How can we encourage more OOC games

[boyblue]

Re: How can we encourage more OOC games

If they factored in only 8 or 9 conference games that would do the trick aye?

[BearcatDude]

Re: How can we encourage more OOC games

Until it affects where teams are seeded in the playoffs nothing will change.

Truth- they have had ample opportunities to do that in SR3 several times since the MIAA went to a silo schedule, but instead it seems like they actually rewarded the MIAA team.

[twolfbenchwarmer]

[Redwing]

Re: How can we encourage more OOC games

You want to encourage in region OOC games more than out of region with the limited total game count in football. It lets you get a much better picture if an extra loss or two in one conference is still a stronger team than another direct playoff competition team in another conference in today's regional rules.

Something quick off the top of my head is two games per team is applied a .01 increase in weight of factoring games. This encourages a conference to get two OOC games to raise the whole conference ratings but doesn't overpower it to where an independent or super small conference gets too much of a boost that might encourage teams to drop out of conferences or conferences to shed lower tier teams. Probably flaws in it but should be something similar that can be done to force conferences out of the silo crap.

No argument from me, but when half the conferences in a region are silo scheduled, there isn't much left to choose from.:at-wits-end: And for some teams, others just don't want to play them. I know at least some of those teams are in the GLIAC. It really is tough filling out the schedule.

So before they encourage in region games, some extra value might be given for ANY OOC game. Or alternatively, some subtraction for an all in-conference schedule. Maybe that would open up more in region possibilities?

[NewCatEyez]

Re: How can we encourage more OOC games

You want to encourage in region OOC games more than out of region with the limited total game count in football. It lets you get a much better picture if an extra loss or two in one conference is still a stronger team than another direct playoff competition team in another conference in today's regional rules.

Something quick off the top of my head is two games per team is applied a .01 increase in weight of factoring games. This encourages a conference to get two OOC games to raise the whole conference ratings but doesn't overpower it to where an independent or super small conference gets too much of a boost that might encourage teams to drop out of conferences or conferences to shed lower tier teams. Probably flaws in it but should be something similar that can be done to force conferences out of the silo crap.

[boyblue]

Games against D1 & NAIA do not count towards the playoffs but they're still scheduled. If those games were disallowed might that force teams to play outside their region. We can't force conferences to play OOC games but if OOC wins were weighted more heavily in the playoff formulation wouldn't this encourage a change. For that matter what if they weighed OOR wins even more heavily wouldn't that be cool?