Interesting: U. of FL Prez Asks for Play-off

[Water Pony]

Thought this was a very interesting article from a BCS/SEC school President. Too much common sense? Still, for Non-BCS schools, we would still likely be on the outside, looking in on the writer's scenario.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/31/Sport ... ommo.shtml

[abezontar]

At least it would be a start. March Madness didn't start with 65 teams, it took time, but eventually it was opened up to more contenders and better stories. The same could happen in football.

[PonyKai]

Could call it the Christmas Rush

[mrydel]

Could call it the Christmas Rush

That is too conservative for many on this board. Maybe the Christmas Gore.

[SMU Football Blog]

This is headed towards a massive Division I reallignment. Not a conference reallignment, but a division reallignment. I fully expect that within 20 years the nat'l champ will be decided in a 12 team to 16 team playoff in a division of 80 to 90 schools or so. Everybody else will be relegated to some lower classification.

[EastStang]

That may happen. They may try and do it by raising the number of sports, or raising the attendance. The problem is that if they get too cute, they start losing teams like Duke which would cause the ACC to rally to their aid and then the balance of power shifts to the mid-majors. If they were to adopt a harsher drop down they probably would add some sort of English Premier League type rule where the weakest teams get dropped every few years and the strongest lower division teams get to move up. That way Baylor gets dropped and TCU gets added or WSU gets dropped and Boise gets added. Who knows if that would be acceptable? The problem for the BCS is the Big Ten and the PAC 10. They own the Rose Bowl and can pick up their toys and go and leave the others in the lurch (which by the way, I would love to see happen). The BE would need to add four teams but what would that do to their basketball brand? The SEC, ACC, Big XII are all maxed out at 12. Do they go to 14 or 16? I can hear UT scream if the Big XII had to add four teams and they were SMU, TCU, Rice and UH.

[Water Pony]

Then Big 12 South = SWC



16 team leagues in FB don't work, but what the hell.