{"id":11700,"date":"2025-12-12T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:10:49","slug":"a-football-model-that-would-be-based-on-what-happens-between-the-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11700","title":{"rendered":"A FOOTBALL MODEL THAT WOULD BE BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THE LINES"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-EVERYONE STARTS AT THE SAME PLACE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

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FORGET COMMITTEES, EYE TEST, COMPUTERS, POLLS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

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With the interest in a smaller and more competitive Division One, here is a plan that would work.\u00a0 No eye-test, no opinions, and no committee.\u00a0 Everything settled on the field except a possible coin flip that would not be ideal, but fair.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I have never thought of college football at the highest level as having a fair process of \u201cchoosing\u201d a National Championship team.\u00a0 With money at the top of the list of reasons, the universities and their leadership, from the presidents of said institutions through the different governing bodies (NCAA for one) , down to the sponsors and money changers (that include the corporations and bowl committees), college football has been a fraud.\u00a0 Picking teams to \u201chave\u201d a chance to win a National Championship from men and women on committees, or from polls of coaches and sports writers, continues to muddy the waters of a \u201ctrue on-the-field champion.\u201d That should be accomplished through play on the field and not in someone’s mind as an opinion.\u00a0 Every team at the highest level should have an opportunity to be the National\u00a0\u00a0Champion, no matter of past history or feelings from the \u201cchoosers\u201d.\u00a0 Until we get to a system as proposed in this article, all National Championships won by every school from day one back when Rutgers took the field in the 1800s are tainted titles as of the teams “chosen” to play for it or “chosen” as the best.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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This football system would consist of 64 teams in one classification and the next 32 in another lower classification, as of requirments.\u00a0 Certification in one or the other classification is decided on attendance statistics and size of stadium, program brand, and money put forth by the school to participate in this sport.\u00a0 Budgets toward the football program would be included, including NIL money.\u00a0 The teams that are included in the system at the top level 64, called the “C64”\u00a0 (can you think of a name?) can be changed out after a five-year run, and if certain teams do not meet the criteria of being worthy of a Top 64 team ranking\/certification, they would be replaced, again, after that initial five-year run. That allows up-and-coming schools\/programs to get into that highest group.\u00a0 The 65th through the 96th\u00a0 school would have the opportunity to join the newly branded “C32”\u00a0 class of schools.\u00a0 That classification would crown their own National Champion on their level of play.\u00a0 So for the 96 schools we have two National Champions each year.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Schools are not set in stone on who is in the Top 64, but the qualifications are. The following 32 schools that aim to join the highest group have a fair opportunity to replace a program that is not meeting expectations in the top 64, as already mentioned.\u00a0 Not all schools in the 32 would want to move up as per the requirements.\u00a0 In this model,\u00a0 forget the SEC, the Big Ten, the ACC, and the Big 12 for football only.\u00a0 Those associations, per se, for football, would not exist.\u00a0 More on that later.\u00a0 \u00a0Those conferences can continue to exist in all other sports.\u00a0 However, for football, all schools that want to participate, including the top 64 and the next 32, are subject to the same rules. There would be one commissioner who would oversee the organization.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Four (4) conferences of 16 teams divided into two (2) eight-team divisions for each conference in C64.\u00a0 Winning a division in a conference gives you the eight playoff teams.\u00a0 Each of the 64 teams will play 7 division\u00a0 games that will decide on the\u00a0 the division champions, 2 in each conference. If teams that tie within their division, the champion would be settled in one of two ways.<\/strong>
\nFirst:\u00a0 Head-to-head determining the champion in case of a tie. In a three-way tie, the point differential between the three teams would be the decider, and in case of a tie in that scenario, you would again go back to head-to-head with the two that remained tied. In case of a three-way tie after point differential, the fewest points allowed would be followed by the most points scored, and finally, a coin flip. (I do not think you would ever get to that coin flip as the odds of that happening are probably a billion to one.)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Second:\u00a01. Head-to-head;\u00a0 2.\u00a0 Three-headed coin flip; 3. Four-headed coin flip.\u00a0 (Under no circumstances will opinion\/eye test be used).<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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To make the top 64 schools,\u00a0 minimum requirements must be met.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    \u00a0Stadium size:\u00a0 Minimum of 30k<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    Attendance (5 year period)\u00a0 25k<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    Budget:\u00a0 can show that school\/athletic department budgetary numbers are in the top 96 schools in the two classifications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    can meet the finincial model of the NIL for the C64 classification<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    C64 schools can schedule one C32 school per season<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To make the next 32, minimum requirements must be met.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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      \u00a0Stadium size:\u00a0 Minimum of 25k<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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      \u00a0Attendance (3 year period) 15k<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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      \u00a0Budget:\u00a0 can show that the school\/athletic department budgetary numbers are in the top 96\u00a0 \u00a0schools in the two classifications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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      can meet the finincial model of the NIL for the C32 classification<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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      Conference affilication for football can stay the same but the other requirement must be met within that conference schedule.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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      C32 schools can schedule as many C64 schools as they wish in any given season<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The initial 64 schools that start with the 2028 football season are based on the top 64 home attendance schools in the 2024 season.\u00a0 Beginning in the school year 2028 teams in the College Footall League will publish their NIL budget and program budget for football.\u00a0 Those monies will factor in the ranking of hte top teams for the C64 and C32 Conferences.\u00a0 Schools outside the 96 schools can join as a member, working toward gaining a top 96 ranking.\u00a0 No team is guarenteed a spot and the Conferences realign every 5 years. The next 32 follow the first 64 for seasons 2028 through 2032.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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      Attendance for 2024 home games:<\/h4>\n