[NU Sports] Re: Utah and the playoff ...

[Eric West]

cherron604 at aol.com wrote:
> So let's have:
>
> - FBS - Football Bowl Subdivision (Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC).  I suppose we could let in the ACC and the Big Least also.  And the forgotten Notre Dame
>
> - FWS - Football Whiners Subdivision (everybody else in 'old' Division I).  These guys can have a 16-team playoff and have all the fun they want.  Some might even watch the games...
>
> The FBS might produce about 40 'bowl-eligible' teams so 20 bowls (Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and BCS Title Game, and maybe 15 more). 
>   
How on earth would you get 40 bowl-eligible teams out of (at most) only 
66 schools? Remember, games against "Whiners" would be severely 
restricted in such a scenario. As the saying goes, be careful what you 
wish for...


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu