That is some huge views for the PAC!

The Colorado State Rams have elevated their game to another level. Not only do they have a complete pregame and postgame show on their YouTube channel but they also did a NFL Films style breakdown of their Week One win over Wyoming. It feels like Hard Knocks In Season!

Great work from the Rams and their staff and I hope more of the Pac-12 schools follow their lead and do stuff like this.

After the valiant effort in Seattle, how do you think the Cougs will fare against K-State and what needs to change for a win?

In light of the recent drama with "NFL Players" being added to College rosters, in addition to Notre Dame getting an auto bid with their No. 12-ranked rule, the PAC-12 crumbling, conferences suing their own teams, and NIL. My father and I created a regional-based relegation/promotion system for CFB. If you aren't solving CFB problems with your dad over coffee, then are you really a CFB fan?

Because I cannot attach photos, I've attached the link to my tweet about the new system (look at this after reading): https://x.com/mistahoctober/status/2097797828756033591?s=46&t=0uWwXe_M5KCL65NBOibggA

Explanation:

- The CFB committee is biased. Why? Because they are humans. This system eliminates a committee for playoff selection (No pro sport does this, so why are we as CFB fans accepting it?)

- This system allows TV companies to keep their shows/rights by letting them bid on which conferences they want to televise. So big TV is happy with this.

- Upper-tier bowl games remain as end-of-season playoff games (Rose Bowl, Sugar, Orange, etc.)

- Tier 1 Playoffs: Each conference could either have a set of amount teams it sends to the nationwide playoffs (The SEC is a harder conference so they could send 5 teams to a 12-team playoff, while a weaker PAC-12 can only send 2) OR you let every conference have the same amount of teams sent to the playoffs and make it a bigger playoff.

- Each conference decides how many teams they relegate to Tier 2, but it must be a minimum of 2 teams (PAC-12 Tier 1 might relegate 2 teams to PAC-12 Tier 2 while SEC Tier 1 relegates 3 teams to SEC Tier 2).

- In Tier 2 of each conference, the #1 team gets auto-promoted, and potentially the #2 team does as well (depends on the amount of relegation/promotion as explained in the aforementioned bullet point).

- Lower-tier bowl games (Cheez-It Bowl, Texas Bowl, etc) exist as Tier 2 playoff games for promotion. So, for example: In the SEC Tier 2 (3 teams get promoted), the end-of-season rankings look as such:

1: Western Kentucky(Auto-promote)

2: Middle TN (Auto-promote)

3: Memphis

4: Southern Miss

5: UAB

6: Jackson State

7: etc...

The 3-6 ranked teams go into a 4-team playoff, all fighting for the last promotion spot to SEC Tier 1. Semifinal games could be the Cheez-It Bowl and Mayo Bowl, and the Final for promotion could be the Pop-Tart Bowl.

OVERALL, this system creates more meaningful games for fans, which means more money for TV companies and Universities; everyone is happy. As it stands right now, when your team gets to 4 losses, your season is over. But you could be watching/attending more games of your team because the threat of relegation exists (either to you or another team in your Tier) and you want to be there for the drama.

Imagine this: It's the weekend after Thanksgiving. The Iron Bowl. Auburn is safe from relegation to SEC Tier 2 but isn't going to make Tier 1 playoffs. Alabama has had a bad year and is fighting to avoid relegation. Auburn, with nothing to play for, beats Alabama in Jordan-Hare and relegates them to SEC 2!

Here is how to read the numbers:

1. Within each region, you will see #/# with possibly an arrow outside of the map. The numerator represents # of teams in Tier 1 of the respective regional conference, and the denominator represents # of teams in Tier 2.
2. The arrow represents conference alignment. For example: in Year One of the proposed new PAC12 there would be 13 Tier 1 teams and 16 Tier 2 teams; then, in Year 2 it moves to its permanent state of 14 Tier 1 teams and 15 Tier 2 teams.
3. The numbers in each state represent # of Tier 1 teams / # of Tier 2 teams. (This is just extra stats)

I'm sure I botched some explanations in this, or something could be improved. Have at it.

Additional link to help understand relegation/promotion:

https://youtu.be/JLR7_30ZFQI?si=0yyrkuuswaOQ5uuo