BREAKING: ACC football mini-playoff tournament discussed

[OmarMarino]

ACC will weigh changes to conference title game

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said on Sunday the league will have conversations among coaches and athletic directors to ponder changes to its conference championship game format after a season in which two league teams made the College Football Playoff.

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[HailtoPitt]

Talk about rearranging the deck chairs.

 

[Burgh15]

This only makes sense if each of the P4 teams enter 4 teams into a 16-team playoff and this serves as the first couple of rounds. Other than that, just get rid of the games and start the playoffs earlier.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Given the mess that college football is in, the “rearranging the deck chairs” description is spot-on. These conferences should be screaming at the top of their lungs for someone in the position of power to bring some sanity back to collegiate athletics.

 

[YourPittDanceTeam]

ACC will weigh changes to conference title game

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said on Sunday the league will have conversations among coaches and athletic directors to ponder changes to its conference championship game format after a season in which two league teams made the College Football Playoff.

www.espn.com

The problem isn't the conference championship games, it is the fact that the ACC (along with a couple of other conferences) are way to BIG. No conference should have more then 10 teams in it. That way every team has a chance to play each team in their conference yearly, bot every 5 or 6 years as the ACC is now.
May I add, if you agree to have a conference championship game, then that team should receive that conference's "bye". Otherwise, why even play the game. Teams need too stop whining and learn to play better.

 

[Jsr862]

He also said possibly giving the regular season champion a bye and having the 2nd place and 3rd place team okay for the ACC championship? What crap is that? Bunch of cry babies. If you are so worried about getting in .. just WIN! HOW HARD IS IT? It's sports. You win or you lose. Better things happen when you win. It's been that way since the beginning of time. This is absolutely ridiculous. Bunch of cry babies.

 

[joeydavid]

He also said possibly giving the regular season champion a bye and having the 2nd place and 3rd place team okay for the ACC championship? What crap is that? Bunch of cry babies. If you are so worried about getting in .. just WIN! HOW HARD IS IT? It's sports. You win or you lose. Better things happen when you win. It's been that way since the beginning of time. This is absolutely ridiculous. Bunch of cry babies.

It's not a bad strategic thought, if the goal is to maximize CFP spots, in the best position. Or just do what the B1G and rig it all on your favor.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

It's not a bad strategic thought, if the goal is to maximize CFP spots, in the best position. Or just do what the B1G and rig it all on your favor.

They literally do the same thing the ACC does.

 

[TD_6082]

Given the mess that college football is in, the “rearranging the deck chairs” description is spot-on. These conferences should be screaming at the top of their lungs for someone in the position of power to bring some sanity back to collegiate athletics.

The 2 conferences that basically run the sport are seeing their members rake in record revenues. Im not sure they think there's a problem.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

more games that players will opt out of. great.

 

[pittdan77]

It's not a bad strategic thought, if the goal is to maximize CFP spots, in the best position. Or just do what the B1G and rig it all on your favor.

Revenue grab. That's all.

 

[joeydavid]

They literally do the same thing the ACC does.

Michigan AD Manuel is the Chair of the CFP Selection Committee. How do you think they got 3 teams who didn't leave their state for the first round, plus a bye- even through the best quality OOC win between 3 of them was WVU?

The CFP shouldn't have anyone who can financially benefit, picking and seeding teams.

 

[pittdan77]

Michigan AD Manuel is the Chair of the CFP Selection Committee. How do you think they got 3 teams who didn't leave their state for the first round, plus a bye- even through the best quality OOC win between 3 of them was WVU?

The CFP shouldn't have anyone who can financially benefit, picking and seeding teams.

You're under the impression that anything but the myth of "fairness" is important. They're already scrambling to fix the playoff because things went off script and somehow the SEC tanked.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

You're under the impression that anything but the myth of "fairness" is important. They're already scrambling to fix the playoff because things went off script and somehow the SEC tanked.

the seedings were bad, it will be changed. it was a flukish season, i doubt there was any "shenanigans" going on to get certain teams byes..

What is more alarming is it comes off as almost beneficial for teams in sec and big 10 to miss the championship game than be in it..

 

[pittdan77]

the seedings were bad, it will be changed. it was a flukish season, i doubt there was any "shenanigans" going on to get certain teams byes..

What is more alarming is it comes off as almost beneficial for teams in sec and big 10 to miss the championship game than be in it..

No. I don’t think there were shenanigans but the seeding wasn’t close to being right because the auto bids helped the wrong schools.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Michigan AD Manuel is the Chair of the CFP Selection Committee. How do you think they got 3 teams who didn't leave their state for the first round, plus a bye- even through the best quality OOC win between 3 of them was WVU?

The CFP shouldn't have anyone who can financially benefit, picking and seeding teams.

Very few teams had any good wins this season. Tell me who Texas beat in the regular season. Tell me who Notre Dame beat in the regular season.

Ohio State is about the win the national championship after having, unequivocally, the most difficult and arguably unfair path in the tournament. And Oregon didn't have a fair path, either, as the 1-seed because their first game was against OSU.

You're using the fact that Notre Dame happens to be in the same state as Indiana to bolster the argument? Weak. You claim Penn State sucks, but they sure proved they're in a different universe from SMU. The ACC has zero ground to stand on, and the Big Ten is about to win its second natty in as many years.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

the seedings were bad, it will be changed. it was a flukish season, i doubt there was any "shenanigans" going on to get certain teams byes..

What is more alarming is it comes off as almost beneficial for teams in sec and big 10 to miss the championship game than be in it..

They rigged it for the Big Ten by having their two best teams meet in the round of 8. And Indiana, while playing a road game against a team vying for the national championship, didn't have to travel far enough... so it's fixed. They should have played the Dallas Cowboys in Zimbabwe.

#BigTenBias

#ACCWasScrewed

 

[PushupMan]

the seedings were bad, it will be changed. it was a flukish season, i doubt there was any "shenanigans" going on to get certain teams byes..

What is more alarming is it comes off as almost beneficial for teams in sec and big 10 to miss the championship game than be in it..

I hope this experience gets conferences thinking about abolishing the money-grab conference championship games.

As I think you’re alluding to, Ohio State had a home playoff game against Tennessee instead of having to play in the B10 championship game. After blowing out Tennessee, they beat Oregon and Texas, two teams that had to play in conference championship games. Texas even had to play in both the SECCG and their first round playoff matchup against Clemson - one extra game than Ohio State did.

Notre Dame had a very similar path. They sit out the conference championship weekend, then hosted and dominated Indiana. They then beat Penn State, which like Texas had the disadvantage of playing one more game than Notre Dame. The Irish then beat Georgia, who was in a similar situation to Oregon, having won their conference championship (and lost their starting QB during the SECCG).