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New scheduling proposals for the playoff-era
Posted on 11/14/24 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 11/14/24 at 4:16 pm
1. No bye weeks in November - This provides a competitive advantage for teams advancing to postseason play (conference championship games and playoff)
2. No FCS games ... period
3. No team with a strength of schedule ranking below 50 should be considered for the CFB playoff (if you don't compete against the best during the regular season, you don't deserve to compete in the playoff)
It appears that the playoff committee is rewarding teams with good records who've feasted on cupcakes
As of today Georgia would be out of the playoff, despite playing ROAD games at Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss after opening the season with Clemson ... yet Indiana, BYU, Miami and Boise State are currently in despite having zero wins against any playoff contender
2. No FCS games ... period
3. No team with a strength of schedule ranking below 50 should be considered for the CFB playoff (if you don't compete against the best during the regular season, you don't deserve to compete in the playoff)
It appears that the playoff committee is rewarding teams with good records who've feasted on cupcakes
As of today Georgia would be out of the playoff, despite playing ROAD games at Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss after opening the season with Clemson ... yet Indiana, BYU, Miami and Boise State are currently in despite having zero wins against any playoff contender
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Posted on 11/14/24 at 4:50 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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yet Indiana, BYU, Miami, Texas and Boise State are currently in despite having zero wins against any playoff contender
FIFY
Posted on 11/14/24 at 4:52 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
They designed the system to do just what it is doing, propping up other conf's.
Posted on 11/14/24 at 4:56 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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1. No bye weeks in November - This provides a competitive advantage for teams advancing to postseason play (conference championship games and playoff)
The issue is OOC end of the year games with this.
UGA/GT, UF/FSU, UK/Louisville, SC/Clemson. Technically the way scheduling works is you get a conference schedule and then you set up OOC games in a number of the weeks without a conference games. Those you don't schedule a game for become a bye week.
Since we have teams who want to end the season with an OOC game, they need a week free of conference games to make that happen. That generally means some of the other teams also need open weeks to make a schedule work. If they don't schedule an OOC game for that week... it's a bye.
Posted on 11/14/24 at 6:03 pm to DawginSC
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The issue is OOC end of the year games with this.
UGA/GT, UF/FSU, UK/Louisville, SC/Clemson. Technically the way scheduling works is you get a conference schedule and then you set up OOC games in a number of the weeks without a conference games. Those you don't schedule a game for become a bye week.
Since we have teams who want to end the season with an OOC game, they need a week free of conference games to make that happen. That generally means some of the other teams also need open weeks to make a schedule work. If they don't schedule an OOC game for that week... it's a bye.
Good point, but those games could be played early on the year
Posted on 11/14/24 at 6:04 pm to GerryDiNardo
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yet Indiana, BYU, Miami, Texas and Boise State are currently in despite having zero wins against any playoff contender
FIFY
We scheduled Michigan, next year we have Ohio St in Columbus, the SEC was supposed to be good from top to bottom like Florida, and Miss St. Its not our fault our opponents suck arse. He's talking about schools scheduling Mercer.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 7:58 am to TrNabs
SOS should definitely be weighted more than it is. I agree that a 50 SOS is a good marker.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:18 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Texas slowly realizing they would be better off dominating a different conference and keeping their record clean.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:46 am to AtlantaLSUfan
When have they done that?
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:01 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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2. No FCS games ... period
There are reasons all schools schedule FCS games.
1. It gives the schools some tune-up, and to be honest, restful games. Games where they can empty the bench and see what they have. Rest the starters for big games.
2. The main reason, it keeps the small schools afloat. Those couple of big games and paychecks a year make their athletic budgets. Kill those games, and a lot of small school programs and scholarships go away.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:56 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
4. If Notre Dame loses in the first round they are automatically banned for 5 years
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:00 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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As of today Georgia would be out of the playoff, despite playing ROAD games at Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss after opening the season with Clemson .
That’s the price you pay for having a bunch of fast and furious idiots on the roster who don’t give a shite about the team goals
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:15 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
I would do away w/ FCS games, but also have one preseason weekend two weeks before labor day in which you can play an FCS for scrimmage purposes.
You could even have a jamboree, Ole Miss could invite Alcorn and Jackson St, and samford or somebody, and play ball from 4PM to 9,
You could even have a jamboree, Ole Miss could invite Alcorn and Jackson St, and samford or somebody, and play ball from 4PM to 9,
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:16 am to Cool McCool
quote:Texas has never played FCS, and if we did at some point it was before I was born.
There are reasons all schools schedule FCS games.
1. It gives the schools some tune-up, and to be honest, restful games. Games where they can empty the bench and see what they have. Rest the starters for big games.
2. The main reason, it keeps the small schools afloat. Those couple of big games and paychecks a year make their athletic budgets. Kill those games, and a lot of small school programs and scholarships go away.
All those reasons you gave can also be true with an FBS opponent. I remember in the Mack Brown years playing some lesser FBS opponent and hearing players names called I didn't even know were on the team, and same with our early OOC games (except Mich) this year. Of course now and then you'll find a lesser FBS program that will give you a tight game (or even beat you, lolz app state) but that just helps you prep for conference play.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:34 am to 49 to nada
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Texas has never played FCS, and if we did at some point it was before I was born.
Your nuts are extremely numb...
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