Then just watch the last three games and if you are right you will see Texas Oregon Georgia and Penn state play. The rest of us can watch the other Games. Everyone gets what they want
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Without the dumb only conference champs can be seeded 1-4, then ND could potentially get a bye and for some reason everyone would lose their minds.
Let's see how the next round plays out. A case could be made that the qualification process is fine, but the byes should go to teams 1-4 regardless of if they won a conference. We would have had:
Clemson at Notre Dame
Arizona State at Ohio State
SMU at Tennessee
Boise State at Indiana
Maybe those would have been closer games. Either way, the playoffs aren't going back to four teams.
Clemson at Notre Dame
Arizona State at Ohio State
SMU at Tennessee
Boise State at Indiana
Maybe those would have been closer games. Either way, the playoffs aren't going back to four teams.
there is no argument that can be made to my ears that qualifies Boise for a first round bye. As for ND, they need to join a conference
Probably that Tennessee wasn't motivated. SEC teams never lose because the opponent plays better. Or is better.
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12 teams are certainly too many for clueless officials deciding the field in hotels and talentless hot take spewing ESPN gasbags.
6 or 8 teams should be the number
All 4 P4 Conf Champions are Auto Bid. The top ranked G5/Independent is auto bid. That takes the first 5 spots out of any BS...it is what it is.
If you have 6 team playoffs- then the next highest ranked that did not win their conference.
If it is 8 - then let those 2 be by committee and they have a 7/8 play-in game. And winner of that game plays number 1.
All 4 P4 Conf Champions are Auto Bid. The top ranked G5/Independent is auto bid. That takes the first 5 spots out of any BS...it is what it is.
If you have 6 team playoffs- then the next highest ranked that did not win their conference.
If it is 8 - then let those 2 be by committee and they have a 7/8 play-in game. And winner of that game plays number 1.
All the people in this thread arguing that the playoff should be smaller because these first round games were blowouts need to just change the f**king channel or go outside or something.
Nobody gives a crap that you were offended by a couple of extra college football games shortly before we go without any football for 8 months.
Nobody gives a crap that you were offended by a couple of extra college football games shortly before we go without any football for 8 months.
The 4 team playoff was technically 4 at large bids. They're not going from 4 at larges to any number of at larges smaller than that which is essentially what you do when you take 5 of 6 or 8 spots with autobids.
It's going to stay at 12 and if anything get bigger to 14 or 16 down the line. They may tweak seedings and byes but the numbers of bids isn't going down from where it is now. An expansion to to 14 would get rid of the bye issue off the bat as it would most likely be B10/SEC most years (not likely to have overseeding) and the rest by ranking, adjusting for spots for conference champs if necessary. It's added room for the SEC whiners as well.
We've seen the pool get larger over time and dominant teams are harder to create in this new era of NIL/portal. Add in schools paying players in that 15-17M range for football and the pool gets even a little larger. Opportunity is better than ever from the top on down and I don't expect the CFP to get any smaller.
The problem isn't the number of teams. The problem is who's picking them and why they're picking them.
"I don't want to hear about wins" is the most ESPN/SEC-shill statement ever.
I'd rather watch Indiana, Tennessee, SMU and Clemson play each other in what would be a more meaningful bowl game than watch them get drilled in in the first round of a tournament that nobody is going to care about for at least another week (when the national championship-caliber teams start playing each other).
Yeah that first round sucked ! Was hoping for better.
I know people hate to hear this, but it sucks for Indiana that such a great season necessarily ends in a playoff loss rather than a win in a notable and memorable bowl game.
With the expanded playoff, the better season you have, the bigger chance you have of ending on a low note. National titles are a pipe dream for most programs. The pipe dream sells to fans and TV money, but I see it as fruitless. I'm not a fan of such an expansive playoff. I'd rather play in a fun notable bowl and go out on a high note.
With the expanded playoff, the better season you have, the bigger chance you have of ending on a low note. National titles are a pipe dream for most programs. The pipe dream sells to fans and TV money, but I see it as fruitless. I'm not a fan of such an expansive playoff. I'd rather play in a fun notable bowl and go out on a high note.
The fix to seeding problem is easy. Just give the top five conference winners a home game - but not a guaranteed bye. Would have loved to see, say Tennessee at Boise State.
I believe that Notre Dame moved back finals so students could attend.
The games may have sucked, but the atmospheres were amazing. I think the expanded playoff is the best thing for
CFB. The regular seasons is more interesting because there are more big games.
People say meaningful bowls but there really aren’t any, even the big ones. With opt out and portal, it doesn’t have the same feel anymore. You’ll get some good games I’m sure but it’s not the same.
I’m a decent CFB fan, only sport I follow, and I’ll watch bowls here and there because it’s nice to see CFB but they don’t have the same oomph for me as the playoffs. I’ll feel that same oomph again next year for these games regardless of blowouts this year, and it’ll be the same every year after.
The thrill of the end of the regular season with more games having meaning and all rounds of the playoffs are much greater for me than any of the bowl games these days.
I’m a decent CFB fan, only sport I follow, and I’ll watch bowls here and there because it’s nice to see CFB but they don’t have the same oomph for me as the playoffs. I’ll feel that same oomph again next year for these games regardless of blowouts this year, and it’ll be the same every year after.
The thrill of the end of the regular season with more games having meaning and all rounds of the playoffs are much greater for me than any of the bowl games these days.
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How would it have been more meaningful? All the star players from each team would sit out. There would be nothing on the line and it honestly with Clemson and Tenn even their own fans wouldn't have cared much about it.
I guarantee you every single player on Indiana's roster would disagree with you before and after the game. Do you think they give a crap about winning a meaningless orange bowl trophy? What athlete who has put in so much work and effort to work towards a goal would say nah I would rather wonder what if we got our shot. Do you think UCF players are happy they won the Peach bowl (yes I had to look that hope which shows you how meaningless it was) over getting the chance to win a national title?
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Yeah, I think they are happy they won the peach bowl.
No, I dont care about the pipe dream of losing in the college playoff. Its just a token appearance and a TV money grab. Since the fans are what drives all of this - I'm speaking from a fan's perspective. This isn't basketball and it won't ever be. Since you're a PSU fan, you'll suffer most from this - which is awesome. Every season will end in a loss for PSU the better they are 😂
I stand by my opinion.
Fans have wanted a more legit playoff for decades. Now we have it.
I think these are pretty good considering the blowouts and the NFL opposite the TNT games.
LOL'd because that post just destroyed a bunch of people's narratives. Haters love to hate blindly.
The CFP is evolving, and this year was fine even with the blowouts.
Sports Illustrated absolutely destroys ESPN's shills
https://www.si.com/college/purdue/b...essee-volunteers-big-ten-sec-college-football
https://www.si.com/college/purdue/b...essee-volunteers-big-ten-sec-college-football
If they had gone 16 teams with no byes and seeded by rank for homefiled.. or all neutral site games.. then the SEC would have had Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina and Ole Miss and should have had no complaints... though Missouri, A&M and LSU would have complained anyway. They would have had 6 of 16, they equivalent of 3 of 8.
They did this to themselves and since I see all th talk is to make it 14 and retain two byes, because teh big boys need byes to make all those in-season rankings help them out more, they are poised to do it to themselves again.
Juts do 16, no byes, and be done with it.
Oh.. and juts because the first-round games all went tot eh higher seeds and home teams doesn't mean that will happen every time.
I will say this.. I think the expanded CFP has taken away something from the other bowl games.. makes them mean a lot less.. I'd guess that viewership is down for non-CFP bowl games.
They did this to themselves and since I see all th talk is to make it 14 and retain two byes, because teh big boys need byes to make all those in-season rankings help them out more, they are poised to do it to themselves again.
Juts do 16, no byes, and be done with it.
Oh.. and juts because the first-round games all went tot eh higher seeds and home teams doesn't mean that will happen every time.
I will say this.. I think the expanded CFP has taken away something from the other bowl games.. makes them mean a lot less.. I'd guess that viewership is down for non-CFP bowl games.
good story but the writer seemed to not realize that ESPN (Disney/ABC) has a huge multi-year investment in the SEC and that is why the company line is to shill for them.
Yeah, fans have definitely been begging for more bowl games and champions chosen on computer rather than playing for it on the field.
Good calls, bro.
