DeLoss Dodds weighed in the other day

by Jay, San Diego, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 19:31 (5137 days ago) @ Slainte Joe

http://m.statesman.com/statesman/pm_22457/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=gFg1ji0R

During a visit with DeLoss Dodds on Monday, the Texas athletic director gave his preference for a college football playoff format as the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick continue to consider the post-season future of the sport. Sounded good to me.

In Dodds' version, four teams would be selected by a blue-ribbon committee of "seven or nine" objective panelists who are very familiar with college football and follow the game passionately. "They'd be people who have football backgrounds and who are not biased," Dodds said. He proposes an odd number to avoid any tie votes.

I'm with him. Smart, tough, opinionated administrators and former coaches like outgoing Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas, former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan and ex coaches like Vince Dooley, new College Football Hall of Famer R.C. Slocum and Mike Bellotti would be strong candidates.

Dodds said, "I'd favor four teams picked at large" who were not necessarily conference champions, meaning two teams from a conference and independents like Notre Dame and Brigham Young could all receive consideration. He'd give the panelists every computer program, poll and set of statistics available and let them pick and seed the four teams.

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Complete thread:

Uh oh. - Slainte Joe, 2012-05-16, 18:45
- Says the guy... - KGB, 2012-05-17, 05:54
  - Of course that is what the ACC will say (edit) - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-17, 08:53
    - 2001 would have been pretty controversial - CK08, 2012-05-17, 10:02
    - Another summary of the data - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-17, 09:26
  - The SEC is a cesspool - Chris, 2012-05-17, 06:58
    - That's really not fair - Greg, 2012-05-17, 08:11
- My Compromise Proposal, but I need help from you guys. - Ken Fowler, 2012-05-16, 20:30
  - I sure as hell hope they don't embrace a compromise - Jay, 2012-05-17, 09:37
    - I'm with you - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-17, 11:27
  - I got a compromise for you - Greg, 2012-05-17, 08:15
    - SEC Still Won't Like it - Dave, 2012-05-17, 09:20
      - This is a compromise - Greg, 2012-05-17, 12:00
      - And in '08 and '06 - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-17, 11:33
    - That sounds interesting, but not what the conferences are - Ken Fowler, 2012-05-17, 08:33
      - OK. I can play ball with them - Greg, 2012-05-17, 08:58
  - ND could very easily get screwed in that system - CK08, 2012-05-17, 06:18
    - I know, but that's why I called it a compromise proposal - Ken Fowler, 2012-05-17, 08:31
    - Not only could it screw ND, it would create a worse mess - Dylan, 2012-05-17, 07:41
      - It's still better than Delany's proposal - Ken Fowler, 2012-05-17, 08:34
        
        No doubt about that. Isn't that one DOA? - Dylan, 2012-05-17, 09:01
        
        Rumblings suggest that it's not dead yet. - Ken Fowler, 2012-05-17, 11:26
- DeLoss Dodds weighed in the other day - Jay, 2012-05-16, 19:31
  - This gets my vote - Bill, 2012-05-16, 19:43
- A self-absorbed ND fan - Pete, 2012-05-16, 18:54
  - So you think you're better than me, huh? - Slainte Joe, 2012-05-16, 19:26
  - Possibly, but I'd treat it more like the Integer's response - Savage, 2012-05-16, 19:16
    - Exactly. - Slainte Joe, 2012-05-16, 19:27
    - That was my first thought, as well. - River, 2012-05-16, 19:19

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DeLoss Dodds weighed in the other day