Poll: Real Life College Football: Bowl or Playoff?

nilodor · 11-11-2003, 10:07 PM

I was looking at the results for the TCY poll and was kind of shocked by how one-sided the response was. Is it the same for the real life thing?

EDIT: For the bowl option it should be considered as the BCS system right now, not any other bowl alternative.

McSweeny · 11-11-2003, 10:24 PM

trout! trout! trout!

Eaglesfan27 · 11-11-2003, 10:27 PM

I think most of us would prefer a playoff for real college football and only use the BCS in the game to mirror realism. It will be interesting to see the final results of this poll.

Archer219 · 11-11-2003, 10:49 PM

Here is what I've always lobbied for:

A playoff system with each game hosted by a bowl. In other words, the lesser bowls get the first round games and it works its way up until the championship. The NCAA could even keep the rotation of the championship game between the "BCS Bowls".

Archer219 · 11-11-2003, 10:51 PM

Edit: sorry, must have been too impatient with my "high-speed" internet connection.

digamma · 11-11-2003, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Archer219
Here is what I've always lobbied for:

A playoff system with each game hosted by a bowl. In other words, the lesser bowls get the first round games and it works its way up until the championship. The NCAA could even keep the rotation of the championship game between the "BCS Bowls".

I just don't see how this works. You would be asking the fans of teams to travel three or four weekends in a row to neutral sites. I don't see how that fills the stands.

The NCAA has trouble filling neutral sites in the NCAA basketball tournament opening rounds--neutral sites that are usually a quarter the size of football stadiums and that get the benefit of having 8 teams there to draw from.

The only way to do a 16 team play-off is to have the first two rounds at the higher seed's home field.

Having said all that, I voted for the bowl system. It is the best time of the year. I love the bowls. Even the Humanitarian Bowl and the Weedwhacker bowl. New Year's day is the best day of the year. Arguing about national champions and who got screwed is a lot of fun. And, while not exactly a play-off, the regular season is, in my opinion, a whole lot more fun without a play-off.

Archer219 · 11-11-2003, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digamma
I just don't see how this works. You would be asking the fans of teams to travel three or four weekends in a row to neutral sites. I don't see how that fills the stands.

The NCAA has trouble filling neutral sites in the NCAA basketball tournament opening rounds--neutral sites that are usually a quarter the size of football stadiums and that get the benefit of having 8 teams there to draw from.

Point taken, but I still think it could work. NCAA Bowl games are a draw to people other then the fans of the teams playing in them.

However, I would be happy if they did the playoff and rotated the championship game between the Rose, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar Bowls.

VPI97 · 11-12-2003, 01:07 AM

Bowl...by far.

I make the yearly trip to my alma mater's bowl game and I've enjoyed each of them, win or lose. A playoff system where I don't know whether to go to a first round game or plan for a later game which we may not advance to would suck.

ice4277 · 11-12-2003, 04:42 AM

I don't think people realize how much they would miss the New Year's Day games if they went to a playoff system.

11-11-2003, 10:27 PM	#3
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11-11-2003, 10:49 PM	#4
Archer219 Mascot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Gilbert, Arizona	Here is what I've always lobbied for: A playoff system with each game hosted by a bowl. In other words, the lesser bowls get the first round games and it works its way up until the championship. The NCAA could even keep the rotation of the championship game between the "BCS Bowls". __________________ I can be as humble as the nexy guy Or I can blink and make you crumble from the inside. I can make you see the beauty of a new sun Or I can be the source of your desperation.

11-11-2003, 10:51 PM	#5
Archer219 Mascot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Gilbert, Arizona	Edit: sorry, must have been too impatient with my "high-speed" internet connection. __________________ I can be as humble as the nexy guy Or I can blink and make you crumble from the inside. I can make you see the beauty of a new sun Or I can be the source of your desperation. Last edited by Archer219 : 11-11-2003 at 11:07 PM.

11-12-2003, 01:07 AM	#8
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Bowl...by far. I make the yearly trip to my alma mater's bowl game and I've enjoyed each of them, win or lose. A playoff system where I don't know whether to go to a first round game or plan for a later game which we may not advance to would suck. __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

View Poll Results: Real life College Football Div 1-A: Bowl System or Playoff
Bowl	10	27.03%
Playoff	27	72.97%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

11-11-2003, 10:24 PM	#2
McSweeny College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerville, MA	trout! trout! trout!

11-12-2003, 04:42 AM	#9
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	I don't think people realize how much they would miss the New Year's Day games if they went to a playoff system.

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