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re: College Football's 'Influential Voices' Ready to Discuss 8-Team Playoff Format
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:39 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:39 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Then don’t suck
It's unfortunately more complicated than that. Money is an issue and college football pretty much funds every FBS school's athletic program. A shite ton of money is being left off the table for schools in the Big Ten and Pac 12 because they consistently fail at getting a team in the playoffs. College football is quickly becoming seen as an exclusively southern sport which (at least in my personal opinion) is bad for the brand. An 8-team playoff would solve most of the issues but they're probably only going to go halfway and expand it to six.
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Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:40 pm to Projectpat
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There’s crying about teams that get left out of the NCAAB tournament every year.
Bingo, that #9 team, #17 team, etc will always say they were robbed.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:40 pm to AggieDub14
All this does it make it easier for a 2 loss Alabama or an Ohio State who was blown out by 30 to get into the playoffs. People don't even realize what going to 8 actually does.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:44 pm to AggieDub14
I live for the day when they expand to eight, and the final four are Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Florida.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:46 pm to Jake_LaMotta
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All this does it make it easier for a 2 loss Alabama or an Ohio State who was blown out by 30 to get into the playoffs. People don't even realize what going to 8 actually does.
Nope. How many years do people think the elite programs lose 3 games? Not going to be very often. If people have Alabama fatigue now, they better be careful what they wish for.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:51 pm to RollTide1987
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An 8-team playoff would solve most of the issues
probably won't solve the issue of 75% of the semifinal games ending in 3 or more possessions blowouts.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:54 pm to MeatPants
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The only thing I don’t like is the conference champ getting an automatic bid. Pitt or northwestern could have gotten in
Hell, forget "could". Washington would be in.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:55 pm to AggieDub14
I think it's inevitable and I don't think its unreasonable to believe that a 7 or 8 could win it. In 2007 LSU was ranked 7th going into the conference championship weekend. They needed a couple of miracles to get into the game and then handled Ohio state pretty easily.
The thing that I don't want and do not think is acceptable is this idea that you take the power 5 champs plus 3 more. They should keep the current ranking system and just take the top 8.
The thing that I don't want and do not think is acceptable is this idea that you take the power 5 champs plus 3 more. They should keep the current ranking system and just take the top 8.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 12:58 pm to lsufball19
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They will lose millions of dollars on all the other bowls in the process
No they won't. All those bowls will still be played
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You will have all regions of the country involved
Why is that necessary?
More regions = more money. That's the goal here. Also, no chance you're leaving the best team out
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even a Cinderella story to cheer for.
See, this is my problem. I don't want a Cinderella. i want the best team and the team that earned it, not a 9-3 team that got hot for a few weeks.
UCF has done everything in their power to make it
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B1G teams are absolutely dinged for "winning ugly" in less than ideal conditions.
or for getting drilled by average teams in their own conference. No oine "dinged" OSU for losing at home to Va Tech in 2014. They still made, and won, the CFP. OSU got dinged for getting blown out by Iowa and Purdue, as they should have. UGA got dinged for getting blown out by LSU, as they should have.
But what are these "less than ideal conditions"?
OSU got no credit for beating a top 25 MSU on the road ugly. Go take a look at the media stories and how the CFP reacted. That's a fact
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I don't see a problem with that. All P5 conferences, year-to-year, are not created equally. You know this even if you refuse to admit it.
Often we don't know who the best conference is ever. There aren't enough games late in the season to determine this. It's arbitrary. Of course they aren't equal, but we don't know today that the ACC is better/worse than the Pac 12 or Big 12
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:03 pm to ChoadieMcSmalls
I’d rather lose the fcs regular season games. Look these guys are still students 16 games is too much. 15 is too much. 10 regular season games. Conf champ and then okayoffs.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:09 pm to TxWadingFool
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Yep cause Bama really steam rolled UGa a couple weeks back.
UGA wouldn't be a 7 or 8 seed. They'd be the 5th seed and would be playing Oklahoma.
The 8th seed would be UCF. The 7th seed would be Michigan.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:31 pm to Buckeye06
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UCF has done everything in their power to make it
Accept schedule teams OOC that are considered good to great programs. Meanwhile Sec teams are facing Georgia’s, LSU, Auburn, Alabama. Georgia’s play in game was against Alabama while Oklahoma was against Texas. The other conf championship games were against multiple loss teams. If they want in let’s see them schedule some real power five teams.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:39 pm to Buckeye06
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No they won't. All those bowls will still be played
They will be played and they will be a financial loss because no one will watch or care about them
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More regions = more money. That's the goal here. Also, no chance you're leaving the best team out
What does money have to do with having a playoff with only the best and deserving teams? You keep dodging this
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UCF has done everything in their power to make it
No, they are within their power to schedule strong OOc games. They don't.
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OSU got no credit for beating a top 25 MSU on the road ugly. Go take a look at the media stories and how the CFP reacted. That's a fact
because it was two weeks after they got blasted by Purdue. Giving Michigan State their 4th loss isn't really going to impress anyone, nor should it
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Often we don't know who the best conference is ever.
Oh, we generally do. Folks just don't like accepting it.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:53 pm to Buckeye06
The committee currently has the impossible task of balancing the eye test, P5 interests and lobbying, and records based on unbalanced scheduling.
Are we to REALLY believe that that committee doesn't believe UGA is better than OU or ND? Of course they believe UGA is better but they sure as hell couldn't put them in the playoff without causing an absolute shite storm by leaving out 3 P5 champs for a non-conference champion who passes the eye test.
Who the hell has Clemson beat this year to garner near universal approval as "one of the two best teams in the country"? So it doesn't matter who you play, as long as you look good doing it?
It'll never be perfect but this 4 team BS is far too prone to allowing money, legacy, and institutional power to overwhelm the committee's real job of picking the 4 best teams in CFB. By expanding the field, a #9 team who misses the cut can fairly easily, and persuasively, be explained away as not being one of the best teams in the country.
Are we to REALLY believe that that committee doesn't believe UGA is better than OU or ND? Of course they believe UGA is better but they sure as hell couldn't put them in the playoff without causing an absolute shite storm by leaving out 3 P5 champs for a non-conference champion who passes the eye test.
Who the hell has Clemson beat this year to garner near universal approval as "one of the two best teams in the country"? So it doesn't matter who you play, as long as you look good doing it?
It'll never be perfect but this 4 team BS is far too prone to allowing money, legacy, and institutional power to overwhelm the committee's real job of picking the 4 best teams in CFB. By expanding the field, a #9 team who misses the cut can fairly easily, and persuasively, be explained away as not being one of the best teams in the country.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 2:45 pm to AggieDub14
bullshite, lets go ahead and make huge matchups worthless multiple times a year. I don’t watch the NFL because it’s boring and you can go 9-7 yet win the Super Bowl. Every game does not matter like in CFB.
Your also going to see more blowouts in the playoffs. How many times do we get dogshit final four games in CBB because a Cinderella beat the 1 seed and then gets blown out. That’s what’s going to happen when they continue to increase the playoff scope.
Your also going to see more blowouts in the playoffs. How many times do we get dogshit final four games in CBB because a Cinderella beat the 1 seed and then gets blown out. That’s what’s going to happen when they continue to increase the playoff scope.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 2:53 pm to AggieDub14
Won't be too much longer til we have a 3 seed Texas lose to an 11 seed Utah State.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 2:54 pm to AggieDub14
bout time, cant be that hard...
3% of FBS teams qualify for playoffs...
the next lowest percentage at 19% is college baseball and basketball.... not just college every sport in the world.
Amature or Pro
3% of FBS teams qualify for playoffs...
the next lowest percentage at 19% is college baseball and basketball.... not just college every sport in the world.
Amature or Pro
Posted on 12/12/18 at 2:56 pm to AggieDub14
8 omg 4 is too many bama Clemson double digit faves
Posted on 12/12/18 at 2:58 pm to SAINTS0321
No team ranked number 1 in playoffs has ever won the title
2014 - #4 tOSU
2015 - #2 Bama
2016 - #2 Clemson
2017 - #4 Bama
2014 - #4 tOSU
2015 - #2 Bama
2016 - #2 Clemson
2017 - #4 Bama
Posted on 12/12/18 at 3:02 pm to lsufball19
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Bingo, that #9 team, #17 team, etc will always say they were robbed.
That's completely different when you have 32 at large teams ..
We are talking about 1 loss P5 conf champs not getting in.
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