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My thoughts on the smaller conferences, play better competion if you don't want to get left out.
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It easy to say play better competition, but you need a major conference school to be willing to play against you. Major conference teams don't play McNeese St. because that's the only team they can schedule, it's the only type of team they are willing to play.
Now for my take on playoff system. I don't think a playoff would take away from the regular season. You play the regular season to get seeded in the playoffs. I attended the University of Dayton and lived with football players in the last years that UD was Div. III. From my experience I don't buy the arguement that fans are less likely to go watch their team play because of the where the game will be played in December. I don't see how players can complain. Most players hope to make it to the NFL, are they going to refuse to go play Green Bay, Buffalo, New England, or Denver in late December. I also can't stand it when people start talking about not getting these players out of classes. You're looking at a couple Friday missed classes. Dayton and OSU's basketball team just got back from a trip to Maui where they missed a week of classes.
I would go with eight team playoff. Top eight in BCS. I don't care what conference you play in, if a conference gets more than one team, or a major conference doesn't get any team into the playoff. Top eight, everyone else go play in the I'm Not Good Enough.com Bowl. First round games could be played weekend before Christmas at a bowl that no one usually watches. Second round games could be played on or around New Year's at BCS bowl games. Championship game follows a week later at a National Championship Game, not a bowl, game can move to different location each year like the Super Bowl.