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re: The New Playoff sucks
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:43 am to paperwasp
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:43 am to paperwasp
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I sort of feel like that's the whole point.
College football isn't the NFL, and people won't watch that.
We've been conditioned to expect certain thresholds of success, and if the best teams start winning only 58% of their games, it's going to knock out a significant portion of viewership.
No one is saying it's bad in the NFL, I think they're saying they don't prefer to see that incorporated into the college model.
I'm not sure any avid fan has ever sat around and said, "You know what we need? To make college football just like the NFL."
I prefer the NFL, because any team which is run properly has a chance to be successful. Until there is some kind of salary cap, etc in college football, that isn't the case.
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Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:53 am to SEC Doctor
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some kind of salary cap, etc in college football
I don't pretend to understand the intricate legalities of doing so in the current environment, but this is definitely needed, and should have already been implemented, IMO, had the NCAA not bungled this all so badly from the get go.
Unless of course the plan all along was to pull away from the 'have-nots.'
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:58 am to Nasty_Canasta
The illinois fightin cannon fodder. Quit bad talking my masters! They let me have a football program as long as i am good little boy and let them trounce all over me.
I guess that's really the problem. The sec teams are trying to win championships and the big 10 teams are just trying to exist.
I guess that's really the problem. The sec teams are trying to win championships and the big 10 teams are just trying to exist.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 10:17 am to theliontamer
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Tennessee clearly wasnt as good as anyone thought. Ya got the advantageous second chance against oregon after losing to them at home when it should have mattered. Texas lost to UGA twice. Cant believe you are crediting indiana as a good win. Penn State is a perpetual little brother to ohio state and michigan. ND is a nice win, but again, they get to waltz into the playoffs with an independent schedule and then get matched up with indiana and a new starting QB UGA who still outgained them on offense.
Wasn't the whole idea of this to favor the conference champions? And now there are no conference champions left. This is clearly set up to squeeze more ratings and money out of fans and it has hurt the sport.
So no one is good in your mind. got it
Posted on 1/7/25 at 10:23 am to Buckeye06
Pay little attention to the bitch Liontamer. Clearly he’s got hemorrhoids over the current playoff but I’d bet his single wide trailer he’d be all smiles if the Tigers actually mattered this year
Posted on 1/7/25 at 10:44 am to Buckeye06
No, I think Oregon and UGA were the only 2 teams worthy of competing for a national championship and now neither of them is even in the final 4. The AMATEUR COLLEGIATE sport loses credibility by changing format so frequently for monetary purposes. It's almost stupid now. We are not far off from teams declining a spot in conference championship games. Boise state getting a bye? This thing has been poorly planned.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:07 am to theliontamer
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None of the remaining teams have a NC worthy resume.
Why not? LSU had a two loss team win a NC.
Their resume wasn't worthy in 2007?
What, exactly, is a worthy resume?
One loss or less? Must be a conference champion?
We've had champions that failed both those tests.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:18 am to theliontamer
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No, I think Oregon and UGA were the only 2 teams worthy of competing for a national championship and now neither of them is even in the final 4.
So they were the most worthy teams to compete, yet both lost to teams who beat them convincingly in the quarterfinals, and that is a bad thing?
CFB is much more like the NFL now. It just is. People may not like it, but it's reality. You can lose 2-3 divisional games in the NFL and win the Super Bowl.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:37 am to NickPapageorgio
What a dumb question. That particular year there were no other worthy, undefeated, or 1 loss teams to choose from. LSU won the sec championship and was ranked 2nd in the definitive BCS rankings. So that's why that crazy once in a lifetime situation happened.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 12:29 pm to theliontamer
Yeah, you seem to be confused.
Oklahoma/USC definitely had an argument. Both were 2 loss conference champions, same as LSU.
Oklahoma/USC definitely had an argument. Both were 2 loss conference champions, same as LSU.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 12:45 pm to 3down10
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It sucks because it ruined a lot of the regular season meaning.
Ohio St vs Michigan = meaningless game.
SECCG = Mostly meaningless game.
Instead of those games having big meaning for the playoffs, it was #18 or whatever Clemson against over-ranked SMU. Magically, that game had meaning for Clemson, but not for SMU.
And so on. Back in the BCS and before then, for all it's flaws the regular season felt like the playoffs every week. We give up all that excitement for a few games at the end of the year.
The most interesting thing was the lack of divisions in the SEC allowed for the 2 teams to not be known so quickly and it seemed like many more teams were in the mix longer.
In the BCS days, only one team with more than 1 loss even played for a national championship.
The regular season just meant more.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 1:21 pm to theliontamer
I honestly don't even know what your contention or gripe is based on your post 
Posted on 1/7/25 at 1:24 pm to NickPapageorgio
I am not confused and my statement is still valid. You seem to now want to argue that computer rankings from 17 years ago could have ranked the 2 loss teams differently. Yea chief, sure, I guess they could have. But the unbiased computer rankings from 17 years ago using tangible stats and data from the season actually determined that the SEC was the better conference and LSU deserved to be there. And they were right, cuz we waxed and overrated Ohio state for the 2nd time in 2 years.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 1:39 pm to Buckeye06
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No, I think Oregon and UGA were the only 2 teams worthy of competing for a national championship and now neither of them is even in the final 4.
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So they were the most worthy teams to compete, yet both lost to teams who beat them convincingly in the quarterfinals, and that is a bad thing?
Pay him no attention. If tOSU beats Texas and ND/PSU x2, they most definitely will have a championship resume.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 1:50 pm to theliontamer
Way too much time between games. Stack them on Saturdays until they get to the championship and be done with it. It’s taking way too fricking long.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 1:57 pm to TailbackU
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It’s taking way too fricking long.
No shite. We gotta wrap this thing up so we can get ready for the spring games.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 2:03 pm to AlterDWI
quote:Anyone remember when CFB folks in charge said, "we can't extend the college football season because these are students first, they have classes/final exams and coursework to complete?"
Feels like the playoffs have already been going on for two months now. FCS has more teams and their playoffs end today.
Then they go to a 12-game regular season, then add playoffs, then expand playoffs all while lengthening the season even longer.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 2:33 pm to theliontamer
Didn't they beat the mighty Cocks?
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:44 pm to theliontamer
quote:The SEC now has the only team to win all of the NY6 bowls.
The SEC has had 6 programs win a championship in the last 30 years. 8 programs if you include Texas & OU. And almost every other program has played in or won a NY6 bowl in that time too. No other conference can claim half of those numbers.
I'll let everyone guess which team.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:47 pm to TailbackU
are you fricking complaining about more football ??
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