CFP Thread

[FearlessF]

it's all just drama to peak interest

otherwise know as bullshit

[ManHawk]

yeah maybe we should just go back to the 4 team playoff. that is f’ing ridiculous.

Call me crazy but Notre Dame and Texas should be in over James Madison and Tulane.

does anybody honestly think otherwise?

I disagree.  I don't have strong feelings about it but I disagree.

The purpose of the 12-team CFP is to get both the 8 best teams in the playoffs and also get the 5 best conference champions in the playoffs.   If you want to be in the playoffs,  then either finish in the top 8 overall or win your conference.

This goes back to my claim that most years,  there really are only 6 to 10 teams that have legitimately "deserve" a shot to play for the national championship.  So if the goal was to only have the best teams,  you should limit the CFP to 10 teams.  But if you want to make sure there are at least 5 conferences represented,  you need to have at least 14 teams.   You could add 2 more teams just in case and 16 is probably the perfect number in my opinion.

[medinabuckeye1]

Here's all we need to know about this stupid inclusive system:
Two of the playoff games have a 17.5 point spread and a 21.5 point spread.


WHAT ARE WE DOING!?!?

Think of it this way:
The top four get byes.
The next two get de-facto byes.

[OrangeAfroMan]

it's all just drama to peak interest

otherwise know as bullshit

Hence this thread, lol.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Think of it this way:
The top four get byes.
The next two get de-facto byes.

It's 12 teams, why all the byes?!?!?  How is there ANY pushback against the idea a playoff should be strong team vs strong team?!?!!

Byes, de-facto byes?!?  WTF?

[MaximumSam]

It's 12 teams, why all the byes?!?!?  How is there ANY pushback against the idea a playoff should be strong team vs strong team?!?!!

Byes, de-facto byes?!?  WTF?

They are strong teams. Why do you want more losers in the playoffs? That it what the season was for! To separate the winners and losers.

[FearlessF]

It's 12 teams, why all the byes?!?!?  

dude,

P4 conferences and helmets
titled playing field -  as per usual

you don't like the idea of JMU or Tulane getting in????   This is how we make SURE they have NO chance
so, you should love it

[OrangeAfroMan]

Bro, if the conferences were anything resembling even footing, sure, you'd have a point.  But the uneven quality of each conference is so utterly substantial, that you don't have a foot to stand on.  And you know this.

The SEC and Big Ten are above all others.  By far.  The Big XII and ACC are a rung or three lower.  And then the others are a big step down from them.  In every way. 

And you want to pretend they're not.  You're better than that, right? 

[OrangeAfroMan]

dude,

P4 conferences and helmets
titled playing field -  as per usual

you don't like the idea of JMU or Tulane getting in????  This is how we make SURE they have NO chance
so, you should love it

They have an equally zero chance while being included.  It's just a public execution instead of being left out.  It's kinder to omit them.

[FearlessF]

yes, but the courts won't allow that.

Blame Trump

[MaximumSam]

Bro, if the conferences were anything resembling even footing, sure, you'd have a point.  But the uneven quality of each conference is so utterly substantial, that you don't have a foot to stand on.  And you know this.

The SEC and Big Ten are above all others.  By far.  The Big XII and ACC are a rung or three lower.  And then the others are a big step down from them.  In every way. 

And you want to pretend they're not.  You're better than that, right?

This isn't my problem. I don't care. I don't see why anyone would care. We have conferences in college football. The winners should get to play on. That's the whole point of a playoff system. Not to give us the same teams playing each other over and over. That's boring and ruins the whole point of the playoffs. Why anyone would support boring loser football is beyond me. You have to better than this, right? 

[bayareabadger]

Mmmm, see the classic offended for the sake of being offended take has the usual suspect offended. 

Notre Dame thing mostly makes sense. They had the weakest case and weakest structural question. I can see the argument against Bama, but the having to play more football penalty is a tricky one. 

Ironically a team ended up unpenalized for a non-conference loss, but it ended up being a bad one. 

[FearlessF]

Ironically a team ended up unpenalized for a non-conference loss, but it ended up being a bad one.

Ironic that its the SEC SEC SEC???  no
they are above other conferences
it's also why they didn't want to play 9 conference games - too tough for them
instead of losing to non-con FSU, they lose to Florida - that would be a CFP killer - ask Texas

[Gigem]

I'm pretty excited about playing Miami at home in a couple of weeks.  I haven't watched a ton of them this year, but I think it will be a good match.  Plus, we've never beaten them in CFB (I think, maybe way back when) so it would be nice to get a W, but if we don't then nothing to be ashamed of.  

Speaking of never notched a win...Ohio State.  Should we be fortunate enough to sneak past Miami, we'll get a chance of beating OSU.  We've never beaten them, in about 4 tries, and we get them in the Cotton Bowl.  Should we get that far it could be a great game.  

I would be super pissed if we were still under the old playoff and Texas Tech got in with 1 loss in the Big 12 and we did not with 1 loss in the SEC.