The Fine Print. . .

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As everyone squeaks and squeals with glee over the now confirmed 12-team playoff

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Not everyone, I despise it. I'm sure dawgfan342825 will be along shortly to call me old and I'm behind the times but this is lousy for CFB.

The whole thing is stupid as frick.

Other than Alabama and OhSt, who in the top 12 in today's ranking has any chance in hell of actually competing in a 3 or 4 round playoff with a 50/50 chance to win it all? It's a dog and pony show.

If they want to expand to 6 with a bye for the top 2 seeds, an argument could be made for that.

But with 12 teams, the same amount of drama is going to exist. #13-15 will be bitching about "We beat #9 in week two, why are we only at #13?" and so forth. It will actually amplify the bitching because more teams will be in a position to bitch. Then we'll go to 16 teams. On so on.

More fine print:

-Notre Dame is disqualified from ever recieving a 1st round bye under rules of the new playoff

-Bye week goes to the four highest ranked conference champs

-Even if ND is undefeated and ranked #1 all season long, they will play the 1st round while a possible 11-2 Tulane gets a bye

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-Notre Dame is disqualified from ever recieving a 1st round bye under rules of the new playoff

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no issue with that and honestly kind of shocked that they'll put the screws to them that way.

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-Bye week goes to the four highest ranked conference champs

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don't like this. I'm by nature against any auto-anythings, because even though 90% of the time all will be well there's always that 10% of the time things can get fricky. You've got 5 power conferences...what happens when 3 of them are fine and let's say undfeated but you've got 2, let's pretend it's the PAc and the ACC, that have 2 or dare I say even 3 loss champions if there's a CCG upset? You could have a 1-loss non champion like a 2021 UGA or a 2022 OSU taking a back seat to a 3 loss UNC or something. That's stupid.

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Not everyone, I despise it. I'm sure dawgfan342825 will be along shortly to call me old and I'm behind the times but this is lousy for CFB.

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There's rarely ever 3 teams that realistically have a shot at the title. This is just adding unnecessary steps to get to the same conclusion.


This year is a great example. Obviously we still have to go out and win it, but who the hell thinks TCU and USC belong in the same conversation as Georgia and Michigan? And I'm being kind to Michigan here, even though I believe Georgia can run them out of the building in LA.

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There's rarely ever 3 teams that realistically have a shot at the title

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definitely. 4 is perfect. If forced at gunpoint to expand 6 should be the absolute max.

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This year is a great example. Obviously we still have to go out and win it, but who the hell thinks TCU and USC belong in the same conversation as Georgia and Michigan?

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see I don't quite agree here. The committee has alwasy been, and I agree wholeheartedly, about your resume and if you deserve it (objective) not how "good" you are and the dreaded eye test (subjective). We are much much better than TCU I'm certain of that. However, they're in a P5 conference so if they go 13-0 then hell yearh they desreve the playoffs, why shouldn't they? They won't win, and they aren't one of the 3 or 4 "best teams" (I'm sure bama and a fully healthy tennessee would probably romp them) but again, you play the games to build your resume and you can't do any better than 13-0. So kudos to them.

But 12? There aren't gonna be any undefated P5 champs at 12. If after 12-13 games played you are only ranked 11th or 12th you have very obviously done somethign along the way to lose your shot.

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no issue with that and honestly kind of shocked that they'll put the screws to them that way.

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It’s a concession ND was willing to make because 1. They’ll make the playoff more often than not under this new system and 2. They’d rather host a first round game on campus if at all possible (huge branding and fundraising opportunity for them)

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August 23rd?

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Talk about hot AF.

why won't bowls still get abandoned?

-Pre-98 the bowls were enormous and meant the world
-During the BCS bowls were still a massive point of pride even if you weren't int he title game. Making the sugar bowl, orange bowl, etc were huge deals.
-Now during the playoffs all of a sudden no one cares about the bowls if you aren't int eh 4 team playoff. Shortly people will care even less about bowls if you aren't in the 12 team playoff


So waht changed? Society changed. Kids these days playing ball have grown up in an entitlted generation witha phone in their hand since birth with instant gratification. Putting your nose down and working hard and fulfilling a committment you made was too hard on them so they started allowing them to transfer wherever they want with no penalty. Apparantly going to class and being a "student athlete" is too much a burden too so now we've allowed open payments in the millions to teenagers that haven't palyed a down yet. And then we wonder why they "opt out" or don't give a shite about bowl games.

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They had no choice other than abandoning bowls. Kids opting out..fans not traveling..people not watching. They stood to lose a lot long term.

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Disagree. The only reason why they expanded is because a 12 team playoff is worth an estimated $2 billion dollars. That’s two billion with a “b”. And about four times what the 4 team playoff is worth.

The other bowls are just fine btw. As long as a bowl can find a sponsor to pay USD to put their name on it, they’ll play them no matter if anyone is in the stands or not. Which I for one am thankful for. I’ve never understood the people who bitch about all the bowls or the state they’re in and want them to go away. If you don’t like them don’t watch. Personally I try to watch as many as possible . I love bowl season