USC falls to Oregan State

[SonofBone]

Son of Bone is right, I wasn't talking about back to back games, just the system of have a high rank playoffs and a low rank playoffs.

That would be a good way to do it. Another variation could be to bypass the low rank playoffs since they're not going for a real championship and just use all of the teams above .500/6 wins, etc. to fill in all of the other bowl games. That way you could still see a different bowl game every night starting in mid-December the way it is currently.

Speaking of which, I kind of like seeing a college game during the regular season on Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday, but in a way, it gives team longer to prepare and game plan for other teams. To be fair, they should all have to stick to Thurs. - Sat., but I guess an argument could still be made about Thursday & Friday games. Va. Tech has been notorious for how they've used bye weeks and Thursday night games to get additional time for a high ranked team.

[bad14u]

How would the bowl games fit into this?

[SonofBone]

Here is a hypothetical situation for you...

I remember the top 2 teams from last year and I don't remember the next 6, but for argument's sake let's roll with this...

The top 8 teams would be seeded, so last year would look something like this:

1) USC
2) Texas
3) Penn St.
4) Georgia
5) Ohio St.
6) W. Virginia
7) Notre Dame
8) FSU

Then you would take the top 7 Bowl Games (or whatever they're deemed to be):
Outback, Gator, Capital One, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, Rose

Then bracket & play the games, which could be as follows (you could split these 4 over Sat & Sun for ratings if so desired):

12/17 & 12/18
Outback -- USC vs. FSU
Gator -- Penn St. vs. W. Virginia
Capital One -- Georgia vs. Ohio St.
Fiesta -- Texas vs. Notre Dame

12/24
Sugar -- USC vs. Penn St.
Orange -- Texas vs. Georgia

1/4
Rose -- USC vs. Texas

The top 4 (Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, & Rose) would rotate. All bowl games would keep their same locations & all other non-championship bowl games would still be played from mid-December through New Year's Day.

[bad14u]

Ahhh...I see now said the blind man. Makes sense now.

[Shibby]

You're right...I don't think the Colts are that great. They have a great QB who is despise watching play because of all his audibles, but he is good. However, they'll find a way to blow it down the stretch just like they have the last several years. A playoff system allows them to do that vs. being a shoe-in for the superbowl.

;).

[SonofBone]

;).

Lol...I wondered if this post would come back up. Well, I'm here to eat my crow. I admit I was wrong. Congrats to the Colts on a well executed game plan.

This game was eerily reminiscent of the College championship. Opening kick off returned and that was basically it for the team that was first to score.

[Shibby]

It's all good. It's fun to try and make predictions and I'm sure you could easily find more than a couple of my strong statements, that I was wrong.