Supurb.

I think an eight-team playoff would generate much more buzz and revenue than the current championship system.

This statement could use some work. More revenue for who? How do you know how much?

This would still make every regular season game important to every team.

Not if only 8 teams make the actual post-season.

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 Penn State (Gator Bowl)

No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Texas Tech (Cotton Bowl)

No. 3 Texas vs. No. 6 Utah (Orange Bowl)

No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 USC (Sugar Bowl)

Basing this on rankings is not really the way to go. What about the No. 9 team who beat the No. 3 team, why not them? And what bout the No. 10 team who has a better record than the No. 5 team? Why are they worse than the No. 5 team? Plus, what if 3 of the top ten teams are from one conference? Does a team that placed 4th in that conference go to a spot that should be reserved for someone who most likely deserves it more?

This would generate more buzz than the current system, resulting in more money for college football.

More buzz? People will want to see their team have less of a chance to do anything with a 8 win season? Also, people hate the BCS because they view it as a monopoly. More money for them would NOT be what NCAAF fans want to see.

Overall, this system would maximize the legitimacy and excitement of the post-season while not diminishing the value of the regular season.

It really would diminish the value of the regular season. Since there would be less of a chance for a team that did fairly well in the RS, why would people be attracted to it? Also, how can you expect smaller conferences to be equally respected under this plan?

Despite my debating of it, I thought your article was very good. I would take it seriously, and would give it a 5/5. Nice job.

As for the number of teams, I'd be happy with 16 teams (11 spots for the conference champs and 5 spots for the at-large teams).

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What if the conference champ is 7-5 or 8-4?

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 It doesn't matter to me if that's the format we're going with.

To me that's less of a "crime" than what we're doing with the whole poll/voting/computer/popularity contest crap we have with the bowl system now.