I heard he was sick. A friend of a friend met him at the basketball game and he sounded like he had a cold.

Very well said! I’m going to use that description in the future.

I don’t think the math would quite work there. With 4 teams having byes you’d end up with 6 winners and 10 in the next round.

No argument here! :)

Two out of four wasn’t too bad… and the PAC-12 won two conferences! #goducks

I missed it what happened?

At that point the playoff committee can seed the 12 teams and the best four teams from the conference seeding that win can still get the byes. In effect we’ve extended the playoffs to 24 teams, removed some of the drama and reduced the subjective influences. 4/4

For example say the Big 10 gets four playoff spots. They seed the top 8 teams in the league and then 8 plays at 1, 7 at 2 etc. The four winners of each game then advance to the playoff proper. If the Big 12 gets two bids then they’ll play 4 vs 1 etc. 3/4

What I propose is we allocate spots to each conference at the beginning of the season based off of past performance much like the European Champions league. The during championship weekend each conference seeds their own league and the top teams play for their playoff bids. 2/4