Because I had nothing else to do and my mind was reeling from the incessant TV chatter about who is in and who is out I tried to come up with something that made more sense to me.

This is based on these assumptions:
1. traditional" values and once sacred stances have been abandoned for the sake of operetta and money for the power schools and the other entities that will profit from a football playoff.
2. Because of 1 the next level of schools (MAC-like) will be forced to create their own system of playoffs and alliances to maintain its fan base and create relevance. ( I do not like this assumption but I believe this is going to happen)

It is only because of these assumptions that this plan makes sense to me.

Playoff scheme.
1. Create 6 leagues of 11 teams. Leagues subject to periodic review for modification such as team transfers between leagues or for teams being dropped completely and replaced by teams from lower level. (Underperformance penalized and quality performance rewarded)
2. Each year teams in league play everyone in league 1X.--10 games
3. Each year there are 2 games with crossover leagues. The opponent is based on where each team finished in their own league in a previous year(2 years prior for instance). First place vs first place, 10nth vs 10nth. This creates a rotating league challenge to create some more common opponents to better select those in the playoff. This adds 2 more games for total of 12 now.
3. All six league champs are in playoff plus 6 more teams as selected by the "committee". The committee ranks them 1-12. No league playoffs.
4. Teams 5-12 begin playoff in seeded bracket: 5/12, 6/11 etc. with teams 1-4 getting bye week. 13 games for these teams now. (Same as league championships)
5. Like the old MAC bb tourney the next step is the remaining 8 teams in seeded bracket. 14 games for winners of first round and 13 for 1-4 teams
6. Winners play- 14 games for 1-4 and 15 for those that had to play in first round. (15 games is the number of games the current system will mean for the 2 finalists teams)
7. Championship game. If teams ranked 1-4 in finals it will be 15 games. If teams that had to play in first round are in it will be 16 games.--since my assumptions are that it is about power and money anyhow then this doesn't seem like too much of a stretch.

Just a crazy plan by someone with too little things of importance to think about.

Discussion of G5s will become academic when - not if - the P5, now enabled to set their own rules, decide to increase scholarships. At that juncture, say farewell to the increased competitiveness that followed the reduction of scholarships from 105 to 85.

And which will also certainly lead to an expansion of basketball scholarships, leading to a watering down of that product as well. If both of these scenarios play out, then I'm out. That would be my personal tipping point of wanting to see OHIO transitioning the institution to a singular focus of academic pursuits. (ducks)

I'm sure that is exactly what Rod wanted to hear.

His membership on the NCAA board notwithstanding, he acknowledges the inevitability of the P5 continuing to push for more of - everything.

Columbus tv stations - who gets those with cable in Athens? Anyone else tired of bad WV commercials?

I can state with 99.44/100's% confidence that President McDavis would not share my view, and that his view is likely the more level headed response. I just simply have zero percent interest in donating any money to ICA if we do not have football at all, or if we are playing in a lower class (either literal or figurative) in both sports.

And please save me the opinions of us already being in a second class, as I am referring to different rules packages as stated above, such as increasing scholarship levels, or stipends at the P5 level that would far exceed the G5 capabilities.

I won't take my OHIO ICA donations elsewhere, I'll simply divert my ICA funds to the academic pursuits at OHIO that I already have designated in planned gifts.

Agree.

"The body of work through the season is hard to compare". I hate the thought that I am about to give some cred to to$u on here - but the body of work INCLUDED yesterdays games. to$u's performance vs Wisconsin was the most dominating performance of a top 20 team over another another top 20 team this year. TCU dominated 2-10 Iowa State (yawn)

Take a look at the bowl opponents the AAC is getting this year and compare to the MAC.

East Carolina vs. Florida
Houston vs. Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati
North Carolina St. vs. UCF
Memphis vs. BYU

Toledo vs. Arkansas State
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan
Marshall vs. Northern Illinois
Bowling Green vs. South Alabama
Western Michigan vs. Air Force

there are 351 teams in Div1 men's bball and EVERY SINGLE TEAM has a direct path to a national championship.

there are 124 teams in Div1 FCS football and EVERY SINGLE TEAM has a direct path to a national championship.

there are 128 teams in Div1 FBS football and NOT ONE SINGLE TEAM has a direct path to a national championship.


This is the "what" that needs to be fixed, until it is the "how" doesn't matter.

Coming from somebody who doesn't love nor hate OSU, it's a joke that they jumped TCU. If who TCU beat was a problem then they should never have been ranked 3rd in the first place, it's not like the committee didn't know who TCU was playing the following week when they ranked them.

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