OT: College Football Playoffs Quarterfinal Games 12/31-1/1 Tues-Weds

[Roy_Faulker]

Didn’t feel like any more of a football play than Tyreem Powell’s TFL that was called targeting after the fact.

 

[Mufasa94]

Sure but once you have any sort of playoff set up (2, 4, 12, 16 etc), the playoff game holds more importance than a regular season game. That's just the way it is.

I agree. But the 2 and 4 kept it at a single game. The 12 makes it worth more than multiple games and takes away what was unique about cfb compared to all other high interest sports.

But it doesn't mean the regular season game doesn't carry a lot of weight when they're so few of them. The mulligans actually help make more games worth watching because they have playoff stakes involved be it for seeding or qualification. Before just a small handful might have had that kind of weight but now a large handful, if not more, do.

Were any of those games during the season, especially as the season went on, any less compelling or fun because a team may have had a loss or 2? Not to me, I thoroughly enjoyed watching so many more games that mattered that in the past would've have meant squat. I've seen a bunch of CFB media say they same, one of the most fun seasons they've covered.

Yes, more teams with a chance keeps more fans’ interest. The media people loved it because that interest led to added clicks, interviews, etc. they get to spout their “expertise” on (feed their ego plus may lead to more $$$ for them in the future).

I will say there were games that were less compelling because seeding impacts don’t match the impact of an elimination type game. The B1G CCG is one example.

 

[Bagarocks]

The SEC knows they have lost their edge.
No more Cars... No more bags of money... no more homes for mom...

NIL now gives kids incentive to go "North"
the fallacy of Alabama beat Georgia beat Tennessee and Tennessee beat Alabama making them so called better than...
dont fly no more.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

The SEC knows they have lost their edge.
No more Cars... No more bags of money... no more homes for mom...

NIL now gives kids incentive to go "North"
the fallacy of Alabama beat Georgia beat Tennessee and Tennessee beat Alabama making them so called better than...
dont fly no more.

Another way to look at the change is that the SEC expanded and that triggered the Big Ten into panic mode to expand and expand again.. gain an edge in revenues, market size, bolster their TV network, gather media voters in other markets to follow and support Big Ten sports...

I have always contended that the SEC changed when undefeated Auburn was turned away from the the title game in 2004 (IIRC was Oklahoma-USC with USC winning). SEC complained that SEC was better than both PAC and BigXII so why shouldn't they get the title game? The SEC media and coaches all saw the problem was preseason and in-season rankings... so they began artificially voting down competitors and voting themselves UP.. even if in the past Bama would never vote Auburn UP and so on.. now they did so.

The SEC reaped the benefits of that propaganda effort and perception spread and then the recruits showed up.. affected by that propaganda.

But that wasn't good enough. The elites.. many inside the SEC and without.. saw increased parity and increased competition. Bowl committees and TV networks and advertisers saw non-name programs rise to claim berths in bowls they were committed to spend money on.. and, perhaps, attendance and viewership and ad revenues suffered.

So bring on the PAY THE PLAYERS movement. That would crush the challengers and reassert teh advantages of the big-name programs.

But that also seems to have defeated the SEC dominance.

Good.

I'd rather have rules that promote fair competition and some kind of parity.. but barring that, destroying the SEC BS propaganda is a nice outcome.

 

[nick614]

The SEC knows they have lost their edge.
No more Cars... No more bags of money... no more homes for mom...

It's more cars, more bags of money and more homes for moms because now everyone can do it. Most teams from the other conferences weren't cheating like the SEC and now it's legal their big advantage is over.

Now they still have some advantages like proximity which works well for OL, etc, but they have to now pay as much or more than Northern teams which on average has more money than the South, if they want to spend it. Some do, some don't.

Once revenue sharing comes in, the Big Ten will have an advantage because the Big Ten TV money is bigger than the SEC.

 

[rutgersguy1]

I agree. But the 2 and 4 kept it at a single game. The 12 makes it worth more than multiple games and takes away what was unique about cfb compared to all other high interest sports.

Yes, more teams with a chance keeps more fans’ interest. The media people loved it because that interest led to added clicks, interviews, etc. they get to spout their “expertise” on (feed their ego plus may lead to more $$$ for them in the future).

I will say there were games that were less compelling because seeding impacts don’t match the impact of an elimination type game. The B1G CCG is one example.

Games for seeding don't match an elimination game but you're not only getting games for seeding you're getting games for elimination as well. When Syracuse beat Miami, Miami was pretty much out. Alabama, Ole Miss, USCe knew the games where they may pick up a 3rd loss were most likely elimination games. The fight for the B12 between ISU, ASU, BYU, Colorado had some elimination games as well. So there both games for seeding and elimination and more of them.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[Mufasa94]

Games for seeding don't match an elimination game but you're not only getting games for seeding you're getting games for elimination as well. When Syracuse beat Miami, Miami was pretty much out. Alabama, Ole Miss, USCe knew the games where they may pick up a 3rd loss were most likely elimination games. The fight for the B12 between ISU, ASU, BYU, Colorado had some elimination games as well. So they’re both games for seeding and elimination and more of them.

Not nearly the same in the “compelling” department.

This years “elimination” games were like one of those renditions of the Friday the 13th movie series. Is that 3rd loss finally enough to end Bama? It wasn’t for many, and the complaints didn’t start to die down until after the Vols got trounced.