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Playoff: 3rd place game
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:40 pm
What is tRant's thoughts on implementing a 3rd place game for the College Football Playoff system.
It would follow the lead of the world cup, in which after semi-finals, the two winners duke it out for first place and the 2 losers shamefully battle it out for 3rd place.
This is how it was in the world cup:
As you can see, Brazil got hammered by the Germans, and the Netherlands lost to Argentina. So Germany and Argentina played for the world cup while the Netherlands and Brazil played for 3rd place title.
Should we do the same in College football?
- It would mean more football to watch
- It would declare a true 3rd best team
- It would mean more money for the teams and cities hosting it
So... Consider this College Football Playoff scenario presented in the image below
Assume the Ole Miss Rebels handle Bob Stoops and his Sooners the way an SEC team should, and the Oregon Ducks narrowly defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In this scenario, Ole Miss and Oregon would advance to the championship game, where Cody Prewitt would decapitate Mariota and the Rebels will win the Championship.
In this scenario, THE 3rd place game would be between the Oklahoma Sooners would face the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In theory the 3rd place game would be played the day before the National Championship. I always like to see more football, so I would enjoy it thoroughly. In this scenario we would also have a chance for the SEC to show it's supremacy over another conference, assuming Bama can handle OU.
Thoughts?
It would follow the lead of the world cup, in which after semi-finals, the two winners duke it out for first place and the 2 losers shamefully battle it out for 3rd place.
This is how it was in the world cup:
As you can see, Brazil got hammered by the Germans, and the Netherlands lost to Argentina. So Germany and Argentina played for the world cup while the Netherlands and Brazil played for 3rd place title.
Should we do the same in College football?
- It would mean more football to watch
- It would declare a true 3rd best team
- It would mean more money for the teams and cities hosting it
So... Consider this College Football Playoff scenario presented in the image below
Assume the Ole Miss Rebels handle Bob Stoops and his Sooners the way an SEC team should, and the Oregon Ducks narrowly defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In this scenario, Ole Miss and Oregon would advance to the championship game, where Cody Prewitt would decapitate Mariota and the Rebels will win the Championship.
In this scenario, THE 3rd place game would be between the Oklahoma Sooners would face the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In theory the 3rd place game would be played the day before the National Championship. I always like to see more football, so I would enjoy it thoroughly. In this scenario we would also have a chance for the SEC to show it's supremacy over another conference, assuming Bama can handle OU.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:41 pm to rebelcommodore
Terrible idea. Here in America we don't play for third
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:41 pm to rebelcommodore
what you did, we all see it.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:42 pm to rebelcommodore
Horrible idea. Nobody even likes the World Cup 3rd place game.
When teams have nothing to play for, the game sucks, and you just hope nobody is injured.
When teams have nothing to play for, the game sucks, and you just hope nobody is injured.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:42 pm to td01241
I actually didn't read the post so I didn't see it and now I feel like a dumbass
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:43 pm to SwaggerCopter
Lets be real, this thread isn't about a 3rd place game.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:43 pm to rebelcommodore
I am a lifelong Bama fan, married to a Brazilian for 20 years. My two great sports loves are Bama football and the Selecao (Brazil's national soccer team).
Thank you for fricking up my day with this thread.
Thank you for fricking up my day with this thread.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:46 pm to rebelcommodore
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Thoughts
Yeah, try that in your next post.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:48 pm to rebelcommodore
Hell nah. You lose you're out, bye-bye, see ya.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:49 pm to rebelcommodore
We already have a 3rd place game. Its called the Sugar Bowl.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:50 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Who is that in your sig pic?
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:50 pm to td01241
Kenny Hill
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:51 pm to Crimson Legend
quote:
My two great sports loves are Bama football and the Selecao (Brazil's national soccer team).
Thank you for fricking up my day with this thread.
It is my pleasure!
Let my try and cheer you up!
There will be a lot more of that this weekend, but it will look more Crimson
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:52 pm to rockytop627
Used to do this with NCAA basketball final four years ago. Really sucked. Got really low ratings. Teams did not want to be a part of it.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:52 pm to rebelcommodore
Thatwas way too much effort for whatever funny you were heading for.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:54 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Horrible idea. Nobody even likes the World Cup 3rd place game
On a serious note, this is true. I Enjoyed it though because I got to see another game, especially since I'm a Netherlands fan and it was good to see them get one more win after the semi-finals loss.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 5:55 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Haha he gives 0 fricks
Posted on 10/1/14 at 6:02 pm to rebelcommodore
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'm a Netherlands fan
Now things make sense.
Robben...
Posted on 10/1/14 at 6:06 pm to Crimson Legend
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Robben...
Why would you hate one of the world's most talented players?
Posted on 10/1/14 at 6:09 pm to rebelcommodore
It's is womanly
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