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re: Thinking about the four team playoff, how long until we get to eight?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:59 am to Teague
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:59 am to Teague
We just disagree here. Three of the final four have one loss. Five of the top six have one loss with arguments.
I am not saying they got it wrong, but every year this is going to burn at least one conference. It should not take long for expansion talk to grow. I am ambivalent about 4 or 6 or 8.
I just think it is only a matter of time until it expands.
I am not saying they got it wrong, but every year this is going to burn at least one conference. It should not take long for expansion talk to grow. I am ambivalent about 4 or 6 or 8.
I just think it is only a matter of time until it expands.
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:00 am to dbeck
ESPN is already hard at work on 8. Their "What if" graphic:
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:05 am to FleshEatingSalsa
Looking at it, those would be exciting games.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:07 am to FleshEatingSalsa
The reason to not go to 8. Why should Bama have to play a shitty MSU in round 1?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:12 am to nc14
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The reason to not go to 8. Why should Bama have to play a shitty MSU in round 1?
Good warm up game?
I agree that Miss St and MSU are the ones that look out of place, but the other six have valid reasons to want inclusion.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:13 am to nc14
If Missouri had simply won the SECCG and effectively knocked the SEC out of the playoff, the committe would have had to consider expanding to 6 or 8.
But we derped up like usual.
But we derped up like usual.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:15 am to mizzoukills
You had no chance, officiating and all.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:20 am to higgs_boson
When more than one Big 5 conference gets left out of the playoff (i.e., one Big 5 conference gets two teams in), the push will start.
In any given year, I believe people can deal with one pissed off conference. Two pissed off conferences make allies, though.
In any given year, I believe people can deal with one pissed off conference. Two pissed off conferences make allies, though.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:20 am to TxTiger82
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TxTiger
Moar like TxTRAITOR for leaving the Republic and going full coonass
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:20 am to Cheese Grits
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We already have 8, it is called the CCG's
Notice all 4 teams in the playoff won their CCG.
That is inaccurate and willfully ignorant.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:21 am to Gradual_Stroke
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Moar like TxTRAITOR for leaving the Republic and going full coonass
Does an Italian person stop being Italian if he moves to New York?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:22 am to TxTiger82
Yes
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:23 am to Gradual_Stroke
You have a strange mentality.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:24 am to higgs_boson
8 is perfect and an opportunity for universities to host playoff games at home. The only bad part is that its extra games (for players, this could be a problem) and what will happen to the bowl sites. I'm not really high on what would happen if they extended it to 8, but I would love to see the atmosphere at say Jordan Hare or Bryant-Denny if a team like Ohio State or Baylor came to their stadium for a playoff game. Not only that, the extra $$$ the cities and universities get.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:43 am to Gary Busey
You'll see a rapid push for change if something like this happens:
Notre Dame goes 12-0
two teams from one conference either SEC or Big 12
Big 1G totally out...
Remember it took the Mulligan Bowl to get away from the BCS...
Delaney and his PAC 12 counterpart were all about protecting their deal with the Rose Bowl, but were rapidly finding their conferences irrelevant in the national college football picture, this is one reason I really like the pairings for the playoff because it breaks up the traditional Rose Bowl pairings...
and to shut Eddie George up...Talahassee is only 20 miles further to Pasadena than Columbus and if you drive, you don't have to worry about snow covered interstates!!!
Notre Dame goes 12-0
two teams from one conference either SEC or Big 12
Big 1G totally out...
Remember it took the Mulligan Bowl to get away from the BCS...
Delaney and his PAC 12 counterpart were all about protecting their deal with the Rose Bowl, but were rapidly finding their conferences irrelevant in the national college football picture, this is one reason I really like the pairings for the playoff because it breaks up the traditional Rose Bowl pairings...
and to shut Eddie George up...Talahassee is only 20 miles further to Pasadena than Columbus and if you drive, you don't have to worry about snow covered interstates!!!
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:52 am to Bham4Tide
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It can't be by conference title. It can't be. Many didn't agree with Alabama making the championship game a few years ago, but damn, they were deserving. Having it just be conference champs can potentially leave out the best teams. You just can't do it.
Then win your conference/division and stop whining.
Bama was not deserving of being in that game. They were the best team on 1/9/12 in a rematch. They were not the best team that year. They did not deserve to be in the game and the whole thing was a farce.
A birth in the National Championship game or Playoff should be based on the body of work, not who might beat who in a single game. Anyone can win on any given Saturday - it doesn't mean that they deserve to play for a championship.
Alabama lost its shot when it lost at home that year and finished second in the SEC West. That is how it should have been. LSU should have played another conference champion, not a rematch against a team it already beat.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:55 am to vl100butch
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Remember it took the Mulligan Bowl to get away from the BCS...
And before that, it took an LSU-USC split to tweak the BCS. Before that, it took a Michigan-Nebraska split to discard the Boal Coalition. Before that, it took two split championships in a row to institute the Bowl Coalition.
Its a pattern. Something has to go wrong for real change to occur. I'm not sure this year qualifies by that criteria.
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 9:56 am
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:55 am to higgs_boson
Perfect example this year. Michigan State, sitting at 8, has already lost to two of the top four teams. They have no business being in the discussion. Period. End of story.
2 teams having a bye is too much of an advantage, so no to a 6 team playoff.
If you go to 6, then #7 and 8 will bitch. If you go to 8, then #9 and #10 will bitch. Someone will always bitch. Keep it at 4, let #5 and 6 bitch, but at least you have four teams that are truly worthy of playing for a national championship.
2 teams having a bye is too much of an advantage, so no to a 6 team playoff.
If you go to 6, then #7 and 8 will bitch. If you go to 8, then #9 and #10 will bitch. Someone will always bitch. Keep it at 4, let #5 and 6 bitch, but at least you have four teams that are truly worthy of playing for a national championship.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:57 am to AlaTiger
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Then win your conference/division and stop whining.
Bama was not deserving of being in that game. They were the best team on 1/9/12 in a rematch. They were not the best team that year. They did not deserve to be in the game and the whole thing was a farce.
A birth in the National Championship game or Playoff should be based on the body of work, not who might beat who in a single game. Anyone can win on any given Saturday - it doesn't mean that they deserve to play for a championship.
Alabama lost its shot when it lost at home that year and finished second in the SEC West. That is how it should have been. LSU should have played another conference champion, not a rematch against a team it already beat.
So much stupidity in that post, it's hard to know where to begin to respond.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:57 am to TxTiger82
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That is inaccurate and willfully ignorant.
If you really think that then you may be beyond hope. 2 conferences run college football and everybody else just sides with 1 or the other like remoras on a shark.
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