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[K-Roo]

Look who the MAC Champ would play in Round 1

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news...w-playoff120610

[tbozeglav]

the amazing thing is that every time I see one of these brackets, it just makes more and more sense to me.

But I just had an idea that kinda sounds fun...

Make the first 14 games mini-"bowl games". After the national championship contestants are set, give them 2 weeks instead of 1 before the championship game since there's typically 5 weeks between the conference championship games and the national championship game. Then during the week leading up to that championship game, have "Playoff Bowl Week" where all the teams that were knocked out of the playoffs play another eliminated team in one final bowl game. Thats 7 bowl games before the 8th, which would be the National Championship. It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

Then again, maybe my idea is totally flawed. But it was an idea.

[Blue & Gold]

How the Big East has fallen. They have the Big East champion (UConn) slotted @ #14 - just one notch higher than the MAC champion (Miami O.) @ #15.

[GP1]

It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

If there is a playoff, the bowls will come to an end within 10 years of the playoff system starting. There will be no interest in them. Neutral site games are not realistic for a football playoff system because most of the alumni of any school can't afford to travel to more than one bowl game a year, let along 2-4 playoff games. The stadiums would have a lot of empty seats as it is hard to find 85,000 fans in any city willing to go watch a game they have no interest in.

Speaking of neutral site games, I see the PAC 10 is going to play their championship game at one of the schools in the championship. I think this is a great idea and something the MAC should look at doing again. Nothing says "small time" like the thousands and thousands of empty seats in Detroit. Play at a smaller stadium and the empty seats won't look so bad. If the PAC 10 can do it, the MAC can do it.

In the above brackets, there are only three games there that would be worth the time watching. The first round wouldn't be much different than the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.

[Dave in Green]

The first thought that came to me was that this was one of those "name the two that don't belong" games.

But, what the heck, certainly no worse than some of the first round matchups in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

[icchamp1]

I figured you were referring to the signed letter that came in the mail today from iCoach and Wistrcill for actually attending all six games as a season ticket holder.

[Zipmeister]

I'm pretty sure the folks in Boise would have a problem with this particular proposal.

[GJGood]

I have often said I am against a playoff in college football simply because I would be afraid that some conference champions would be left out. At least the bracket above includes the conference champs of EVERY conference.

The format I have prposed in the past, though, would be a 14 team playoff and not 16. That way the top two seeds would get byes and we'd keep that chase for the top 2 spots that the BCS now provides the sport. Also, it would limit the number of "wild card" non-champions of their league just that much more but still allow for an independent or top team that loses out on its conference title to a tiebreaker rule to be in the mix.

The seeding process is where I disagree with the model above. I would do it like the NFL does. Conference champions (and any qualifying independent) would be seeded before any team that was not crowned the champion of their conference. This would allow for some of the more non-traditional schools (such as TCU, UConn, Nevada, or UCF) to have the chance to "host" a game as well as create marquee matchups even in the 1st round.

In my model this year Michigan State and LSU would be the two teams left out that are included in the Rivals bracket. The top two teams, Auburn and Oregon, would have first round byes and would host in Round 2. Auburn and Oregon would also each host a national semifinal (even if the host school was upset prior as it may be beneficial to have a site determined weeks in advance for games of that magnitude).

The seeds: #1 Auburn, #2 Oregon, #3 TCU, #4 Wisconsin, #5 Oklahoma, #6 Virginia Tech, #7 Nevada, #8 Central Florida, #9 Connecticut, #10 Miami(OH), #11 Florida International, #12 Stanford, #13 Ohio State, #14 Arkansas

This gives us the following first round matchups:

Arkansas at TCU

Florida International at Virginia Tech

Miami (OH) at Nevada (winner to play at Oregon in Rd 2)

Ohio State at Wisconsin

Stanford at Oklahoma

Connecticut at Central Florida (winner to play at Auburn in Rd 2)

What do you guys think? I don't particularly like first round rematches of regular season games and maybe some adjustment could be made to avoid that but this is way the way the seeds came out in ranking the teams the way the rivals bracket did.

[Blue & Gold]

It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

If there is a playoff, the bowls will come to an end within 10 years of the playoff system starting. There will be no interest in them. Neutral site games are not realistic for a football playoff system because most of the alumni of any school can't afford to travel to more than one bowl game a year, let along 2-4 playoff games. The stadiums would have a lot of empty seats as it is hard to find 85,000 fans in any city willing to go watch a game they have no interest in.

Speaking of neutral site games, I see the PAC 10 is going to play their championship game at one of the schools in the championship. I think this is a great idea and something the MAC should look at doing again. Nothing says "small time" like the thousands and thousands of empty seats in Detroit. Play at a smaller stadium and the empty seats won't look so bad. If the PAC 10 can do it, the MAC can do it.

In the above brackets, there are only three games there that would be worth the time watching. The first round wouldn't be much different than the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.

They should play the MAC Championship game @ Fawcett Stadium in Canton.

[Lee Adams]

Look who the MAC Champ would play in Round 1

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news...w-playoff120610

Looks about right. Bottom feeder.

[RootforRoo44]

the amazing thing is that every time I see one of these brackets, it just makes more and more sense to me.

But I just had an idea that kinda sounds fun...

Make the first 14 games mini-"bowl games". After the national championship contestants are set, give them 2 weeks instead of 1 before the championship game since there's typically 5 weeks between the conference championship games and the national championship game. Then during the week leading up to that championship game, have "Playoff Bowl Week" where all the teams that were knocked out of the playoffs play another eliminated team in one final bowl game. Thats 7 bowl games before the 8th, which would be the National Championship. It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

Then again, maybe my idea is totally flawed. But it was an idea.

You are a genius...no sarcasm.

[GP1]

They should play the MAC Championship game @ Fawcett Stadium in Canton.

That place is a dump. InfoCision is a far better stadium. Keep it on a campus.

[zipboy]

It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

If there is a playoff, the bowls will come to an end within 10 years of the playoff system starting. There will be no interest in them. Neutral site games are not realistic for a football playoff system because most of the alumni of any school can't afford to travel to more than one bowl game a year, let along 2-4 playoff games. The stadiums would have a lot of empty seats as it is hard to find 85,000 fans in any city willing to go watch a game they have no interest in.

Speaking of neutral site games, I see the PAC 10 is going to play their championship game at one of the schools in the championship. I think this is a great idea and something the MAC should look at doing again. Nothing says "small time" like the thousands and thousands of empty seats in Detroit. Play at a smaller stadium and the empty seats won't look so bad. If the PAC 10 can do it, the MAC can do it.In the above brackets, there are only three games there that would be worth the time watching. The first round wouldn't be much different than the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.

I agree, the game last weekend was fairly entertaining. If they had played before 20K at a 30K seat stadium that would have made it even better.

[Zippysgotagun]

My biggest complaint about the BCS has nothing to do with the title game. It's the stupid AQ crap. There's no reason for 8-4 UCONN to play in a BCS bowl or Va Tech either after losing to a 1AA school just because they won their crappy conferences.

Heck, Temple and UCONN had the same record this year, and Temple beat UCONN by 2 touchdowns...UCONN gets a BCS bowl, Temple gets to watch the postseason...they have to feel kinda like we did after our bball team went 26-7 without a tourney invite.

[GP1]

It somewhat keeps the good ol' bowl system around while giving the fans the playoffs they want.

If there is a playoff, the bowls will come to an end within 10 years of the playoff system starting. There will be no interest in them. Neutral site games are not realistic for a football playoff system because most of the alumni of any school can't afford to travel to more than one bowl game a year, let along 2-4 playoff games. The stadiums would have a lot of empty seats as it is hard to find 85,000 fans in any city willing to go watch a game they have no interest in.

Speaking of neutral site games, I see the PAC 10 is going to play their championship game at one of the schools in the championship. I think this is a great idea and something the MAC should look at doing again. Nothing says "small time" like the thousands and thousands of empty seats in Detroit. Play at a smaller stadium and the empty seats won't look so bad. If the PAC 10 can do it, the MAC can do it.In the above brackets, there are only three games there that would be worth the time watching. The first round wouldn't be much different than the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.

I agree, the game last weekend was fairly entertaining. If they had played before 20K at a 30K seat stadium that would have made it even better.

I don't know if it would have made for a better game, but I do know it wouldn't have looked like a high school championship game being played at Ford Field.

[K-Roo]

I figured you were referring to the signed letter that came in the mail today from iCoach and Wistrcill for actually attending all six games as a season ticket holder.

I got that letter when I got home last nite... it wasn't funny.. it was pathetic.....

[MaxZIP]

I figured you were referring to the signed letter that came in the mail today from iCoach and Wistrcill for actually attending all six games as a season ticket holder.

I got that letter when I got home last nite... it wasn't funny.. it was pathetic.....

I haven't received one yet...did it call for you to renew your season tickets?

[johnnyzip84]

I figured you were referring to the signed letter that came in the mail today from iCoach and Wistrcill for actually attending all six games as a season ticket holder.

I got that letter when I got home last nite... it wasn't funny.. it was pathetic.....

I haven't received one yet...did it call for you to renew your season tickets?

Here is my "Dear John" letter

Dear John,

It takes just a few seconds for a visitor to InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field to realize that The University of Akron has made a tremendous commitment to its football program. Similarly, we feel that your decision to attend our games as a season ticket holder demonstrates a significant commitment to Zips football. For six dates this fall, you made our stadium your home.

We do not take your commitment lightly.

We are disappointed with the results from this season, and we know that you share in this feeling. We are grateful that so many of you care so deeply about the Zips. Your support at this time is especially meaningful, and for that we thank you.

We also want you to know that we are in no way discouraged about the future of Akron football.

Our staff is working in earnest to build a program that, both on and off the field, we all can be proud of. We already are focused on the 2011 football season, when we will host MAC rivals Can't State, Ohio, Temple and Central Michigan, as well as Florida International and Virginia Military Institute. And while we will strive for far different results next year, we also will remain devoted to doing everything the right way. There is a difference between a winning season and a championship program, and we are committed to having a football program that is built to last.

Akron football can, and will, contend regularly for MAC championships. That remains our goal.

It will take a team effort to accomplish this, and our student-athletes, coaches and staff are more determined than ever. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate that you, as a season ticketholder, are part of the team.

Go Zips!

Rob Ianello Tom Wistrcill

Head Football Coach Director of Athletics