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Get ready for the first 2-3 weekends of college football to be unwatchable.

Posted on 12/8/24 at 7:59 am
Posted by BamaBravesPackers
Member since Nov 2021
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Posted on 12/8/24 at 7:59 am
Don’t care if they put in SC, Ole Miss, or Bama, but if they put a 2 loss team with a 60+ SOS it will ruin 3-4 weekends of college football. Absolutely no reason to play difficult teams if the committee doesn’t care how bad your schedule is, so all out of conference matchups with P4 teams will be gone.

The first 2 weekends of football will 100% be P4 against FCS or G5 teams, and totally unwatchable. No more UGA vs Clemson, LSU vs USC, Bama vs Wisconsin, Texas vs Mich. Absolutely no reason to risk losing.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
34262 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:00 am to
Yet it will get amazing ratings....
Posted by TN Tygah
Member since Nov 2023
7837 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:00 am to
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Don’t care if they put in SC, Ole Miss, or Bama


Yes you do bitch.

I’m not sure who I’d rather watch, SMU or a team piloted by a coach in over his head that got blown out by OU
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
14438 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:02 am to
Melt
Posted by BamaBravesPackers
Member since Nov 2021
9199 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:03 am to
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Yet it will get amazing ratings....


No, it really won’t. I didn’t turn on a single game with a P4 team against FCS/G5 except Bama. I watched all of UGA/Clemson and LSU/USC. Ratings will take a major hit.
Posted by cornerstore
Member since Jul 2024
2026 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:04 am to
It’s going to be incredible. And sadly you won’t be involved
Posted by BornAndRaised_LA
Springfield, VA
Member since Oct 2018
6683 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:05 am to
Yeah, for most teams it’ll just be based taking your 4 automatic wins every year, and then waiting for the year when the conference schedule makers gift you a schedule like Texas’ or Indiana’s this year.

It should be the opposite. Bring back the BCS calculation and keep the 12-team playoff. Incentivize teams to risk playing hard opponents to boost their SoS in hopes of getting a better ranking.

Posted by BamaBravesPackers
Member since Nov 2021
9199 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:06 am to
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It’s going to be incredible. And sadly you won’t be involved


Bama won’t be involved in the opening 2 weekends of college football each year? Hahahaha…you guys really should learn to read. I wasn’t referring to the playoffs being unwatchable
Posted by wertheimer
The Ruhr
Member since Dec 2014
1399 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:07 am to
Yeah the days of big opening weekend and week 2 matchups will come to an end once it becomes clear that the committee only has the most shallow way of evaluating teams: how many losses do you have? There will be no incentive to schedule those games. It’s sad. They have ruined CFB with this stupid 12 team crap.

Also get ready for good SEC teams with 10-2 records and high SOS to be left out so they can put in mediocre teams from other conferences who literally played no one. This SMU deal will just be a preview. Bama has 3 losses so this year is slightly different, but there will be seasons where a 2 loss SEC team gets hosed b/c they have will put in an 11-2 or 11-1 ACC team who has 0 ranked wins. This already is about to happen this year essentially with Indiana. Played a horrible schedule and got drubbed by the ONLY decent team they played. But b/c the committee only cares about # of losses, they are in.
This post was edited on 12/8/24 at 8:18 am
Posted by BamaBravesPackers
Member since Nov 2021
9199 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:08 am to
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It should be the opposite. Bring back the BCS calculation and keep the 12-team playoff. Incentivize teams to risk playing hard opponents to boost their SoS in hopes of getting a better ranking.


This, 100%. Otherwise they will have ruined 25% of the season.
Posted by bodask42
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2009
2527 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:08 am to
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Bama won’t be involved in the opening 2 weekends of college football each year? Hahahaha…you guys really should learn to read. I wasn’t referring to the playoffs being unwatchable


They don’t actually read or attempt to understand posts by Bama fans on the SECr. They see the script A and just try to come up with a snarky, troll comment in the opposite direction.
Posted by BamaBravesPackers
Member since Nov 2021
9199 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:24 am to
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They don’t actually read or attempt to understand posts by Bama fans on the SECr. They see the script A and just try to come up with a snarky, troll comment in the opposite direction.


The hate causes them to not recognize that putting a bad ACC team in sets precedent for every one of their teams to be left out in the future. SEC should never have fewer than 4 teams in…ever.
Posted by DawgsLife
Ellijay, Ga.
Member since Jun 2013
62028 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:27 am to
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Don’t care if they put in SC, Ole Miss, or Bama, but if they put a 2 loss team with a 60+ SOS it will ruin 3-4 weekends of college football.


Absolutely correct. It would be so much better if they put a 3 loss team that lost to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma, though, right? That would fix everything!
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
33582 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:28 am to
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Melt
Posted by wertheimer
The Ruhr
Member since Dec 2014
1399 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:42 am to
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The hate causes them to not recognize that putting a bad ACC team in sets precedent for every one of their teams to be left out in the future. SEC should never have fewer than 4 teams in…ever.


Yeah they are missing the big picture. This is bad for the conference. It will set the precedent that only the number of losses matter, without regard to SOS or quality wins. It’s insane for the best football conference in the country by a wide margin to only have 3 teams in. The situation this year happens to involve Bama, but there will be years when you have different 2 or 3 loss SEC teams that get left out.

If you don’t think a 3 loss team should ever be in, then we need to reconsider whether a 12 team playoff was a good idea at all. There have been plenty of instances where a 3 loss team was in the top 12
This post was edited on 12/8/24 at 8:45 am
Posted by MillerLiteTime
Member since Aug 2018
3749 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:43 am to
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Absolutely no reason to risk losing


Or in SMU’s case you schedule a fellow mid major with an old name brand conference logo on their jersey (BYU), lose, and still argue to get in.
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
33582 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:43 am to
The conference is mid though. Doesn’t deserve more than 3. This Georgia team is one of the worst champions I can remember.
Posted by MillerLiteTime
Member since Aug 2018
3749 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:44 am to
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should be the opposite. Bring back the BCS calculation and keep the 12-team playoff. Incentivize teams to risk playing hard opponents to boost their SoS in hopes of getting a better ranking.


The basketball committee does this and it’s usually pretty solid.
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1488 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:46 am to
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a coach in over his head

This isn't about Brian Kelly.
Posted by Lgrnwd
Member since Jan 2018
8711 posts
Posted on 12/8/24 at 8:47 am to
Expanding the playoff was always going to be a tradeoff for the sport as a whole.

It was inevitable that a 12 team playoff was going to diminish the excitement of the regular season, But it will make the post season much more exciting with many more meaningful games. Just the way it is.

I personally prefer college football having the most unique regular season in all of sports, with every game being very important. But so much for that now.
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