Maximum chaos scenario? GA (13-0) beats Bama (11-2). Iowa beats Michigan (11-2) Baylor (11-2) beats OK State (11-2). Utah (10-3) beats Oregon (10-3). Houston (12-1) beats Cinci (12-1).
I just want whatever scenario makes the committee look the stupidest. If it's Georgia at 13-0 followed by Notre Dame (at 11-1 and loling themselves to death at being rewarded for not having a CCG) then a crapton of 2 loss teams it might be the catalyst we need to get the playoff expanded ASAP.
If all the teams keep losing and there's no one good to pick from, how does that make the committee look stupid? They have to pick the best 4 teams, even if most of them suck. And in that scenario, I don't know why that screams "we need MORE sucky teams in the playoffs!" The way to expand the playoffs is when you have 5 or 6 deserving teams (like the Baylor/TCU year). Not when you only have 1 or 2 and have to fill spots as-is. The scenario you want is Alabama, OSU, Michigan, Cinci all winning, Then you have: Georgia Alabama Michigan Cinci Okie State Notre Dame And could make a case for any of them - that's what would lead to more of a push to expand playoffs.
Instead of trying to coordinate so many teams I think they should just give Bama 2 slots because they won last year and GA 2 because they are the only good undefeated team.
Substitute "make them look stupid" for "make everyone pissed off at them". Meh. 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other. Either way leaves multiple deserving teams sitting at home and applies pressure for expansion.
It isn't going to happen, but if UH beat UCINN, I would be curious to see where they would be in the rankings. My guess would be Houston would only move up to #10-11....... where UCINN would slide would be harder to predict.
I think that lineup would be a ratings disaster and would really light a fire under the asses of the committee to expand asap.
I don't think it would be a ratings disaster. It would generate a lot of discussion though. I feel pretty confident that is how the committee would hash it out with those results. I don't like it at all.
Those 4 teams make up almost 50% of the total CFBP participants since it began. Yawn. It would also require a back-to-back rematch of GA/UA. Remember what happened the last time that happened? It was a ratings disaster and is actually what sparked the creation of the playoff.
Yeah except it wasn't actually a TV ratings disaster. It pissed a lot of people off though. Unfortunately no other team was deserving and the rematch was played. I'm an LSU alum. I remember it like yesterday. Edit: I had my mind on the wrong re-match, but regardless the point stands. It wasn't a ratings disaster. The UGA/Bama NC had a higher rating than Bama-Clemson the year after.
Say what you will, but the clusterf*ck double-jeopardy of LSU-Bama games in 2011 was the catalyst that led to the CFBP. More rematches in the post-season of regular season games is bad for the sport and will spur more expansion.
Ideally expansion is going to lead to autobids and more flexibility with seeding. So, actually, yes. Especially as a total percentage of games played.
