Conference-less Superbowl

[Proudiddy]

I was just thinking after last night's debacle with only one team showing up to play, don't you think if we had the two best teams end up in the Superbowl, regardless of conference, that it almost ensures we wouldn't have this crap happen again?

With all the tweaking Goodell wants to make to the format, why not get rid of conferences? I'm venturing out of my comfort zone here in this discussion, but I suppose you could still keep divisions for incentive and to help determine seeding, but after that, anyone can play anyone because they're not divided by conference.

What do you think?

[Cary Kollins]

Not a terrible idea. Sort of like the NCAA tourney, a free for all based on seeding.

[Peppers90 NC]

the two best teams did play in the super bowl last night, problem was, only one of them showed up.

[Car123]

Leave it as it is

[Proudiddy]

the two best teams did play in the super bowl last night, problem was, only one of them showed up.

You think the Broncos wouldve made it to the Superbowl had they played in the NFC?

[Chimera]

Sounds good but how would it work in practice? BCS system to determine "best" teams?

How would it affect teams who just get hot at the right time?

[Jangler]

I hope they don't change it. Even though I do see the appeal. 

[Kettle]

some sort of grouping system has to be maintained or else it will just turn into a crap shoot with people's opinions mattering more than performances.

[TruthVsComfort]

How does one not "show up" to the Super Bowl? I mean, it is the Super Bowl. Do not buy that. They just were not used to playing the top NFC defenses and would have lost to the top 3 or 4 NFC teams.

[t96]

No, it needs to stay NFC-AFC. The Pro Bowl was good fun and all but it was still a complete joke. The Super Bowl shouldn't change.

[SOJA]

the two best teams did play in the super bowl last night, problem was, only one of them showed up.

 

 

I honestly don't think so, the Niners would have been equally suited to beat the Broncos and even our Panthers would have been in a good position. 

 

Broncos could not get past a team that pressured Manning. 

 

9ers beat us fairly though. NFC Championship was the Superbowl. 

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

It would be interesting to see the seeding. Something like the four division winners with best records get the bye week, the two with the best records getting homefield advantage. The remaining four division winners host the wildcard games. The four teams with the best records without winning their divisions are the wildcards. Keep tie breakers as similar as possible to now. Seeding is determined as 1-12 with lowest traveling to highest.

I can see it.

[Carl Spackler]

There will always be two conferences. Television rules all in that discussion.

 

FOX throws more than a billion dollars to broadcast NFC games, while CBS does the same for AFC games.

[hepcat]

A blowout in the Superbowl is rare.  The last one I can think of was 11 years ago - Bucs vs Raiders.  I don't think anything needs to change because most of the time the Superbowl is a close game.  I feel like Brady and the Patriots would have put up more of a fight though.