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re: The Perfect Playoff System
Posted on 9/3/14 at 5:09 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Posted on 9/3/14 at 5:09 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
If you take 3 non-power 5 conference champs to go with the big 5, you would have had these to choose from last year:
Rice (10-3...yes, that same Rice that lost by 37 to MIssissippi State. Zero wins vs. ranked opponents.)
La-Lafayette (8-4...including a 20 point loss to, ahem...Arkansas)
Bowling Green (10-3...including a 32 point loss to Indiana. fricking Indiana.)
Fresno State (11-1...but zero games vs. ranked opponents)
Central Florida (11-1...the only team of these five that even merits being in the conversation, and not surprisingly, from one of the old AQ conferences.)
So, once again, why are we discussing these teams in the context of playing for a national championship? Someone explain it to me like I'm a fricking fifth grader. Someone explain to me why these teams should get a seat at the table just because they want one. This isn't fricking NCAA basketball where you only need 6 or 7 players and you can ride one stud's back to an upset.
Here's the thing...the Alabama's and the LSU's of college football get criticized for playing the La-Lafayettes...but now some posters want to actually include those teams in a playoff? I don't think so.
Rice (10-3...yes, that same Rice that lost by 37 to MIssissippi State. Zero wins vs. ranked opponents.)
La-Lafayette (8-4...including a 20 point loss to, ahem...Arkansas)
Bowling Green (10-3...including a 32 point loss to Indiana. fricking Indiana.)
Fresno State (11-1...but zero games vs. ranked opponents)
Central Florida (11-1...the only team of these five that even merits being in the conversation, and not surprisingly, from one of the old AQ conferences.)
So, once again, why are we discussing these teams in the context of playing for a national championship? Someone explain it to me like I'm a fricking fifth grader. Someone explain to me why these teams should get a seat at the table just because they want one. This isn't fricking NCAA basketball where you only need 6 or 7 players and you can ride one stud's back to an upset.
Here's the thing...the Alabama's and the LSU's of college football get criticized for playing the La-Lafayettes...but now some posters want to actually include those teams in a playoff? I don't think so.
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Posted on 9/3/14 at 5:42 pm to BamaGradinTn
Here's your problem right here:
They shouldn't get a seat at the table because they want one, that's what YOU'RE proposing. They would get a seat at the table because they are champions.
Likely 2013 seeding (based on final BCS poll):
#1. FSU vs #8. N.Ill.
#2. AU vs #7. Fresno.
#3. MSU vs #6. UCF.
#4. Stan vs #5. Baylor.
Likely finals:
#1. FSU vs #4 Stan
#2. AU vs #3. MSU
Likely championship:
#1. FSU vs #2. AU
Likely champs:
#1. FSU
I would have had no problem with that playoff result.
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Someone explain to me why these teams should get a seat at the table just because they want one.
They shouldn't get a seat at the table because they want one, that's what YOU'RE proposing. They would get a seat at the table because they are champions.
Likely 2013 seeding (based on final BCS poll):
#1. FSU vs #8. N.Ill.
#2. AU vs #7. Fresno.
#3. MSU vs #6. UCF.
#4. Stan vs #5. Baylor.
Likely finals:
#1. FSU vs #4 Stan
#2. AU vs #3. MSU
Likely championship:
#1. FSU vs #2. AU
Likely champs:
#1. FSU
I would have had no problem with that playoff result.
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