ACC's title game contract includes out clause in case CFP expandshttp://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25701172/acc-clause-charlotte-football-championship-gameSAN JOSE, Calif. -- The ACC's football conference championship game contract with the city of Charlotte, which runs through 2030, includes an out clause that accounts for the possibility of a change to the postseason format should conference title games ever be eliminated, commissioner John Swofford told ESPN on Sunday.
While none of the FBS conference commissioners are seriously considering that, they are all willing to at least evaluate the current status of the College Football Playoff, which is wrapping up its fifth season.
Swofford said at this point, he still believes the four-team format works best.
"I think it's reasonable to evaluate it," he said, "but most of the noise is from outside the room, not within the room. I don't think we should have our heads stuck in the sand ... you want to re-evaluate it and see if it's accomplishing what you want it to accomplish, and certainly to this point I think it would appear the answer has been yes."
And there is the outside the box connect the dots thinking that I was trying to coax young Skippy into reasoning out himself when I asked him how many of the top eight teams had three losses at the end of the regular season. Alas he couldn't quite get there.
And before you yak James no one including me is saying it will happen. Just that there would/could be a way to protect all of the top four bowl games if expansion occurred.
You take the top eight teams and put them in the four major bowls. No conference CG game. No two 9-3 teams in your precious playpen the Rose Bowl. And once again it was/is conjecture about 'possibilities'. Not that it would happen but it 'could' happen.
This idea has been discussed before. Use the four bowl games. And not just in this fashion. They could keep the conference CG games and still use the bowl games as an 8 team quarterfinal then semi-final games then CG game. More games sure. But they play 16 regular season games, and potentially play 19, in the pros.
That suggested format has been out there for several years. And before you say it will never happen, remember you said four games would never happen. Times change.
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