Certainly seems like the Beavers want their home game. Not willing to only play at Oregon. It is an interesting situation. If they cut Oregon altogether and only play the new PAC 12 games and become the big fish in a smaller pool so to speak, they look better nationally and may even rank high enough to get into the playoffs.
they'd have to be the big fish in the entire G6 landscape, not just the Pac-12 meaning they'd not only have to be better than Boise St, WSU, San Diego St. etc, they'd have to be better than Navy, Memphis, Tulane, Temple, South Florida, UConn, Bowling Green, UNLV, Wyoming. In other words they'd have to be obviously better than 61 other G6 teams because it's nearly certain there will only be one G6 team in the playoffs. And if the SEC and Big-10 have their way, G6 may lose their automatic slot
yes...the lone G6 team because of a guaranteed slot. This season is the last that G6 is guaranteed a slot. They were also 12-1 at CFP selection with their only loss being a 3 point loss, on the road, against the #1 rated team. That kind of resume will be really hard to match in the future
They are changing the format because they are also adding more teams to the playoffs and going to straight seeding. However all conference champions will still get a bid. Just not getting that first round bye. There will be 12 teams and the winner of the PAC-12 will get a spot. Unfortunately that probably won’t be the Beavers until they make some changes.
