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re: CFP Recommending 12 team Playoff
Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:40 am to blzr
Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:40 am to blzr
I agree 8 teams seems better but a 12 team playoff is better than the current system and the BCS.
It creates an objective goal for every team in the country to have a path to the playoffs.
It eliminates bowl games. Unfortunately not enough of them.
It creates an objective goal for every team in the country to have a path to the playoffs.
It eliminates bowl games. Unfortunately not enough of them.
This post was edited on 6/11/21 at 8:54 am
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Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:53 am to Tigerman97
Regardless how people feel, we can't have barriers to a championship where only a few teams can realistically achieve. If conferences won't equalize competition, then allowing more teams in the playoffs will help distribute the talent. I would do 16, but 12 will work.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:03 am to AUCE05
I would like to see 16 also. 12 is better than what we have now, IMO. It will still be the same beauty contest it has always been, but there will be more deserving contestants.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:31 am to MrAUTigers
I think 12 is perfect as I like the idea of rewarding the best regular season teams with BYE weeks
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:34 am to auburnnyc94
Exactly. Every other sport in the world uses the regular season to determine a champ. CFB is the only sport that utilizes sport writers as the determining factor. Yeah, zero bias concerns there.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:33 pm to AUCE05
I think 8 teams would be a better “next step,” rather than 12.
There’s only so many college teams with a talent level to compete regularly, and win it all.
But it also opens the door for an upset on a Bammer, Clemson and Ohio st type with more teams in.
There’s only so many college teams with a talent level to compete regularly, and win it all.
But it also opens the door for an upset on a Bammer, Clemson and Ohio st type with more teams in.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:52 pm to MrAUTigers
Why do y’all want 16? That would be awful, there’s only 2-3 elite teams a year.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 8:56 pm to blzr
How do you know this? Is this like when Bama loses at the end of the season, and everyone says they beat themselves?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 1:10 am to blzr
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Why do y’all want 16? That would be awful, there’s only 2-3 elite teams a year.
I hear that about college basketball almost every year. Almost every year I see an Elite 8 lock lose in the second round.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 11:35 am to AUCE05
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Regardless how people feel, we can't have barriers to a championship where only a few teams can realistically achieve. If conferences won't equalize competition, then allowing more teams in the playoffs will help distribute the talent. I would do 16, but 12 will work.
I'll take the 12 for now. Anything is better than the 4. And with 12 or even 16 that's great for CFB to have a team like Coastal Carolina and others get some pub for being really good and recognized and making the playoffs.
Who knows, a team like this might win 1 game or have a really good enough team to go farther. It's great to root for an underdog in any playoff.
I read an article today that showed where even Missouri would have made the playoffs in 2010 and 2013 if we had a 12 team playoff.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 2:17 pm to jangalang
I like the idea of 8. Power 5 champs and 3 at large. 1 play 8, etc. 3 week playoff.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 2:38 pm to AuSteeler
quote:And the best seniors won't be no-shows ...like with a bowl game.
It's great to root for an underdog in any playoff.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:47 pm to AuSteeler
No one knows what a "good" team is. In 2011, it was assumed Gumps/LSU were too talented for everyone else. Two years later it was obvious Sabans system was outdated. OSU had a real chance at beating Bama or LSU for the title in 2011. Until you actually play the games, no one knows.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:04 pm to AUCE05
I agree with BLZR in that 2 or 3 every year have a legit chance to win a championship.
However more ballgames with all healthy players playing at the end will never hurt a football fan.
It will also hopefully dwindle the star players sitting out
Lastly, I want the UCF’s to get their chance, possibly steal one game, and then get creamed the next week. It will take full depth charts of quality players to grind in the playoffs. Don’t need that with fluke games.
Which is why the favorites will continue being the favorites. Everyone gets what they want although UCF will get what they want and realize their paper championships felt better.
However more ballgames with all healthy players playing at the end will never hurt a football fan.
It will also hopefully dwindle the star players sitting out
Lastly, I want the UCF’s to get their chance, possibly steal one game, and then get creamed the next week. It will take full depth charts of quality players to grind in the playoffs. Don’t need that with fluke games.
Which is why the favorites will continue being the favorites. Everyone gets what they want although UCF will get what they want and realize their paper championships felt better.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:09 pm to jangalang
quote:screw star players sitting out
It will also hopefully dwindle the star players sitting out
They've already been paid to play the year and if they want to sit out or quit before season's end.... then pay back that years tuition, room and board, food, books, fee's etc... for
welshing on an agreed deal. Feel much the same for endorsements, everyone's being well paid, and if you want another arrangement pay back what you've already made.
What's the cost for a year? (for just in state)
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:07 pm to awestruck
I agree. I’ve maintained that position over and over again in many other threads. Ain’t no need in going much detail into that argument here. My point is not many wants to watch games where stars are sitting.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 7:37 am to jangalang
I agree
However the poor player angle is so often tossed about I felt it worth interjecting... maybe not.
And we often forget the poor players are the ones screwed with a NC by committee... as opposed to the supposed best playing another game or two more. And I don't get the angst for the opportunity to play extra games in the quest for a championship. And it's not as if the most talent rich conferences would be automatically getting screwed since they have the inherent advantage of depth.
However the poor player angle is so often tossed about I felt it worth interjecting... maybe not.
And we often forget the poor players are the ones screwed with a NC by committee... as opposed to the supposed best playing another game or two more. And I don't get the angst for the opportunity to play extra games in the quest for a championship. And it's not as if the most talent rich conferences would be automatically getting screwed since they have the inherent advantage of depth.
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