Like the second edition of the team of 12 College Football Playoffs prepares to debut, FOX analyst and former coach Urban Meyer reveals certain flaws in the system. On the one hand, conference championship games don’t mean much.
Another problem? Planning remains a huge question mark.
Are teams rewarded for scheduling quality opponents? Or does a less rigorous schedule give you the best chance of making the playoffs?
Meyer is clearly convinced that the latter hypothesis is true. And he offered extreme advice for Ohio State for this purpose recently on Outkick with Dan Dakich.
“If I am Ryan DayI will not play this game next year Texas” Meyer said. “I’m the head coach, you just gave me an extension. I’m going to go to the AD and say, ‘I’m not playing that game.’ You understand, you are the AD. But the Buckeyes won’t be flying. »
The game certainly didn’t hurt Ohio State this year. However, that’s because the Buckeyes won. Where would they be if they lost to the Longhorns?
Meanwhile, Texas can easily argue that if they hadn’t scheduled Ohio State, this would be a playoff team. What is the right approach?
“Take me Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and what was the other? Meyer said. “(State of Indiana). Yeah, give me that.
Meyer, of course, was referring Indianathe calendar. The Hoosiers have played one of the lightest rosters in the country over the past two years and will have almost some back-to-back playoff appearances to show for it.
The former coach outlined his ideal model for the playoffs, which includes eliminating the selection committee altogether. Meyer simply finds the committee too subjective.
Concrete example: many were arguing on Saturday about whether Alabama should be included. The Crimson Tide were in theoretical territory heading into conference championship weekend, but lost to Georgia in a blowout as of this writing (28-7 Georgia, late in the fourth quarter).
Meyer argued that Alabama should compete regardless of losing in the title game. He explained.
“Yes, they have to be there,” Meyer said. “Because you can’t count this game.”
So what is the alternative solution? This is something that has been emphasized by the Big Ten, for Meyer.
“The committee has to go. We have to do a play-in,” Meyer said. “We must do, and Tony Pettitithe commissioner of the Big Ten, proposed a 4-4-2-2-1-1 model, and it will be the Big Ten which will have four. We play as a pair, they are both in it. One gets a ring, the other doesn’t. Three plays six, whoever wins this match participates. Four plays five, whoever wins this match participates. So you have six teams in the Big Ten at the end of the year, that way you can schedule whoever you want.
