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UConnDan97

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Nobody in the "G5" should be in favor of it either. It essentially solidifies the non P5 schools as the new 1-AA and turns the FCS into D2. Just because Northern Illinois doesn't feel it has a chance to play in the playoffs doesn't mean that a Houston or a BYU has no chance. If those schools go undefeated, they'll play (as the fourth seed, probably)...
 

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It's cool to have a thing but it's more excluding the G5 then what the P5 is doing.
 
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I mean if they could get amazon to pay them a windfall for the thing maybe. Other than that, what's the point?
 
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I'd be into it. At least until they expand to 8 or whatever.

It doesn't matter if it solidifies the P5. The P5 is solidified. If Houston had gone undefeated this year, they still weren't getting into the playoff. No team outside the P5 would.

May as well have a chance to compete in a playoff, even if it's not the "real" one.
 

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I'd be into it. At least until they expand to 8 or whatever.

It doesn't matter if it solidifies the P5. The P5 is solidified. If Houston had gone undefeated this year, they still weren't getting into the playoff. No team outside the P5 would.

May as well have a chance to compete in a playoff, even if it's not the "real" one.

Houston was ranked #6 in the polls after week 2, for crying out loud! Of course they would have played in the playoffs if they went undefeated. Especially after they pasted both Oklahoma and Louisville. No doubt about it...
 

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Maybe the MAC, Sun Belt, and C-USA should just join with the top FCS conferences to make a new 1-AA and the other FCS conferences can be 1-AAA, and they can stop jerking our chain.
 

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Houston was ranked #6 in the polls after week 2, for crying out loud! Of course they would have played in the playoffs if they went undefeated. Especially after they pasted both Oklahoma and Louisville. No doubt about it...
We are much better off hanging with the current system and waiting for a P5 team to lose out to a G5 team and see how it gets reevaluated at that point.
 
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I don't like it but I'd watch it. I can see the Twitter comments from all the pretentious "P5 fans" now.
 

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The g5 needs money. I support it.

And also believe UConn won't be G5 forever.
 

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I'd be into it. At least until they expand to 8 or whatever.
If more projected top draft picks forego their bowl game because it is only an exhibition, that day is closer than it first appeared.
 

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By the way, this is a bad idea.
 
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Boy, how could anyone not want to see Western Michigan vs SDSU and Temple vs WKU? Especially with a fringe top-25 ranking on the line! Riveting!
 

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It's a horribly stupid idea.
 
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The only way I'd be interested in it is if the winner of the G5 playoff got to play the winner of the P5 playoff. No, not gonna happen? Not interested.
 

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agree with Aresco. This would solidify the separation of the P5 and those that aspire to be P5 (Mtn west and AAC).

Not something that I'd be happy to see.

...but what if The AAC, and maybe the MWC, didn't participate? I love how the NIU AD is quoting P5 and G5 as divisions, similar to FBS/FCS/II/III. Um, genius, they're not divisions.

The MAC/Sun Belt/CUSA/Indys can go have their "playoff" any time they would like. If anything, this would force the hand of the AAC and MWC.
 
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...but what if The AAC, and maybe the MWC, didn't participate? I love how the NIU AD is quoting P5 and G5 as divisions, similar to FBS/FCS/II/III. Um, genius, they're not divisions.

The MAC/Sun Belt/CUSA/Indys can go have their "playoff" any time they would like. If anything, this would force the hand of the AAC and MWC.
That would be interesting. Not sure the value of AAC and MW don't participate.
 

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Whether this is a good idea or not is dependent on how much TV will pay for it.

The "solidifies the gap" arguments are stupid. The gap is solidified. Supporting a system where the G5 schools have no chance to succeed would solidify the results more than a G5 playoff.
 
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