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Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:14 pm
To be clear, this is NOT an excuse. It’s up to our staff to figure it tf out. God knows they’re paid well enough to do so. But it’s pretty clear that at the very least, the first round bye in the CFP isn’t helpful. We were playing with a certain rhythm against Texas, fought through GT, then played well against Bama. I just can’t imagine a month off helping a team at all. 1-7 is now the record for teams earning a first round bye. I think either the calendar for the playoff needs to be adjusted or we need to just cross our fingers we get in the CFP without a bye. Idk man. It’s obvious at this point that it has some negative effect. I’m not blaming it. We sucked in certain areas all on our own. But we just looked odd to me.
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:17 pm to claydawg09
I came here to say the same.
Indianian is a fluke Alabama just sucked.
The Bye has to be done away with. Expand to 16 teams and have more home games.
Indianian is a fluke Alabama just sucked.
The Bye has to be done away with. Expand to 16 teams and have more home games.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:18 pm to claydawg09
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To be clear, this is NOT an excuse. It’s up to our staff to figure it tf out. God knows they’re paid well enough to do so. But it’s pretty clear that at the very least, the first round bye in the CFP isn’t helpful. We were playing with a certain rhythm against Texas, fought through GT, then played well against Bama. I just can’t imagine a month off helping a team at all. 1-7 is now the record for teams earning a first round bye. I think either the calendar for the playoff needs to be adjusted or we need to just cross our fingers we get in the CFP without a bye. Idk man. It’s obvious at this point that it has some negative effect. I’m not blaming it. We sucked in certain areas all on our own. But we just looked odd to me.
I'm not on board with that notion yet.
Ohio State was vastly overrated.
Georgia was beat by a better team tonight.
Texas Tech, also vastly overrated.
Georgia was way to injured last season with Gunner as a backup, plus two key turnovers against Notre Dame
Perhaps the layoff affected Penn State last season?
I don't think Arizona State ever stood a chance against whoever they played.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:20 pm to GhostOfFreedom
Or just quit the clutching of pearls about making the old “BCS bowls” meaningful and keep it at 12 with the first 2 rounds being at home sites and the semis and natty being rotating neutral sites.
Edit to add keep it at 12 and move the timeline up a week or more.
Edit to add keep it at 12 and move the timeline up a week or more.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:20 pm to JCdawg
ASU kept it close with Texas.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:26 pm to claydawg09
I don’t get the excuse. They get byes in the regular season too. Ole Miss barely had to play against Tulane
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:13 am to Dr Greg House
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Ole Miss barely had to play against Tulane
It was still a warm up game. nearly 30 days develops a lot of rust that gets knocked off by playing a game, even against a patsy.
What is the record now? 7 losses out of 8 games for the teams with supposed bye game advantage?
It doesn't seem like an advantage, but lets see what happens with the larger sample of another year next year, and the year after and the year after.
Or, just fix this stupid thing.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:26 am to GhostOfFreedom
I said this in the game board as well. Look at MLB and how quickly the division winners tend to lose that first series coming off the bye. Happened to the Braves in back to back years and most recently the Phillies. Hot teams down the stretch cool off and their break isn’t even two weeks.
It’s practically a month off. When there were only 4 teams they all played that first game with rust. And you can’t simulate game speed in practice, I don’t care how crappy the opponent is.
It’s practically a month off. When there were only 4 teams they all played that first game with rust. And you can’t simulate game speed in practice, I don’t care how crappy the opponent is.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:34 am to JCdawg
Ole Miss did play better, but the assertion is that the Dawgs would have played better if we weren’t rusty.
This seemed to be a team with a different mindset than the SEC final. And our offense looked out of sync.
This seemed to be a team with a different mindset than the SEC final. And our offense looked out of sync.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:44 am to gothamdawg
As much as I don’t want this abomination to get any worse, I wonder if this might make the most sense and regain balance a little to the top teams:
-16 teams
-no conference championships
-playoffs start right after the regular season
-1v16, 2v15 and so on
-home games in the first two rounds
-bye for the semifinals for all 4 teams
-championship the following week
-16 teams
-no conference championships
-playoffs start right after the regular season
-1v16, 2v15 and so on
-home games in the first two rounds
-bye for the semifinals for all 4 teams
-championship the following week
Posted on 1/2/26 at 8:58 am to claydawg09
I just wish ATM would have beaten TX. We would have been the 5th seed, played a home tune up game vs JMU, then would’ve dog walked Texas Tech.
It’s all so fluky now like the difference between winning and losing last night was not that much. But we were the SEC Champs, which ultimately meant nothing. The format is flawed and needs an overhaul. As it stands in my mind the SECCG has screwed us two years in a row
It’s all so fluky now like the difference between winning and losing last night was not that much. But we were the SEC Champs, which ultimately meant nothing. The format is flawed and needs an overhaul. As it stands in my mind the SECCG has screwed us two years in a row
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:46 am to claydawg09
16 teams, homesites, no bye. Conference game becomes play in for two teams on the bubble.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:47 am to claydawg09
Teams that receive a bye are now 1-7, but teams that play in the conference championship are now 6-13 in the expanded playoff format, maybe it’s the uneven number of games rather than the long time off?
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:48 am to claydawg09
That wasn’t championship football. That was stubborn, stale, and arrogant. If you’re going to wear the crown, you better play like it — and that offense played like it forgot who they were.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:53 am to GeorgiaFlyer
I do think Gunner was concussed. He just wasn't right.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:54 am to lewis and herschel
When you lose to a team without a coach, the rest of the excuses don’t matter. Who cares.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:57 am to GeorgiaFlyer
Fair enough, but The DC and OC were coaching so all you really removed is a narcissistic coach who made horrible decisions once or twice a game....Every game.
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