Topic: Is the G5 football playoff dead?

[HerdEcon]

This writer for the Sports Business Journal implies that it is for at least the near future.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/05/07/group-of-five-football-playoff-looks-unlikely

[GreenBison]

This writer for the Sports Business Journal implies that it is for at least the near future.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/05/07/group-of-five-football-playoff-looks-unlikely

I think the proposed G5 top 25 will replace the G5 playoff on deciding who makes the CFP.

[MUther]

I think the proposed G5 top 25 will replace the G5 playoff on deciding who makes the CFP.

Doubt it.  The CFP committee will decide that the same way they decide it now, regardless of the coaches and AP poll.

[gochneaur645]

I don't think it was ever alive. Nothing about the phrase "Derek Dooley floating the idea reportedly with the backing of private equity" evoked any confidence.

It's just too clunky to work while the G5 still gets a bid to the real playoff. Either you have a tournament to see who's the 2nd best G5 team (yay?), or you find a way to have the best G5 team play in both tournaments (logistical nightmare).

If it ever happens, it'll probably take the P2 splitting away from the NCAA or the P4 shutting the G5 out of the real playoff entirely.