Let me begin by fully discrediting the below opinion by acknowledging I have zero experience administrating any sort of athletics program (college, high school, club, pre-school... none.)
Why is it that basketball schedules aren't finalized until the year of, but football schedules are planned out for years?
After hearing complaints over strength of schedule for certain teams over the first year and a half of the College Football Playoff, I wonder why they don't take a page out of the old college basketball scheduling guide?
I believe ESPN used to sponsor the Bracket Buster game series that would pit mid-majors against each other later in the season to help add a quality game and allow for a direct comparison between to similarly situated teams in determining who would make the NCAA Tournament.
Why doesn't the NCAA Football try to move toward this model? How hard would it be to save a Home and Away date for each team and let the Committee match up teams to help them rate programs that are difficult to compare (say... Iowa vs Oklahoma State this year). This would solve multiple issues as we could get a much better idea of comparative strength of teams and conferences and also improve strength of schedule for teams that are having good-to-great seaons.
I understand there could be some logistical struggles, but how were those solved for the basketball scenarios? Could this be a possible future state of intercollegiate athletics?
Why is it that basketball schedules aren't finalized until the year of, but football schedules are planned out for years?
After hearing complaints over strength of schedule for certain teams over the first year and a half of the College Football Playoff, I wonder why they don't take a page out of the old college basketball scheduling guide?
I believe ESPN used to sponsor the Bracket Buster game series that would pit mid-majors against each other later in the season to help add a quality game and allow for a direct comparison between to similarly situated teams in determining who would make the NCAA Tournament.
Why doesn't the NCAA Football try to move toward this model? How hard would it be to save a Home and Away date for each team and let the Committee match up teams to help them rate programs that are difficult to compare (say... Iowa vs Oklahoma State this year). This would solve multiple issues as we could get a much better idea of comparative strength of teams and conferences and also improve strength of schedule for teams that are having good-to-great seaons.
I understand there could be some logistical struggles, but how were those solved for the basketball scenarios? Could this be a possible future state of intercollegiate athletics?
