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Upcoming battle for Slive: College football playoff?
Posted on 3/5/12 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 3/5/12 at 3:56 pm
Neinas supports Four Team playoff
Of course the SEC would prefer just the top 4 in the polls, because there's a good chance they could end up with 2. Heck, they could have ended up with 3 last year.
So what say you? Conference Champions or top 4 in rankings? I feel like if you do four conference champs, ND will be forced to join a conference immediately and then you'll have mass conference expansion.
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“I like the idea, if you're going to take four, take four champions,” Neinas said. “They're not hard to identify.
“The selection process is one that would concern me. The easiest is taking four conference champions.”
Of course the SEC would prefer just the top 4 in the polls, because there's a good chance they could end up with 2. Heck, they could have ended up with 3 last year.
So what say you? Conference Champions or top 4 in rankings? I feel like if you do four conference champs, ND will be forced to join a conference immediately and then you'll have mass conference expansion.
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Posted on 3/5/12 at 3:58 pm to NonregAg09
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The I Wish it was Like it Was in 2009 Board
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:00 pm to NonregAg09
Any playoff format that doesn't guarantee #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3 is worse than what we have now and shouldn't even be considered an option.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:02 pm to NonregAg09
Four team, conference champs only format will never happen.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:10 pm to NonregAg09
slive fricked up the conference so id like him to stay out of this
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:12 pm to NonregAg09
A four-team playoff with only conference champions will never happen. The only way it'll stand the slightest chance is if everybody starts crowning their conference champions the same way, with a conference title game. Four "super" conferences of sixteen teams each sending one team (winner of a 2-4 team conference playoff) to the national title playoff would probably work.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:18 pm to NonregAg09
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Heck, they could have ended up with 3 last year.
You are aware Arkansas lost to LSU & Bama by a combined 7 touchdowns ?
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:49 pm to NonregAg09
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So what say you? Conference Champions or top 4 in rankings?
Much as I would like to see a SEC West runner up like Bama excluded from a playoff, I vote for top 4 in rankings.
As ammo for my argument, I offer up the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament -- which prior to 1975 only allowed one team per conference, aka the conference champion, to play in the tournament.
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Prior to 1975, only one team per conference could be in the NCAA tournament. However, after several highly ranked teams in the country were denied entrance into the tournament (e.g., South Carolina, which was 14-0 in conference play in 1970, Southern Cal which was ranked #2 in the nation in 1971, and Maryland which was ranked #3 in the nation in 1974), the NCAA began to place at-large teams in the tournament, instead of just conference champions.
Top 4. I'm sure every Bama fan will agree with me on that one.
This post was edited on 3/5/12 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:13 pm to NonregAg09
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1998 championship: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Florida State (same)
1998 Plus One: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 5 UCLA; No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 4 Ohio State
Not included: No. 3 Kansas State.
1999 championship: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech (same)
1999 Plus One: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Alabama; No. 2 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 Nebraska
2000 championship: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Florida State (same)
2000 Plus One: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Washington; No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 Miami
2001 championship: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 3 Colorado
2001 Plus One: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 8 Illinois; No. 3 Colorado vs. No. 4 Oregon
Not included: No. 2 Nebraska, No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Texas
2002 championship: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 2 Ohio State (same)
2002 Plus One: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 6 Washington State; No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Georgia
Not included: No. 4 USC, No. 5 Iowa
2003 championship: No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 USC
2003 Plus One: No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Florida State; No. 3 USC vs. No. 4 Michigan
Not included: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Texas
2004 championship: No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (same)
2004 Plus One: No. 1 USC vs. No. 6 Utah; No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Auburn
Not included: No. 4 Texas, No. 5 California
2005 Championship: No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 Texas (same)
2005 Plus One: No. 1 USC vs. No. 7 Georgia; No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Penn State
Not included: No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Notre Dame
2006 championship: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Florida (same)
2006 Plus One: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Louisville; No. 2 Florida vs. No. 5 USC
Not included: No 3. Michigan, No. 4 LSU
2007 championship: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 LSU (same)
2007 Plus One: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Oklahoma; No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech
2008 championship: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Florida (same)
2008 Plus One: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Utah; No. 2 Florida vs. No. 5 USC
Not included: No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Alabama
2009 championship: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas (same)
2009 Plus One: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 TCU; No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Cincinnati
2010 championship: No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Oregon (same)
2010 Plus One: No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 Wisconsin; No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 TCU
Not included: No. 4 Stanford
2011 championship: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State
2011 Plus One: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 10 Wisconsin; No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Oregon
Not included: No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Stanford, No. 6 Arkansas, No. 7 Boise State, N. 8 Kansas State, No. 9 South Carolina
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1998 championship: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Florida State (same)
1998 Plus One: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 5 UCLA; No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 4 Ohio State
Not included: No. 3 Kansas State.
1999 championship: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech (same)
1999 Plus One: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Alabama; No. 2 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 Nebraska
2000 championship: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Florida State (same)
2000 Plus One: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Washington; No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 Miami
2001 championship: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 3 Colorado
2001 Plus One: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 8 Illinois; No. 3 Colorado vs. No. 4 Oregon
Not included: No. 2 Nebraska, No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Texas
2002 championship: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 2 Ohio State (same)
2002 Plus One: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 6 Washington State; No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Georgia
Not included: No. 4 USC, No. 5 Iowa
2003 championship: No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 USC
2003 Plus One: No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Florida State; No. 3 USC vs. No. 4 Michigan
Not included: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Texas
2004 championship: No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (same)
2004 Plus One: No. 1 USC vs. No. 6 Utah; No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Auburn
Not included: No. 4 Texas, No. 5 California
2005 Championship: No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 Texas (same)
2005 Plus One: No. 1 USC vs. No. 7 Georgia; No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Penn State
Not included: No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Notre Dame
2006 championship: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Florida (same)
2006 Plus One: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Louisville; No. 2 Florida vs. No. 5 USC
Not included: No 3. Michigan, No. 4 LSU
2007 championship: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 LSU (same)
2007 Plus One: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Oklahoma; No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech
2008 championship: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Florida (same)
2008 Plus One: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Utah; No. 2 Florida vs. No. 5 USC
Not included: No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Alabama
2009 championship: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas (same)
2009 Plus One: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 TCU; No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Cincinnati
2010 championship: No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Oregon (same)
2010 Plus One: No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 Wisconsin; No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 TCU
Not included: No. 4 Stanford
2011 championship: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State
2011 Plus One: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 10 Wisconsin; No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Oregon
Not included: No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Stanford, No. 6 Arkansas, No. 7 Boise State, N. 8 Kansas State, No. 9 South Carolina
This post was edited on 3/5/12 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:41 pm to NonregAg09
If it's going to be only conference champions, it should include ALL conference champions, not just 4, unless the NCAA goes ahead and makes another division for the pathetic conferences like Sunbelt, Big 12-2, and CUSA, etc.
The only way that a 4-team playoff is fair is if the top 4 BCS teams are in, or all conference champs are in.
The only way that a 4-team playoff is fair is if the top 4 BCS teams are in, or all conference champs are in.
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