Goodbye regional playoff matchups?

BleedingBLue · Post by **BleedingBLue** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:04 am

The FCS oversight committee is taking a hard look at doing away with the regional matchups in the playoffs. This would effectively eliminate the MVFC and BSC powers playing each other in the 1st 2 rounds. The Gazette had an article on it today. This would be so awesome.

Hi-Line Bobcat · Post by **Hi-Line Bobcat** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:48 am

I thought this would only apply to the Big Sky powerhouse, god's gift to football, and FCS attendance juggernaut UM. The concept is a good idea, but the writing of the grizette makes it look like it would only affect Missoula.

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:02 am

Hi-Line: It's written by the Missoulian's Griz reporter, so that's probably why it has a Griz slant.

Hi-Line Bobcat · Post by **Hi-Line Bobcat** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:14 am

iaafan wrote:Hi-Line: It's written by the Missoulian's Griz reporter, so that's probably why it has a Griz slant.

I know I know. Speaking of that, didn't AJ start reporting in Bozeman, like when DMac was a freshman?

WSUWILDCAT · Post by **WSUWILDCAT** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:02 pm

Next they should seed all 24 teams, 1-24 and get rid of "bids" to host so teams who don't deserve first round games don't get them because they can "fill their stadium"

tdub · Post by **tdub** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:06 pm

WSUWILDCAT wrote:Next they should seed all 24 teams, 1-24 and get rid of "bids" to host so teams who don't deserve first round games don't get them because they can "fill their stadium"

I think it'd get too cumbersome to accurately seed all 24. I'd say seed 1-16. 1-8 still get a bye, of course. But then the next 8 seeds have a home game. Bottom 8 get drawn in or maybe that is where regional match ups could still happen if they wanted a travel compromise.

77matcat · Post by **77matcat** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:41 pm

Id go for this. Would be interesting to know just what kind of $s they make by allowing the bids.

Buying home field perverts the final placement of best teams.

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HawkAndBobcat · Post by **HawkAndBobcat** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:54 pm

Hi-Line Bobcat wrote:
iaafan wrote:Hi-Line: It's written by the Missoulian's Griz reporter, so that's probably why it has a Griz slant.
I know I know. Speaking of that, didn't AJ start reporting in Bozeman, like when DMac was a freshman?

That was Kyle Sample

BleedingBLue · Post by **BleedingBLue** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:02 am

tdub wrote:
WSUWILDCAT wrote:Next they should seed all 24 teams, 1-24 and get rid of "bids" to host so teams who don't deserve first round games don't get them because they can "fill their stadium"
I think it'd get too cumbersome to accurately seed all 24. I'd say seed 1-16. 1-8 still get a bye, of course. But then the next 8 seeds have a home game. Bottom 8 get drawn in or maybe that is where regional match ups could still happen if they wanted a travel compromise.

I'd love to see this, but the NCAA isn't going to send the The Cats, NDSU, SDSU , the Griz etc. on the road to a stadium that seats 10,000 when they can have a game at a stadium seating double that.

77matcat · Post by **77matcat** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 12:33 pm

Yup. That's what fuels ums play off record. Buying home field advantage.

Too bad

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