to and winning those games more important than ever and the desire to overcome any potential biases will make compiling the most impressive regular season record as important for those seeking an at-large spot.
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Agree. Of course, as we know, 12 is just to get more SEC and B1G teams in. The networks are not really interested in more TCUs getting in.

Still the best games could be the first rounds with more evenly matched teams. The bowl games have been great outside the playoffs. The semis could always be blowouts as long as 2-3 teams are are levels above everyone else but games to get there could be amazing.

I don't see how keeping the same formate reduces blowouts.
 
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Bird4um said:
one upset and you are wrong... I bet 1 a year at least.
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This. I am for expansion. It works in FCS, it works in the NFL, it works in College Basketball of course. It has worked in MLB. In fact, I can't think of playoff expansion having hurt any sport off of the top of my head.
 
According to the 2024 playoffs, “the six highest-ranked conference champions as automatic qualifiers along with the next six highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded 1-4 with first-round byes. The next four highest-ranked teams (Nos. 5-8) will host the first-round matchups.”

My best guess on how the seeds would be determined this year if we went had 12 teams:
  1. (1) UGA-SEC winner
  2. (2) Michigan-BIG 10 winner
  3. (9) Clemson-ACC winner
  4. (10) Kansas State-BIG 12 winner
  5. TCU
  6. Southern California
  7. Ohio State
  8. Alabama
  9. Tennessee
  10. (11) Utah-PAC 12 winner
  11. Penn State
  12. (18) Tulane-American winner
 
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Bump.

12 teams is gonna be epic:

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