Commissioner Joel Klatt’s Fixes for College Football

[@JoelKlattShow]

What would be some of your fixes for college football?

[@anthonypeth12]

Top 4 teams according to rankings get a bye week. You still have your 5 Autobids just seed them accordingly.. Re seed in the second round. Best team plays worst team left. Actually maybe let the 1 seed pick their opponent from the 4 teams that advance from the first round. That would be Drama. Imagine the 1 seed pick who ever they play the media is gonna go crazy with that. The story line would be #1 seed must think the team they picked is no good. Now that team would have extra fire 🔥 to prove they can beat the one seed. Let it play out like a bracket once the 2nd round is set

[@EDF2008]

Referees

[@nstowell13]

Playoff Fix: Top 4 Conference Champions get bye, but arent ranked in the tourney yet. Then first round happens, and those teams are ranked in the tourney. 1-8. Once you have 8 teams left, you re rank them. This year my opinion it would have been 1.Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Texas 4. Ohio State 5. Penn State. 6 Notre Dame7. ASU 8. Boise State. Oregon vs boise State. Georgia vs Asu. Texas vs Notre Dame. Ohio State vs Penn state. A lot more competive games and your not ending the year with an 8 vs 7 seed, that looks bad for ranking. (Idea from a Middle School PE teacher/ HS Football Coach who has made a lot of tournament brackets! )

[@dline6634]

Everything you said except the BCS rankings determine the first round bye. Currently the B1G and SEC are on top so they will get it anyway, but leave the door open for change and close the door on those 2 conferences bullying everyone into submission with money and board members. This is sport not politics.

[@johncase6948]

So you convinced me that a 14 team playoff would be better, however, I would disagree with you, that we need to reward the conference champions more. They already get a bye, I understand your idea of making it more important to get the championship and trying to put importance on that, but I think the beautiful thing about this post season is that it showed just what happens when you don’t have home-field advantage, we saw a lot of upsets, granted, some teams I don’t think should’ve gotten the bye that did but we got a lot of teams that did well during the regular season, but didn’t do well in the postseason, they might’ve done better if they had a home-field advantage. I don’t like fans happen to go from New Orleans to Las Vegas to Florida to Dallas to watch that game but I don’t think that the huge advantage a home field would give those teams is the best option. I would like to hear your thoughts on the payout structure that they are supposedly trying to change for the postseason. Seems like a clear advantage for Notre Dame not being in the conference to get all that money, free and clear and does seem to create a barrier for entry for some of the smaller schools is the Big Ten and SEC are taking 40% of it no matter what.

[@thart1338]

Can people start talking about how ridiculous the ad breaks are? I mean it’s almost unwatchable just watching ads with a little bit of football.

[@cellamuert]

I don't watch NFL anymore for that reason. College isn't quite as bad, but it's still a pretty frustrating experience at times. "Touchdown/EP - commercial - kickoff - commercial" is inexcusable. This is the one that drags CFB close to NFL levels.

[@paulcooper1046]

Bet. Similarly, basketball games have too many team timeouts in addition to the media timeouts.

[@jeffgood715]

​@@cellamuertNFL does a much better job. Ball is always in the air on time, compare the NCAAF championship to the next NFL playoffs game on runtime.

[@Djdubjay]

Not to mention extended on field ad breaks which make watching games live in person feel like you are sitting in rush hour traffic

[@rzawistowski33]

Agreed, I was going to bed if ND/PSU went to overtime

[@CalIrons-wr2xy]

Love most of Joel’s ideas. But I completely disagree with 4 automatic spots for the B1G and SEC. That would absolutely destroy the competitive balance of the sport

[@jb0341]

@@dodgedforgottenn he said losers of big 10 and sec championships both get auto bids too that would be 4 teams as the winners get the byes and the losers assume their order amongst the remaining 12 teams. That might be where the misunderstanding is here for you. Hope that helped.

[@sammonpa]

@@dodgedforgottenn He also said the loser of those conference championship games get an auto bit as well.

[@justinbrockhaus4389]

How

[@zeller3228]

@@dodgedforgottenn he proposed 4 qualifying spots for both the B1G and SEC.

[@rupps_timber]

Absolutely, this is the college football playoff, not the SEC and Big 10 playoff. If I see the same teams in the college football playoff year after year, I am not watching. Case in point, if the Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl, I don’t care and won’t watch.

[@natecruz7114]

Here’s one: no preseason rankings until week 6. That gives you 2 weeks in conf games and then they can compile what you have done in your weeks prior to give you a justifiable ranking. This helps eliminate the overinflated SEC teams like LSU, Miss State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, A&M being “ranked” early to give easy wins to other teams as well as teams in other conferences not getting a fair evaluation of their record.

[@SpencerCornelia]

i loved this segment. what an insanely exciting moment of tv if they had a ping pong ball lottery for scheduling.

[@RP-su9rw]

Army-navy can play on the second weekend of november--within a few days of Veteran's day.

[@hosi292]

Brilliant idea!

[@jecyee1395]

This is a good idea Everyone has a bye but Army-Navy who play that weekend Plus with no break between the season and the qualifying games / conference championships and then tournament, that would provide everyone with a guaranteed last month of the season going into that gauntlet Then, Army-Navy could get their late season bye the next week

[@jecyee1395]

Last season week off*

[@ryandumphy]

army navy can play whenever they want because nobody actually watches that nonsense.

[@kbrichmo8547]

This is the first year I have been all in on College Football. Primarily because IU was actually good for the first time in my entire 26 years of life, but also heavily because of the CFP. My whole life I have said that College Football would be better received by non football college-town folks if they went to a real playoff system and I think I was absolutely right.

[@D-Dog17]

20+ years of having that knowledge?? Wow why didn’t they listen to you sooner, commissioner?

[@jillmontague-long6271]

IU's losses are to OSU and ND not NIU

[@omieg89]

That’s awesome. I’m glad CFB finally has a legit inclusive playoff. Ultimately it will head towards 16 teams and that will be even better. But forget about group of 5 schools, it gives hope to fan bases like IU, SMU and schools of that caliber. Next year lots of teams will say that it could be them

[@damian.enriquez]

I couldn’t disagree more with just handing the Big 10 and SEC champs the top 2 spots. It’s basically saying no matter how great the teams from the other conferences are, there’s no point in competing for the top 2 spots.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

one thing you missed that should be added the quadrant format that college basketball uses, college football should use as well. it’d mitigate arguments and make seedings much easier

[@dodgedforgottenn]

How do you do that with 14 teams? I’ll wait for your solution (eternally, cuz you can’t in anything like a good way)

[@danielharden2570]

​@@dodgedforgottenn there's over 130 teams

[@danielharden2570]

Quads are incredibly flawed because it makes an arbitrary cutoff point

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@danielharden2570 they’re not in basketball. it all comes around the NET ranking which is a combined 15 statistics so if you don’t believe that I don’t know what to tell you. if the NCAA imposed it on football it can work just fine. and if you say that the NCAA is gonna expand even more. which they will anyway because of $$$.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@dodgedforgottenn A. remove preseason rankings B. release rankings once everyone starts conference play the top 14 teams according to the quadrant system if it existed 1. Georgia 2. Oregon 3. Texas 4. South Carolina 5. Tennessee 6. Miami 7. Ohio State 8. SMU 9. Ole Miss 10. Alabama 11. Syracuse 12. Notre Dame 13. Iowa State 14. BYU you can take a look at their schedules and remember that Quad 1: home, neutral, and away games against top 20 Quad 2: home, neutral, and away games against top 40 Quad 3: home, neutral, and away games against top 60 Quad 4: home, neutral and away games against below top 60

[@mathieufaltys]

The biggest reason Army-Navy gets a large viewing audience is because it is the only CFB game played on that day. If it were played in any random weekend, it would be forgotten.

[@richardsobolewski7852]

This year the service academy teams were good, otherwise the game is usually a snooze fest.

[@HawgWyldFishing]

That’s why he said make it the Week 0 game. It would be the headlining opener for the entire season, on a weekend essentially all by itself.

[@mathieufaltys]

@@HawgWyldFishing

[@barnun2525]

Major issue with this. What if. Clemson or Notre for example scheduled ohio st in the regular season and won and went undefeated. They would be locked out of a chance for a bye just because they play in the acc.

[@chrisjames9723]

Same thing I said

[@nick21614]

Punishment for playing in a weak conference. ND could join the Big Ten if they wanted.

[@RenegadesCS]

@@nick21614punish teams like Clemson and Florida state who are currently litigating to get out of the ACC? Sure, Notre Dame makes sense, but no other team deserves that:

[@snerdterguson]

Big Ten could have let them in any of the numerous times in the past Notre Dame wanted to join. They didn't let them join. They cannibalize other conferences. Force their teams to play more in conference games which ends long series like Michigan v Notre Dame. Then their fans all whine that it isn't fair Notre Dame is independent and says they play a weak schedule. Well geniuses, schedules are made 2-3 years in advance. You can't know what will happen too teams in the interim. Look at these teams 2-3 years ago. FSU 10-3, USC 11-3 It isn't like they were scheduled and not reframe thought they would fall off. Nobody asked in 2022 would have said that FSU would be like a one win team in a couple years and USC would struggle to finish at .500 Notre Dame last year completed their series with OSU and Clemson, but I guess they just have thought those teams would randomly stink and that's why they scheduled them. Bad luck on for them that they started playing Clemson when Clemson was winning titles. They scheduled a season for opening road game at TAMU, one of, if not THE, toughest stadiums for a road team to win at. They scheduled Miami and Miami backed out. This whole BS narrative about weak schedules needs to go away. If them beating 3 top 10 teams, 2 of them top 5, to get to the title game, after defeating more bowl teams than anyone in the nation during the regular season, doesn't tell people that Notre Dame is for real, you're just an ignorant hater and a casual.

[@barnun2525]

@@RenegadesCS how would a weak conference hold in any water if you beat the head of said 2 conferences during the regular season 😂😂 so that wouldn’t matter to you. Because it can happen. These teams schedules are several years out. And there are several cross conference matchups.

[@seanb8730]

I really enjoyed all of this episode hearing your ideas to help propel College football to be more fan and home field oriented. However, as a huge fan of THE Ohio State and the BigTen I don’t think conferences should get autobids as you suggested. With the SEC and BIG10 getting 4 for example. The landscape of College football changes so drastically that method would have to be revised once a new dominant conference comes to the forefront. No conference should get a certain amount of autobids but instead use your coupling system with bowl games to figure seeding out in the playoff as well. Edit: Or I guess what could work is give the most autobids to the conference with the best record and then go down the power 4 giving each descending conference less autobids.

[@ThomasPaineandFriends]

It wouldn't allow for a new dominant conference. The recruits will want to go where they have a guaranteed chance to be in the playoffs.

[@andrewsanford]

6:40 I respectfully disagree with the SEC and B1G getting 4 auto bids. A long standing problem is the self-reinforcing loop that has resulted in top talent going to a limited number of programs. This idea would continue that problem. I think a better solution is a 16-team playoff is: All 10 conference champions get an auto bid 6 at-large bids (or 4 if we do a 14 team playoff) This gives every team in every conference the opportunity to play for a natty, and talent would be more distributed. Related to this: Any poll that uses preseason rankings should not be used. These are hypothetical rankings that don’t account for what actually happens on the field. Yes, they’re fun. But for relatively more serious things, like rankings, they shouldn’t be a factor.

[@hujout]

Reduce the number of commercials per quarter or experiment with split-screen ads during live gameplay to keep things moving

[@MichaelDionne-sy4bk]

Excellent improvements Commissioner...as assistant Commissioner I propose these 4 improvements...1-every player has his name on his jersey 2-the kickoffs must land in the field of play and be returned...3-no taking a punt returners head off when he catches the punt when he hasn't signalled for a fair catch...there should be a 3 yard safe area that protects the punt returners...4-coaches should have 2 coaches challenges on penalties or non called penalties...too many games are spoiled by referees errors...some can ruin a season for a team...too important for the game we love...as for targeting I find they get right most of the time...and not my biggest issue...sometimes it is inevitable just because of the angles and speed of the contact...I can live with your need to improve it Commissioner...

[@ESC_Nick]

The fair catch protects the punt returner 🤣 if someone's sprinting right at you, you are supposed to fair catch. What type of point is that

[@crashxd1286]

I’ve only heard the first point and think that is a terrible postseason system giving unequal automatic bids by conference. I do not need to see a 3 or 4 loss BIG 10 or SEC team get in because of perceived dominance

[@jordanmadden7388]

In a 14 team playoff you don’t think the B10 and SEC will have atleast 4 teams worthy every year? I do. It would have been different if the B12 and P12 had retained their elite teams, but all of the good teams from those leagues went to B10/SEC.

[@ThomasPaineandFriends]

@@jordanmadden7388 No team with 3 losses is worthy of the college football national championship. This isn't the NFL.

[@justinbrockhaus4389]

I think it’s a good trade off as opposed to giving the committee complete control over the playoff

[@PoisedHD]

it’s not a perceived dominance, it’s proven every single year and it’s not particularly close

[@coastingalong]

you say that as if you’re the target audience 😂

[@solidifyyourfaith9610]

Very well thought out and explained. I actually enjoy watching Joel explain the game instead of watching the game.

[@InfinteIdeas]

No on Automatic bids for conferences, but yes on qualifying weekend, that sounds like fun

[@Trevor_H]

The scheduling lottery draw would be amazing

[@ryandumphy]

5:15 YEAH WE NEED MORE TEAMS GETTING BLOWN OUT KLATT, GENIUS!

[@hotdogfingers710]

There were blowouts in the 4 team as well

[@jeffprice9105]

The gorilla in the room is whoever owns the Sugar, Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, etc is not going to go for any of this. How do we free ourselves from these contracts?

[@eccentricbass3730]

SEC doesn’t deserve an automatic 4 bids. They might not even deserve 3…

[@GoatedAtNFS]

one bad year LMAO

[@crashxd1286]

@@GoatedAtNFSit’s not even because of this year there is not going to be 4 SEC or BIG 10 schools worthy of getting in the playoffs every year

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@ Oregon Ohio State Penn State and Indiana I was told up and down deserved in this year. replace Indiana with Michigan and they make the playoffs every year with a good record. so now [people] are gonna favor the Big-10 over the SEC because of one year-yet you’d claim bias against the SEC in terms of opinions. there are 4 teams from each conference worthy every single year. then 2 from the ACC and Big-12. remove the G5 bid-that shouldn’t exist-and leave ND as the wildcard to bump out one of the teams

[@andrewzimmerman7394]

@@GoatedAtNFSweren’t that great last year either. The Big Ten schools got more NIL money. The SEC dominance of the last 20 years is OVER!

[@DoomPlague]

@@GoatedAtNFS One bad year can turn into two...or three or more. The fact that this bad year happened proves that there shouldn't be 4 automatic bids though I think that goes for any conference. No conference should get special recognition based on what they have done in the past. The current setup let's the committee pick the "5 best conference champions" and that's the only consideration that should be given to conference affiliation imo.

[@GrandManor]

I still don’t see how the CFP can improve until they find a way around subjective rankings of teams.

[@paulcooper1046]

Agreed. That has been absurd from the jump. Why we do that escapes me.

[@danielharden2570]

All it takes is a computer ranking system that combines SoR with point differential

[@ashcash3497]

⁠@@danielharden2570I don’t like the idea of point differential playing a part. Ex. ND vs Indiana 10 point game. OSU cs Texas 14 point game.

[@iamtheoysterking]

52:39 … that’s not a good change

[@TheSchaef47]

That's a great change. Ohio State saw a touchdown turn into UM ball at the 20, on a day where every point mattered

[@ESC_Nick]

@@TheSchaef47and that is because the player decided to not care about the balls security. Seems fair

[@Kidcuba13]

So theoretically ND could field the best team of all time and never get a top 4 seed Horrible idea

[@chrisburton3571]

Correct, because they don’t risk an additional conference championship game that could result in a key injury(s) or loss. No bye makes up for conference championship game they didn’t play. If it’s the best team of all time then it shouldn’t matter what seed they are.

[@Kidcuba13]

@@chrisburton3571ok boomer

[@jonnyw2323]

The SEC hearing they have to play 9 games: 😱🤢😵‍💫😵🫨

[@mattmoriarty3146]

Klatt, can’t do this one man. You can’t lose those classic Notre Dame rivalry games. Rivalries are such a big part of what makes the sport great. This would get rid of USC vs ND… that can’t happen!

[@nicholasgreene788]

Lost me immediately when he said SEC/B10 get 4 each, then ACC/B12 get 2 each. Conference champions should get automatic bids, then it’s fair game for the rest of the 12 spots. There would be years where SEC/B10 won’t have 4 qualifying teams, or the ACC/B12 will have more than 2 teams that qualify. Him coming out and immediately baking conference bias into it invalidates the entire thing. And for the love of god, can we please stop with the Rose Bowl narrative? It’s an old stadium in an expensive part of the county all the way across from where the majority of the good teams play. There was nothing wrong with having the CFP game rotate. If you want a fixed location, then make it central like Baseball. Put it in Kansas City or Houston

[@stanleyfranks9891]

Amen

[@Sambula3]

I agree this one is a terribly bias idea and in a SEC fan. But this one makes no sense as far as fairness of the game

[@ryanhodges2281]

100%. The auto-bids outside of conference champs is a non-starter. It reeks of corruption. Even if they are better this year, or even 5 years from now, nothing guarantees one of them not falling off for whatever reason.

[@derrickmarsh50]

It wont matter eventually bc B1G/SEC are gonna form their own super league and take prob 20ish other schools with them. Then itll go back to divisions.

[@johnathanhust4587]

Look the sec and the big 10 are by far the best conferences. They aren't given preferential treatment it's earned. In the past 20 years how many champions haven't been part of those 2 conferences?

[@gabrielsmith7641]

This system renders the non-conference literally meaningless. If I’m a Power 4 team, why would i even field a team in the non-conference games if 12/14 (aka the only viable path) playoff spots are determined by my conference standing?

[@John_Hoover]

Exactly. This actually favors Notre Dame since no one will want to play their “big guns” on an OOC game, making their path easier. College football would be well served (and interesting) with MORE, intense, competitive out of conference regular season games. Joel’s format destroys this.

[@bacus626245]

The Rose Bowl is an amazing, iconic college football venue in the grandest setting. The Granddaddy of them all offers the San Gabriel Mountains in the background, old Pasadena town, and the beautiful Southern California west coast making it a magical destination. Every stadium requires some renovations and technological upgrades at some point, so stop with making that the excuse. Too rich of a college football tradition to not make that the final destination of the college football season.

[@danielharden2570]

College football biggest fan bases are on the opposite side of the country. Klatt mentioned the super bowl as the biggest stage, but that rotates as well.

[@TheEbrietas]

Answer me this, is it cheaper/easy for a Ohio or Indiana family to travel to Pasadena or is it cheaper/easier to travel to Atlanta?

[@danielharden2570]

@@TheEbrietas no idea. Just rotate the game

[@michaelsweeney4361]

Yah, we've seen the sunset. Big deal. It's an old stadium, clearly NOT the newest or most modern by any means so please, save the romance. ROTATE the NC amongst the top 5/6 big bowls. The rest of the nation should not be inconvenienced because ESPN, Herbstriet and Klatt love the Rose Bowl.

[@nathancarter9170]

Joel you are the best voice in college football. Thank you for the work you do. Im a big supporter of your show

[@themeparkamusement2214]

No SEC or Big 10 special treatment. 1AA has been using play offs for decades. Just use their format. If we make the SEC special then they keep getting all the 5 star recruits. Colorado could not even afford to Hire Deion Sanders. Now with 2 seasons of sellouts and merchandise money with free pubicity, the school attendance skyrocketing... They are signing 5 star recruits. Give every body a equal piece of the pie. You are welcome Joel. I hate to use my superior football mind, but I proposed a play off decades ago. Sitting in the stands watching william and mary play Hampton University in the 1AA playoffs. A #1 ranked HBCU playing a offensive power. Hampton vs Richmond. Who went on to win a national championship in the sec of 1aa. JMU Richmond Delaware all national champions in the same conference. Good stuff! Now ND has a big time program even turning out pro QBs that stink, but they made it to the pros. Sorry I ha adult AD. Jamille Holloway the greatest Option QB ever. Nobody ever talks about hi or Turner Gill.

[@Adam-xo5iq]

AMEN

[@CallsignShowtime]

Got to the scheduling part of the video, only concern I have is what do you do to accommodate inter-divisional rivalries? Georgia Tech - UGA, Clemson - SCAR, Kentucky - Louisville, just to name a few. What happens to them?

[@probert2436]

I was thinking the same. Would all these schools get removed from the process or would they end up with a 11 P4 and 1 G5 schedule? 11 P4 would be crazy for them and would up destroy great rivalries, so id have to guess they be exempted.

[@justinsehlin1172]

I wonder if it would actually be best to just remove one of the 9 conference games to accommodate for these

[@versewonderstrikes5353]

0:18 It was an epic DAY!!

[@eldencampbell7413]

I love that line!

[@mikeschaefer6200]

I enthusiastically support nearly everything you have proposed and wouldn't be against any of it. But one issue that continues to bother me relates to TV coverage. I have two issues, the first is that all of the playoff games should be available for anyone to watch free of charge, especially since there are such a substantial number of commercial breaks which should provide enough revenue for the network and the NCAA. The second issue: there are too many breaks in the game due to TV commercials which has had a significant impact on the game itself that is obvious to anyone who has attended a game. What is the best way to play the game in this regard and how can we make that happen - and shouldn't we make that happen if we really do care about the sport? I know there must be other ways to fund the broadcasts because they do it in other countries and with other sports. I do not see the entertainment industry talking about this, or maybe I am just not tuning into the right things? But I do know it does NOT have to be the way it is now. This can be changed if the NCAA wants it to change or if enough fans demand it to change.

[@ryandumphy]

4 AUTOMATIC SPOTS TO ANY CONFERENCE IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE LITTLE DUDE.

[@ZB_Snickers]

Can we talk about giving defenses infinite time to sub a guy in? USC had a delay of game in the bowl game because they waited over 10 seconds for an AM guy to walk on the field

[@iamtheoysterking]

14:12 I love the idea of the Rose Bowl hosting the Natty each year

[@hujout]

Greatness

[@Clvtch22]

THANK GOD Joe Klatt isn’t the commissioner 🙏 please keep him far away from any such position

[@EDF2008]

Jack Sawyer is a legend

[@theronr7464]

The National Championship Game of Northern Aggression, played in Atlanta!

[@suitestheband]

yikes dude

[@jordanhrncar6412]

Touchback for fumbling through the end zone is a great rule. Has to be big consequences for losing the ball there.

[@jbaker7439]

Some good ideas here. No moving Navy and Army to beginning of season. That’s a winter late season game and always should be. Also, it’s unlikely you can cram this into September thru December. If anything, as temperatures continue to rise, the college football season will get pushed later. Some of the games are almost impossible to have outdoors in August and September. You’re gonna run into wet bulb temperatures killing people. As none of these stadiums are domed.

[@lloydtack2711]

I have been in harping on a super challenge for years. Go get them Joel.

[@toddhaidet5168]

I loved this episode! And really every podcast, thank you Joel and team for the content you put out, it’s definitely always my first listen. I loved the schedule realignment, I think that would be so intriguing and keep interest in teams that may not always be at the forefront of the sport, and of course give them an opportunity to raise their ceiling. Loved the fumble out of the end zone rule as well, I’ve always hated it, but never really thought what could be different.

[@mikemartin6423]

I think you qualifying games are currently handled in November. Alabama losing to Oklahoma for example, but I like the Championship weekend game additions. That would be awesome.

[@benharkey2407]

klatts proposed playoff structure is possibly the worst thing i have ever seen. the best way to do a playoff is 8 teams at the bowl sites. There should be no automatic qualifiers and the seeding should be determined by averaging the AP and the coaches poll. This would keep the number of games to a reasonable number to avoid more injuries and keep regular season games important.

[@calebperrin8270]

Imo, the power 4 needs to split already. Its way past time. Division 1a and division 1b. Give the four conferences bids for the top teams in the conference. 16 team playoff, no byes. Conference champions get home games first round.

[@michaeljimerson9021]

@JoelKlattShow, this makes way too much sense, so I already know the powers to be will never listen. This is the best solution I've ever seen to the entire college football landscape.

[@DavidMartinez-rn5iy]

Ill call you "The Moses" of college football..... a man for the people..... my favorite person to listen to on the topic 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@JonathanRamsey87]

1 portal window yes yes yes

[@brandonstephens6514]

Re-seeding after the first round of the 12 team playoff would be one of the only things I would change. 10 game regular season. 7 in conference, 2 out of conference p4 opponents, and one "cupcake" game. Adds value to reg. season games, and the timing of it all could make it so the championship was on new years day.

[@Jswagalot1]

Great episode!🙌🏾 Rose Bowl Natty- love it Army/Navy Week 0 - love it Transfer Portal in May 1 time - great Televised Non conference draw- love that idea! Registered Agents - smart

[@drewberkey7030]

I like it! Great ideas Joell ! I hope people listen purposefully!

[@zsteve8591]

1. Cut the CFP to 8 and have 1-4 host the first round OR create 10 twelve team conferences and keep the CFP at 12 but I’d still have 1-4 host a round. 2. Limit transfer portal to two openings, after the season and summer. 3. All conferences play 9-10 conference games…

[@jaKobus914]

I don’t think you can cut the playoff to 8 that ship has sailed but they could either make the regular start one week earlier or shorten the season by one game.

[@alexshapiro6812]

No.

[@robertmitchell4512]

8??? Absolutely not! It would just be Big 10 and SEC. No thank you

[@josue24]

Want to win the championship. Win. Stop making excuses that the playoff is too big or small

[@roseauw]

And NO conference championship games.........10 game conference schedules would do away with the need for that because teams would have more uniform strength of schedules to judge by

[@mjw9928]

Who is going to decide NDs schedule?

[@michaelsweeney4361]

Notre Dame, of course. And enough of the BS lies about that schedule. When the Irish face Ohio State in the natty on Monday night, the Buckeyes will be the EIGHTH AP top 25 team on this season's schedule. WHO is going to make your favorite program's schedule?

[@mjw9928]

@@michaelsweeney4361 Why would notre dame get to make their own schedule?

[@calebperrin8270]

4 bids for sec and 4 bids for b1g, but only 2 bids for acc and big 12 is the dumbest thing ive ever seen joel say, jfc.

[@tony16harris]

Been waiting on this show!

[@amberraegraham374]

That Army/Navy idea 😍

[@GlueGuys]

Great episode! Love seeing people try to be innovative and caring more for the fans and the game itself. Keep it up Joel!

[@troycarrolljr6026]

Joel Klatt Just Interviewed for the position and I’m all for it🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@1515renegade]

YESSS, make Army/Navy the start of the college football season!!

[@bm-outdoors]

Klatt’s words are college football gospel.

[@Purehess]

can not give preferential treatment to a conference, teams and conference strength come and go, this would have penalized some of the greatest teams of the last 30 years

[@robertmitchell4512]

Joel, love ya, but disagree with 4 automatic bids for the Big 10 and SEC

[@crashxd1286]

The idea that 4 teams from both conferences are going to be worthy of getting in is hilarious

[@coastingalong]

they don’t even need to do it. there will probably be 3-4 of each every year regardless

[@JasonSmithPsychedelicTherapist]

Yes, we need to protect the fans. Keep the players to teams longer, and play more local games in the old geographic footprings and rivalries.

[@stevelenores5637]

I would never have a commentator or ESPN executive in charge of CFB.

[@robtomlinson3]

ESPN?

[@stevelenores5637]

@@robtomlinson3 ESPN is nothing but commentators and worse ESPN has a financial stake in outcomes. CFB is lost if ESPN controls all of it. Might as well make it rollerball.

[@WyldWillow]

I love the Wild West of college football. Let the players go when they please.

[@Al-Rudigor]

Just like the coaches.

[@rzawistowski33]

​@@Al-Rudigorbut coaches do go somewhere in the winter then somewhere else in the spring

[@ryandombkowski6202]

Can we get away from this obsession with conferences? I hate the idea of getting more in bed with conferences. Let's just get the best 12-14 teams.

[@SwantonBomb43]

I dont mind the idea of a 14 team with 2 byes. I am not cool with SEC and B1G getting 4 auto bids each. if they have 4 qualified teams at that level and ranked appropriately, sure. that is by no means a guarantee and a team from another conference/independent with a better resume shouldnt have to worry about being snuffed out by a subpar team with a guaranteed seat at the table.

[@JJthelonelybullinasia]

I like the idea of the ping pong ball type of random scheduling, but I would make it a home and home 2 year schedule. So if Tennessee plays at Oregon one year then they automatically get Oregon at home the next year. It would keep it fair so a team doesn't get on a run and get home games every year, plus it would create a 2 year rivalry where if the losing team in the first year is the away team, they have a revenge factor playing at home the next year.

[@kamfisher1714]

Joel Klatt still butthurt over Oregon getting Ohio State, if they were the best team, why didn’t they win? You wanted them to lose later than sooner? Get over it.

[@Braeden.F]

He picked Ohio State to win

[@ariroshto9997]

This is a ridiculous analogy my guy. If you paid attention, he’s clearly more upset that Oregon, having an undefeated season and in the context of football knowledge the best regular season (12-0), should have had an easier route to the national championship. If OSU had won some of those key games such as the game against Michigan, and perhaps even went to the big 10 championship and beat Oregon, they would deserve the same treatment too. It’s exactly how the path to the Super Bowl is in the NFL. You saying “if they were so good, why didn’t they win” is like an Oregon fan saying if OSU was so good, why didnt they win against Michigan (who Oregon blew out in the regular season in Ann Arbor)

[@TerryeFreeman-k4w]

Wrong

[@kamfisher1714]

@@ariroshto9997Lol “easier route” so you wanted them to lose later than sooner.

[@kamfisher1714]

@@Braeden.FWhile complaining that Oregon was playing them.

[@SpasPumpSpas]

How would your scheduling system preserve matchups like Florida/ Flordia State or Iowa/ Iowa State?

[@aragorn318]

Just bring it down to 8 playoff teams and call it a day.

[@antonioloza5762]

I'll save you 54 minutes He just wants every SEC team to make the playoffs.

[@LlamaLung]

Love the show, Joel. But Josh Pate is our future commissioner.

[@chrismargraff9322]

Love Pate but Josh wears the SEC goggles. Klatt's analysis is the best in the business by a mile.

[@LlamaLung]

@chrismargraff9322 i can agree that Joel has better analysis. But Pate is the commissioner. Joel can be his top advisor and smooth out Pates SEC rhetoric.

[@RadicallyOptimistic]

Josh Pate is a snake. Goes on HQ and picks OSU-PSU for that audience, and then reverses his pick to UGA-TX a week later before games were played. He also claimed that “no one runs on Georgia” even though many teams have this year. People who can’t stay loyal to their own picks should never be commissioner.

[@Con27277]

@@chrismargraff9322Klatt is basically an outright fan of Ohio State and Colorado at this point. His opinion is meaningless

[@alexshapiro6812]

@@LlamaLungJoel is levels beyond pate

[@markr8954]

Fumbling out the endzone should be 2pts for the offense and a touchback. Reward the offense with some points, but reward the defense for making a play. The endzone is sacred

[@HistoricallyRomantic]

He's already made this video. No the rose bowl will not be the natty. It's an outdated stadium in a city that's being razed to the ground.

[@Marvszn43]

May I ask what the real, sizable, downside is to playing in an "outdated", classic stadium?

[@adaml7349]

Nothing matches the Rose Bowl. No other bowl game has ever come close to

[@drazi12]

Have you ever been to the Rose Bowl? Or LA? Pasadena is far from the Palisades.

[@josue24]

The rose bowl is amazing in one of the most beautiful places in the world.

[@EricCraw4d]

No, a neighborhood, not the metropolis that is LA… if it WERE the city, you’d be paying 5x for anything bought online cuz the port would be gone But way to have a sense of empathy for families who suddenly find themselves homeless Maybe put Twitter away and learn to appreciate your fellow neighbors and Americans a little more

[@HawgWyldFishing]

52:17 my only thing about this rule, is that it shouldn’t be given to the other team as a touchback, but you shouldn’t get to keep the ball at the 1. You should be able to maintain possession but, if you fumble through the endzone, the ball get spotted at the 10 yard line, unless it was 4th down. In which case, it would be a loss of possession and count as a touchback, giving the other team the ball at the 20. You shouldn’t lose possession if you fumble at the one and the ball goes across the front corner of the endzone, out of bounds. But you also should still be penalized to some extent, because you are still the one who fumbled the football. So you get backed up to the 10 yard line, with an, ”__ & Goal to go”, from there. If you would’ve gained a first down, based on where you fumbled the ball, relative to the line to gain, you get to maintain having gained the First Down, and now it’s First & Goal, from the 10. If you were already in a “Goal to go” set of downs, then it just becomes the next down, and you have to move back to the 10. Unless it’s fourth down obviously, but I already covered that.

[@markr8954]

Hey commish Klatt, first want to say that all these changes would be better than the current system, I appreciate your thought. My only change would be to the Qualifying games for the playoffs. While the SEC and Big10 are the best now, we want the talent to be distributed throughout our sport, and thus the Qualifying spots should be cross conference, with say the 3rd Seed SEC facing the 1st seed ACC team. That way, conferences can win the right to hold Championship games and byes instead of forever having two conferences dominate the byes/talent pool in recruiting. An expansion on this idea could include the bowl games earning points for their conference. So a tier 1 bowl win in the Orange Bowl would get the conference 5pts, while a tier 2 bowl win in the Pop Tart bowl would earn 3pts. I’d love to see some sort of bowl promotion/relegation system based on sponsorship or something similar. Conferences should be rewarded for having teams be bowl eligible + have clearly defined metrics for advancement between conferences

[@midnight7703]

Great content Joel! I think you need to also address the ranking issues where a team plays such a weak schedule that they end up highly ranked and cannot back it up (ex. Indiana this past season). I think a point system based on playing ranked teams or such as team quadrants would help equalize schedules - similar to College Basketball.

[@ideselm08]

IU beat every team on their schedule except the two teams in the national championship game. Not their fault they didn’t play a mid team ranked in the 20 like Illinois who they would have crushed.

[@natrich9212]

Spot on Joel... THANK YOU!! Minor quibbles here but fundamentally I'd take your whole plan starting right now.

[@brandonjordan4596]

Adding a couple of fixes - 1. G5 has a Championship game that doubles as a CFP play-in game. 2. Post-season tournaments of 4 (grouped by ranking). So the first four out would play a tournament (Bama, Miami, SC, & Ole Miss), then the next four. The bowls can be used at the championship game for the mini tournaments. 3. The bowl-winners get a home game in the new "lottery" non-conf scheduling system. More Elaborate Fix - Cross Conf Play-in Games I like the 4-4-2-2-1-1 model but many oppose it because of "fairness" in giving SEC & B10 Conferences double the amount of teams. So we will instead give all the conferences equal opportunity to get their teams into the playoffs by making a cross conference play-in week. Who gets in? Start with Conf Champs for each getting in. Plus G5 Championship winner & 1 at large team (decided after play-in games). That gives 8 spots left. Now take the 2nd best B10 team & have them play the 5th best Big12 team. This year would have been - PSU vs Baylor. Winner is in the playoff. Then have the 3rd best B10 team play the 4th best Big 12 team. That would have been Indiana vs Colorado. Then 4th Best B10 vs the 3rd best Big12, BYU vs Ohio St. Finally the 5th best B10 team plays the 2nd best Big12 team. Illinois vs ISU. PSU vs Baylor Indiana vs Colorado Ohio St vs BYU Illinois vs Iowa St You would use this same format for the SEC vs ACC. Under this format each conference has equal amount of teams that have a shot to get into the playoffs. Clemson vs LSU Miami Vs Alabama Syracuse Vs Tennessee Louisville Vs Georgia At the end its possible that the B10 & SEC get 5 teams in each, or they could only get 1 team. It all depends on how good their teams really are. This also creates a fun dynamic of Conference Rivalries.

[@bradball]

Forget commissioner... JOE KLATT FOR PRESIDENT!

[@iamjacquesbarjon]

You lost me at automatically rewarding the Big10 and SEC conference champions. Nonsense.

[@a_goblue2023]

Why would you not reward the champions of the 2 best conferences in America 😂

[@paulcooper1046]

Detective Klatt bullying an alleged “tamperer” was fun.

[@racingpenguin]

I really enjoy the British Football model of these qualifying games!! Well done.

[@andtheman12]

I loved this. One of the best videos of the 2024 football season. I don’t think playing a non conference game against an equal opponent is a reward though. Tier one teams from last season should be rewarded with an easy win, given how important wins and losses are for making the playoff.

[@jgg0207]

Klatt For President!! Also would love to hear your thoughts on this idea Commissioner Klatt: 1. Reduce scholarships to 75, (similar to the NFL 53 man roster) - I think this would help disperse the top talent 2. And each time a player transfers from a 'lower' conference to a 'higher conference' the higher conference team has to pay the lower conference team a certain dollar value, that way the lower conference team can go attract those 1, 2, 3 maybe 3 star kids that the bigger conferences want once their developed, and have the resources to do that.

[@andrewmccormick7623]

We need more scholarships somewhere around 100 to 120 because if not Coaches wouldn’t recruit high school kids

[@ryan-whiteside]

A safety should have a bigger reward. Currently, it's 2 points and okay field position. It needs to change to 4 points and/or they punt from further back so they get great field position.

[@unclerico3865]

Great ideas. I really like the schedule changes and the transfer portal changes.

[@andrewmccormick7623]

The army navy game being week 0 might be Joel’s best idea ever

[@Haul4Christ1403]

The klatster on fire with this episode

[@joschzachrich9181]

I have always felt that a safety should be worth more than two points, they are so rare. Maybe as a trade off for the fumble touchback you reward defenses more points for safeties. I love the change of fumble through end zone being returned to the spot the offensive player lost possession, been saying that for years. For the first time I can remember that rule directly affected the Ohio State- Penn State game this season.

[@TravisNeal-p8f]

Love army-navy suggestion

[@JasonSmithPsychedelicTherapist]

Calendar: 1. Cornerstone Date: January 1st. I think that's pretty cool. I like this idea. 2. Army Navy Kicking things off is actually pretty cool. An AMERICAN TRADITION. Yeah. What an idea. Klatt you got a good idea here, this one is GOOD. 3. One Transfer Portal Window in MAY.... making the decision more important. I think that's a good idea. Plus, add my 2 year contracts idea, meaning you only get 1 transfer. You got to stay at your team for a minimum of 2 years.

[@vladtheimpaler7375]

Joel stole my idea for seeding the teams without a bye solely based on year end poll rankings! (Just kidding)

[@jacobscantland6019]

I really enjoyed hearing you thoughts on how to change college football for the better. You should make another video and dive deeper in the things you discussed in this video and or things you haven’t even addressed yet

[@seeknayog7262]

Narrowing the hash marks also allows the kickers to be more consistent. The wide hashes are different than narrow in a kickers arsenal.

[@anthonycaruthers1310]

You are a passionate and intelligent voice and fixture in college football! All of your insights are so thoughtful. Thank you for analysis, always!