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utee94 · « **Reply #154 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:36:46 PM »

Quote from: LittlePig on July 29, 2018, 12:20:41 AM

If everybody would just take off their blinders and realize not all decisions are totally about the CFP, they may start to think differently. 10 conference games makes a lot of sense if your priority is to play other teams in your conference as much as possible. It also makes a lot of sense if your goal is to crown the most legitimate conference champ you can.

It's just strange that fans of teams that routinely finish nowhere near the top 4 nationally are arguing for 8 conference games.

But unfortunately you're wrong, sadly it IS all about the CFP at this point. The national mediots and their focus on the national aspects of the game instead of the regional game, have made it this way.
Playing regional teams, winning games against regional rivals, winning your conference-- none of these things are the focus of the conversations about college football anymore. The resulting discussions about relative conference strength-- a subject that was only idly discussed 2-3 decades ago-- is now almost the sole focus of the national media. And the national media absolutely shape the current environment of the sport of college football.
So if you're a fan of a team that's in a conference that is not getting 2 teams into the 4-team CFP (and obviously that's every conference but 1), then your only hope at having any relevance among the national media, is for your conference to get on a level playing field with the sole conference that IS getting 50% of the CFP field.
I certainly wish it weren't this way, but that's where we've landed, for the time being.

bayareabadger · « **Reply #155 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:20:22 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on July 29, 2018, 04:36:46 PM

But unfortunately you're wrong, sadly it IS all about the CFP at this point. The national mediots and their focus on the national aspects of the game instead of the regional game, have made it this way.
Playing regional teams, winning games against regional rivals, winning your conference-- none of these things are the focus of the conversations about college football anymore. The resulting discussions about relative conference strength-- a subject that was only idly discussed 2-3 decades ago-- is now almost the sole focus of the national media. And the national media absolutely shape the current environment of the sport of college football.
So if you're a fan of a team that's in a conference that is not getting 2 teams into the 4-team CFP (and obviously that's every conference but 1), then your only hope at having any relevance among the national media, is for your conference to get on a level playing field with the sole conference that IS getting 50% of the CFP field.
I certainly wish it weren't this way, but that's where we've landed, for the time being.

Perhaps it's because I watch too much pro sports sometimes, but I kind of disagree. There's like 12 teams with realistic playoff chances. Maybe 10-20 more with unrealistic chances. But folks still love it, because there team-to-team narrative is so strong compared to the national one.
Plus, it's a sport where winning those smaller things leads to more theoretical recruiting success. It's a sport where being kinda good matters depending on who you are.

FearlessF · « **Reply #156 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:03:32 PM »

coaches scheduling objectives are almost always about wanting to play easier opponents and trying to schedule more wins and fewer losses

if that's a team that has aspirations of getting into the 4-team playoff or simply hoping to move up a couple spots in their conference and qualify for a post-season bowl

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