2024 College Football Thread: Ohio State advances to play unbeaten hypothetical SEC team (2 Viewers)

[Ramblin Wreck]

There weren't many meaningless late season games and most of those that were still entertained.

5 of the 8 teams playing the first round of the CFP lost a game within the last 8 days and got in anyway

Ohio State vs Michigan
Clemson vs South Carolina
Georgia vs Texas
Oregon vs Penn St

None of those games mattered at all, really. The same teams got in regardless of what happened in those games. The only game that really mattered was the ACC CG getting Clemson in for the last spot over BYU/Bama/SC.

Rivalry week and conference chammpionship week, normally the two craziest weeks of the year, were basically completely irrelevant other than seeding.

You're kind of going off the deep end with your SEC nonsense.

 

[QuizGuy66]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

 

[SFBayDuck]

I think this one is pretty easy, imo. What they were ranked at the time is irrelevant.

The whole point of looking at it is seeing how many good teams they beat. If we know now that a team like FSU isn't any good, it doesn't make sense to give a team credit for beating FSU early in the year just because we mistakenly thought they were good back then.

I tend to agree, except for the thing that by beating them you may be the reason they aren't ranked anymore.

I've pointed out Texas' schedule with zero Top 25 wins, but that's because they beat TAMU late knocking them down and we've decided to arbitrarily use 25 as the number. If it was 26, they'd have a "quality win" with TAMU sitting there right now (in the AP, anyway).

 

[Major]

It’s all about money. Before nil and transfer portals it was about money. It has been since TV revenue became the primary source of income for college football. And before then it was somewhat about money though the numbers were piddly. I can’t pinpoint the date. Maybe early 1990s? I know growing up they didn’t have a championship or conf championship games at all. A bunch of writers determined who was best. I think GT and Colorado splitting the championship was the point where fans clamored the most for some kind of final game. And TV became more dominant.

I do not like 12. Nor do I like the large playoff formats of most professional leagues. the regular season should mean more in my opinion. I think eight would’ve been the max for me. I was fine with just the best 2 playing. But hey. TV needs their ads and fans of 3 loss major program teams want their boys playing.

As long as people will pay for it they will generate the content. I didn’t watch either game last night. I quit after halftime of the boring UGA Tex game where both those teams proved they were bad. And I’m a UGA fan. They are just bad this year.

Anyway. Hope smu gets spot 12 cause bama is a sucky state. .

Still think it was a phantom penalty in the Orange Bowl on Rocket Ismail's punt return.

It was. A young Major was at that game. Still remember the feeling and electricity in the crowd after that run thinking that he just won the game only to have the rug pulled from under me

 

[kupcho1]

You know, it's almost as if they WANT people arguing over seedings and exclusions.

 

[Major]

Schedules dont matter. Wins over top 25 teams dont matter. Just stack wins over cupcakes. Some of the resumes of these top 12 teams are complete garbage.

Bama lost to two garbage teams. Weren’t even competitive against OU. They didn’t deserve it.

Cosign. SMU lost their two games on last second FGs to ranked teams with one of them being a conference championship. Easy decision.

 

[JAA]

I’m just saying I think Clemson should have been ahead of SMU.

From what I've gathered, Clemson couldn't jump South Carolina, and in order to keep SMU in they couldn't drop below Clemson, since Alabama (and Miami / Ole Miss) were ahead of South Carolina, SMU needed to stay ahead of everyone.

I actually would have preferred SMU won, Clemson out. Bring in another SEC team.

SMU wins, gets SC in probably and Texas SC is a pretty interesting game

It has been said Bama was first out, so unfortunately it prolly would go that way.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

As an ACC fan I'm glad we get the $s from two teams making it. The SEC as good as they are made it's own bed. You go 8-10 deep with programs that want to win national championships, you should expect them to beat each other up. They can predict this happening as long as this system is in place.

 

[JAA]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

 

[JAA]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

 

[MAC_32]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

S-E-C!

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

I pointed this out days ago (post below).

But even though I've spent the last week harping on how Georgia, Texas, Tennesse, and Alabama are all super overrated, because I today said that South Carolina is underrated and on fire right now, I'm just an SEC honk.

South Carolina would beat Tennessee by 3 scores if they played tomorrow.

Texas is a complete wildcard. They've beaten no one. They got the most insane conference draw I've ever seen. They only played 1 team in the top half of the conference and they lost that game by 2 scores.

It's the most insane in-conference draw I've ever seen. Their 7 wins were literally against 7 of the bottom 8 teams in the conference.

Their conference schedule, visualized

 

[Jayded]

So with the committee's final rankings now out, temporarily forgetting seeding as-is, here's what the matchups and byes would look like if they just guaranteed the top 5 conference champions a seat, but not a bye:

1. Oregon (bye)
2. Georgia (bye)
3. Texas (bye)
4. Penn State (bye)
5. Notre Dame vs. 12. Clemson --> Winner plays Penn State
6. Ohio State vs. 11. Arizona State --> Winner plays Texas
7. Tennessee vs. 10. SMU --> Winner plays Georgia
8. Indiana vs. 9. Boise State --> Winner plays Oregon

First two out : #11 Alabama, # 13 Miami

If you used the same scenario above but if only guaranteed the 4 highest rated conference champions, Alabama would be in and replaces Clemson in the above. Clemson would be the first conference champion eliminated (no one brings up Army and the American, but same sort of scenario).

 

[Instinctive]

I’m just saying I think Clemson should have been ahead of SMU.

From what I've gathered, Clemson couldn't jump South Carolina, and in order to keep SMU in they couldn't drop below Clemson, since Alabama (and Miami / Ole Miss) were ahead of South Carolina, SMU needed to stay ahead of everyone.

I actually would have preferred SMU won, Clemson out. Bring in another SEC team.

The problem with that is the dolts would have put in Bama, when it should have been either South Carolina or BYU (one of whom should've been in over SMU with the way it played out anyway).

Maybe. Would have been a much better conversation than the one we are having.

How great would it have been to watch Bama and SC play in a play-in game instead of we just saw?

Would be really interesting, and idk how logistically extremely challenging, if Bama and SCAR got together and said we gotta play on CCG weekend so we can go.

Wouldn't have made sense this year for Bama I guess since they were in if SMU won, but imagine Clemson had been in the top 12 instead of Bama.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

I’m just saying I think Clemson should have been ahead of SMU.

From what I've gathered, Clemson couldn't jump South Carolina, and in order to keep SMU in they couldn't drop below Clemson, since Alabama (and Miami / Ole Miss) were ahead of South Carolina, SMU needed to stay ahead of everyone.

I actually would have preferred SMU won, Clemson out. Bring in another SEC team.

SMU wins, gets SC in probably and Texas SC is a pretty interesting game

SC had no chance. Alabama would have gotten in. Miami was ranked ahead of SC too

 

[JAA]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

I pointed this out days ago (post below).

But even though I've spent the last week harping on how Georgia, Texas, Tennesse, and Alabama are all super overrated, because I today said that South Carolina is underrated and on fire right now, I'm just an SEC honk.

South Carolina would beat Tennessee by 3 scores if they played tomorrow.

Texas is a complete wildcard. They've beaten no one. They got the most insane conference draw I've ever seen. They only played 1 team in the top half of the conference and they lost that game by 2 scores.

It's the most insane in-conference draw I've ever seen. Their 7 wins were literally against 7 of the bottom 8 teams in the conference.

Their conference schedule, visualized

I like Tenn and feel like they actually played a schedule. One bad loss to Ark.

 

[culdeus]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

They beat Bama last year right as they started to decompose. That's it. They have lost every other meaningful game in the last two years.

 

[belljr]

I honestly don't care that much. I'll just enjoy watching more football

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

I pointed this out days ago (post below).

But even though I've spent the last week harping on how Georgia, Texas, Tennesse, and Alabama are all super overrated, because I today said that South Carolina is underrated and on fire right now, I'm just an SEC honk.

South Carolina would beat Tennessee by 3 scores if they played tomorrow.

Texas is a complete wildcard. They've beaten no one. They got the most insane conference draw I've ever seen. They only played 1 team in the top half of the conference and they lost that game by 2 scores.

It's the most insane in-conference draw I've ever seen. Their 7 wins were literally against 7 of the bottom 8 teams in the conference.

Their conference schedule, visualized

I like Tenn and feel like they actually played a schedule. One bad loss to Ark.

I think Tenn got overrated early on because they beat teams early that we didn't know were not very good yet (OU, Iowa, etc). Those seemed like good wins at the time, but turned out not to be.

They should have had another loss against Florida, that win was super flukey. They were getting dominated until Florida's QB got hurt, and then still needed a fumbled snap on 1st and goal from the 1 to hang on.

Their offense reminds me a lot of the 2009 Florida offense where it looks really good against bad teams, but struggles a lot against good ones. Iamaleava sucks but when they're playing an outclassed team he can just run around like the school yard and eventually find someone wide open. When he plays a team that actually has competent/athletic linemen and he has to throw from the pocket he's useless.

 

[JAA]

Tell me about PSUs big win? Find me Indiana's big win?

Now do Texas.

I hadnt looked at UT, but you are exactly right. Their best games were "close losses" to UGA. I check A&M, but other than Mizz ... so yea. Why is UT so high? Preseason rankings most likely.

I pointed this out days ago (post below).

But even though I've spent the last week harping on how Georgia, Texas, Tennesse, and Alabama are all super overrated, because I today said that South Carolina is underrated and on fire right now, I'm just an SEC honk.

South Carolina would beat Tennessee by 3 scores if they played tomorrow.

Texas is a complete wildcard. They've beaten no one. They got the most insane conference draw I've ever seen. They only played 1 team in the top half of the conference and they lost that game by 2 scores.

It's the most insane in-conference draw I've ever seen. Their 7 wins were literally against 7 of the bottom 8 teams in the conference.

Their conference schedule, visualized

I like Tenn and feel like they actually played a schedule. One bad loss to Ark.

I think Tenn got overrated early on because they beat teams early that we didn't know were not very good yet (OU, Iowa, etc). Those seemed like good wins at the time, but turned out not to be.

They should have had another loss against Florida, that win was super flukey. They were getting dominated until Florida's QB got hurt, and then still needed a fumbled snap on 1st and goal from the 1 to hang on.

Their offense reminds me a lot of the 2009 Florida offense where it looks really good against bad teams, but struggles a lot against good ones. Iamaleava sucks but when they're playing an outclassed team he can just run around like the school yard and eventually find someone wide open. When he plays a team that actually has competent/athletic linemen and he has to throw from the pocket he's useless.

Im glad we get to see a 12 team playoff. All questions will be answered

 

[fasteddie_21]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree, bu

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

Yeah, this is kinda where I settle too. Careful what you ask for this year. There is NO DOMINANT team(s). Sure Oregon hasn't been beat (yay!), but I'd argue that any of the teams can lay eggs at any time. We've seen it from just about every team in the tourney.

 

[fasteddie_21]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.


And going forward, I do think there should be more home games. So, IMHO, if you take the bracket as it is this year, the second round would be home games too, so that the bye week teams get a home game...and it doesn't punish the local fans with ANOTHER insane travel game.

 

[General Malaise]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

 

[General Malaise]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.


And going forward, I do think there should be more home games. So, IMHO, if you take the bracket as it is this year, the second round would be home games too, so that the bye week teams get a home game...and it doesn't punish the local fans with ANOTHER insane travel game.

Agree 100%.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Each conference gets $4 million for every team that makes the final 12, the another $4 million for those that make the quarterfinals. So getting bye means $8m to each of those conferences. That's some decent cheddar for the Mountain West.

 

[SFBayDuck]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

But at least we could play Texas in Dallas and Georgia in Atlanta along the way, so there's that......

 

[Instinctive]

OU vs Navy right here in Fort Worth. It'll look strangely like Army Navy in the offenses run I bet LOL

 

[General Malaise]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

But at least we could play Texas in Dallas and Georgia in Atlanta along the way, so there's that......

Well......they can't play these games in Seattle so we have to live with it. But SoFi should be an option going forward.

Texas and Gerogia don't scare me. Anywhere. Those quarterbacks are warmed up dog vomit.

But Ohio State? Ugh.

 

[SFBayDuck]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

But at least we could play Texas in Dallas and Georgia in Atlanta along the way, so there's that......

Well......they can't play these games in Seattle so we have to live with it. But SoFi should be an option going forward.

Texas and Gerogia don't scare me. Anywhere. Those quarterbacks are warmed up dog vomit.

But Ohio State? Ugh.

Can't be scared of anybody at this point, especially when you've actually beaten three of the teams in the field already this year.

 

[culdeus]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.


And going forward, I do think there should be more home games. So, IMHO, if you take the bracket as it is this year, the second round would be home games too, so that the bye week teams get a home game...and it doesn't punish the local fans with ANOTHER insane travel game.

Is this because of logistics?

 

[Major]

As an ACC fan I'm glad we get the $s from two teams making it. The SEC as good as they are made it's own bed. You go 8-10 deep with programs that want to win national championships, you should expect them to beat each other up. They can predict this happening as long as this system is in place.

And you get ALL of SMU's money as well. Great deal for the ACC.

 

[Schmeabs]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

But at least we could play Texas in Dallas and Georgia in Atlanta along the way, so there's that......

Well......they can't play these games in Seattle so we have to live with it. But SoFi should be an option going forward.

Texas and Gerogia don't scare me. Anywhere. Those quarterbacks are warmed up dog vomit.

But Ohio State? Ugh.

Can't be scared of anybody at this point, especially when you've actually beaten three of the teams in the field already this year.

Agreed but I would rather face any of the other 10 playoff teams in the Rose Bowl than Ohio State. Oh well. End of day Lanning will get the team ready to play.

 

[QuizGuy66]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.


And going forward, I do think there should be more home games. So, IMHO, if you take the bracket as it is this year, the second round would be home games too, so that the bye week teams get a home game...and it doesn't punish the local fans with ANOTHER insane travel game.

Yeah I think from the hotel and tickets and all that the bowls hosting the later rounds want it to be clear for the teams where they are going. And when you consider like bands and cheerleaders and boosters and all those logistics and all that it's a bigger planning footprint than it is for the pros ya gotta figure.

-QG

 

[culdeus]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.


And going forward, I do think there should be more home games. So, IMHO, if you take the bracket as it is this year, the second round would be home games too, so that the bye week teams get a home game...and it doesn't punish the local fans with ANOTHER insane travel game.

Yeah I think from the hotel and tickets and all that the bowls hosting the later rounds want it to be clear for the teams where they are going. And when you consider like bands and cheerleaders and boosters and all those logistics and all that it's a bigger planning footprint than it is for the pros ya gotta figure.

-QG

Pros are also going to major cities with lots of hotel space. Graduation in the fall is a thing for some schools and might cause problems with hotels?

I'm actually rather shocked they didn't do bowls for the first round. Letting like the peach/ricotoni/Alamo/Holiday take the first round made a lot of sense

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

But at least we could play Texas in Dallas and Georgia in Atlanta along the way, so there's that......

Well......they can't play these games in Seattle so we have to live with it. But SoFi should be an option going forward.

Texas and Gerogia don't scare me. Anywhere. Those quarterbacks are warmed up dog vomit.

But Ohio State? Ugh.

The quarters and semis are going to be played in the Orange, Peach, Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, and Cotton bowls. I think the Natty could go to Sofi.

 

[WVU Alum]

Need to vent real quick about coaching search at WVU.
Please don’t let it be RichRod. **** that guy.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

My only real complaint for the bracket is the lack of reseeding each round. Reward the higher seeds.

I think the no re-seeding is a product of allowing fans to make their travel plans in advance.

 

[Instinctive]

Isn't tying it into the bowl games at all silly? Do they really make more money doing that vs having home games and the championship at a rotating major stadium?

Its not like there are automatic ties into any of them anymore.

 

[nysfl2]

Need to vent real quick about coaching search at WVU.
Please don’t let it be RichRod. **** that guy.

Agree 100%

/MichiganFan

 

[culdeus]

Isn't tying it into the bowl games at all silly? Do they really make more money doing that vs having home games and the championship at a rotating major stadium?

Its not like there are automatic ties into any of them anymore.

A couple of reasons. If you take the teams out of the bowls, not only are the bowls more meaningless, who is going to pay the bowl staff the 500k+ salaries?

 

[Sammy3469]

ESPN guy wants teams leagues to schedule to their whims. The thing is they don't know who is gonna be good at the beginning of the year. Heck the Illini schedule looked tougher heading into the hear than it proved to be as Michigan Nebraska and Kansas all weren't as good as early season rankings had them.

-QG

Schedules are done, at least OOC, like a decade in advance.

Right - Kirk's whole thing was so dumb. And even if you did them year by year you have no way of knowing who actually is good. See: Arizona State, Indiana, Illinois....

-QG

Agree

I can tell you no one wants to play ASU or BSU right now. I dont see an easy out in the CFP field. I am loving the field.

As an Oregon fan, I'd much rather face ASU or BSU than Ohio State. It is absolutely absurd that Oregon got the draw they have.

Oh well.....lace 'em up and play 'em. All the Ducks can do. In a system that's supposed to reward the best team in college football with an easier playoff path, this is asinine.

asi-ten

 

[Sparky Polastri]

You guys crack me up. Are Oregon fans really concerned with Ohio State? They can't bully OSU like Michigan did? This is the "unquestioned best" team in the country right? Have some confidence in your dudes!!!!!

 

[Instinctive]

Isn't tying it into the bowl games at all silly? Do they really make more money doing that vs having home games and the championship at a rotating major stadium?

Its not like there are automatic ties into any of them anymore.

A couple of reasons. If you take the teams out of the bowls, not only are the bowls more meaningless, who is going to pay the bowl staff the 500k+ salaries?

Sure. Those reasons don't really make sense though.

My point is: the CFP doesn't own the bowls. Neither does ESPN. They don't pay those salaries. Neither do the schools, do they? Why would these actors continue to deal with the logistics of the bowls if there is now a real postseason option?

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

According to this, SMU has the 7th best odds to win the CFB playoff. Tennessee feels like great value here.

x.com

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[Uruk-Hai]

I'd take the traditional bowls out of the CFP altogether. Have home games for the first two rounds, then rotating stadium sites for the semis & final. I'm sure the fans that can afford to go to these games can figure out tickets and travel in a week. It's not like re-sellers aren't already buying up what they can at the Fiesta Bowl.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

They could have a 14 team playoff system where the top teams get a bye and the non-champion qualifiers play a 'wild round' then a 'regional' or 'divisional' round at the home of the top seeded team. Then take a week off before a final game called the Superior Bowl or maybe the Superb Bowl. It would be cool to always schedule a massive pop star to do the halftime show at the College Superior Bowl.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I'm feeling pretty good about Oregon +390 to win it all.

Oregon beat more top 10 teams than the entire 8 team field playing in the 1st round beat combined.

Oregon beat the same number of ranked teams as the entire as the entire 8 team field playing in the 1st round beat combined.
Oregon did it in 3 games.
"The Field" took 13 games to do it.

 

[JAA]

Need to vent real quick about coaching search at WVU.
Please don’t let it be RichRod. **** that guy.

The longer the wait the better. I’m hoping AK, OC from PSU. Fingers crossed

 

[Instinctive]

They could have a 14 team playoff system where the top teams get a bye and the non-champion qualifiers play a 'wild round' then a 'regional' or 'divisional' round at the home of the top seeded team. Then take a week off before a final game called the Superior Bowl or maybe the Superb Bowl. It would be cool to always schedule a massive pop star to do the halftime show at the College Superior Bowl.

You joke but that's gotta be where this is headed

 

[Yo Mama]

They could have a 14 team playoff system where the top teams get a bye and the non-champion qualifiers play a 'wild round' then a 'regional' or 'divisional' round at the home of the top seeded team. Then take a week off before a final game called the Superior Bowl or maybe the Superb Bowl. It would be cool to always schedule a massive pop star to do the halftime show at the College Superior Bowl.

You joke but that's gotta be where this is headed

They’ll have 7 Big 10 teams on one side of the bracket and 7 SEC teams on the other.