Empirical Cane
We are what we repeatedly do.
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Yes. It will make a further parody of CFB.One word, relegation.
Ok, hang with me here for a second. For one, I hate the super conferences, but I’ll embrace them here.
This is how you do it:
4 super conferences, 16 teams each. ACC, B1G, PAC, SEC. 12 game schedule, 3 non conference games, must play at least two games against other super conferences.
12 team playoff. Top 4 seeds get a bye. You get a too 4 seed if you win your conference championship game. Losers in conference championship get into the playoff as well. There will be 4 at-large bids. Can be multiple from each conference, I don’t care. We will then re-seed the playoff. 1-4 are conference champs. 5-12 are others. 5 will host 12 at their home stadium, 6 hosts 11 and so on. After that, 1 will face the lowest remaining seeded team at home, etc. We play home games until we’re down to 4 teams. At this point, they play the bowl games, like how it is now.
Now, here’s where the cool part comes in…
We have a relegation game every year, so we don’t have scrubs. The bottom two teams from each conference will play a relegation game. The second worst team will host the worst team. The loser of this game gets sent down to a group of 5 conference. This happens every year.
The group of 5 will have their own “national championship”, every year. We will have 4 conferences just like the big boy conferences. 12 team playoff, same as the big boys. The teams that make it to the semi finals will get an automatic bid to one of the Power 4 conferences, with geographical location being he deciding factor as to what conference they go to.
This is the best way to fix college football. Are Bama/Clemson/Georgia/OSU still going to dominate? Probably. But, it will make everything way more interesting. Every game matters. We will see parody back in CFB. No Vandy’s/Duke’s/scrub schools in Power conferences anymore, because they’ll get booted, due to relegation
Your point is taken though. There will more more of a refreshing at the bottom end of the SuperConferences than top.
With that said, there isn't that much difference between elite teams and everyone else.
With the right orgamizational leadership, CFB can have more than four teams at the top. It won't be 32, but there is room for more.