Playoff discusson on Yahoo Sports radio

by DCT, Monday, May 14, 2012, 08:52 (5139 days ago)

They had a weekend roundtable type discussion, and the consensus was pretty interesting.

Among the items agreed upon with the Yahoo staff:

The playoff will be a Top 4, with a BCS type/selection used.

The bowl games will be a part of it, there will be no neutral site semi-finals.

There will be a lot of conference shuffling. Boise may stay in the Mountain West, but and this is the one that surprised me, Boise may end up in the Big 12. One thing is certain, they won't be in the Big East very long.

FSU is moving. Guaranteed. Their athletic department is broke, and they need to sell out to the highest bidder, and the Big 12 will come calling.

I can't remember if Peter Brown or Wetzel said this, but one of them made the remark that Iowa State beating Oklahoma State not only changed college football's post-season, but it made the Big 12 stable and rich. Without Iowa State upsetting Oklahoma State, there is no drive to change the BCS and the Big 12 is still on shaky financial legs. Now, the system is being gutted, and teams like FSU are trying to move into their league.

Notre Dame came up toward the end. And I am pretty certain it was Wetzel who said, that ND is in a perfect position to continue being an independent, he thought our other sports would move toward the Big 12--(Just a guess he said), but from everyone he talked to, ND isn't making a conference move for football anytime soon.

And, my favorite part of the discussion is how teams agree that strength of schedule should have more of an impact in the selection process, and body bag games with FBS schools will dry up. Too much at stake to even risk scheduling an FBS school for the big boys.

It was a good discussion, I caught it driving home yesterday.