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Topic: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large

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ELA

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #42 on: June 09, 2021, 05:23:42 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 09, 2021, 05:00:56 PM
People are now getting their news from twitter and it's far, far worse than that.  Zero accountability would be a step up for twitter.
Twitter, like Wikipedia, or the like, is fine if you are an individual capable of using it as a jumping off point to find the real story.

My problem is (and in the grand scheme of things, its sports, who cares), when someone like SI can put a story out there crediting "sources".  
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #43 on: June 09, 2021, 05:53:02 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 09, 2021, 05:23:42 PM
Twitter, like Wikipedia, or the like, is fine if you are an individual capable of using it as a jumping off point to find the real story.

My problem is (and in the grand scheme of things, its sports, who cares), when someone like SI can put a story out there crediting "sources". 
Nobody does this.  Nobody is capable of this.  People look at 140 characters of a twitter story and that's their truth.

I'd worry about SI doing what you state, if anyone ever read them anymore.  But nobody does.  Even 3-minute blurbs on ESPN are too long-format for current consumers of information.

And of course I agree, it's only sports and I don't get overly worked up about it.

I DO get worked up that people do this in real life for actual news that matters.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #44 on: June 09, 2021, 05:53:13 PM »
Hey guys don't forget that if the B1G is particularly strong in this scenario, you could have the 4th-best B1G playing in the official Rose Bowl or something like that.  
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #45 on: June 09, 2021, 06:03:02 PM »
I'm pretty close to asking @Drew4UTk  to rename this website.

Derelict 51 or something. For us, by us. (FUBU)
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #46 on: June 09, 2021, 06:18:56 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 09, 2021, 05:53:02 PM
Nobody does this.  Nobody is capable of this.  People look at 140 characters of a twitter story and that's their truth.
I was in college during the advent of Wikipedia, and I remember professors cautioning not to use it for research papers.

It is AMAZING for research papers...if you are using it as a quick starting point to gather where you should aim your research.  And some people do cite their work, which obviously helps.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #47 on: June 09, 2021, 06:30:13 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 09, 2021, 05:23:42 PM
Twitter, like Wikipedia, or the like, is fine if you are an individual capable of using it as a jumping off point to find the real story.
Quote from: utee94 on June 09, 2021, 05:53:02 PM
Nobody does this.  Nobody is capable of this.  People look at 140 characters of a twitter story and that's their truth.
I am capable of this, and do so.

But then, I am pretty much a Nobody. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #48 on: June 09, 2021, 10:24:00 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 09, 2021, 05:23:42 PM
Twitter, like Wikipedia, or the like, is fine if you are an individual capable of using it as a jumping off point to find the real story.

My problem is (and in the grand scheme of things, its sports, who cares), when someone like SI can put a story out there crediting "sources". 
Let me play a bit of devil's advocate here. 

The alternative is that someone like SI or Yahoo knows something is happening (something important or not) and just kinda sits on it, waiting for the organization to announce it or give them the OK (more likely announce it). And then the reporter goes out and says, "This has been in the works for months and was agreed on last year." 

Is it better that I not know these powerbrokers might have dug in on a bad idea?
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #49 on: June 09, 2021, 10:49:49 PM »
Its only a bad idea if if makes 1 dollar less than any of our preferred playoff formats.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #50 on: June 09, 2021, 10:59:28 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 09, 2021, 05:53:13 PM
Hey guys don't forget that if the B1G is particularly strong in this scenario, you could have the 4th-best B1G playing in the official Rose Bowl or something like that. 



Nice. The Wolverines will finally have a chance to make it back to Pasadena. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #51 on: June 09, 2021, 11:00:21 PM »
It’s long overdue IMO. CFB is literally the only sport in the whole world that does not have some kind of a real playoff. 

I love how people make out like the regular season will be diminished or something. Like ou/Texas has less meaning. 
 
The biggest question we should be asking is will there be more cup cake games, or less?  With the post season expanding to more games will they shorten the regular season?  More conference games? Less conference games?  

I think in general we have seen better ooc games since the current 4 team playoff started. I’d like to see that continue. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #52 on: June 10, 2021, 12:04:50 AM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on June 09, 2021, 10:24:00 PM
Let me play a bit of devil's advocate here.

The alternative is that someone like SI or Yahoo knows something is happening (something important or not) and just kinda sits on it, waiting for the organization to announce it or give them the OK (more likely announce it). And then the reporter goes out and says, "This has been in the works for months and was agreed on last year."

Is it better that I not know these powerbrokers might have dug in on a bad idea?
The issue is nobody knows with the scoop they have is legitimate or not. Because there's no repercussion for throwing crap at the wall, out of fear of the backlash over what doesn't stick
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #53 on: June 10, 2021, 02:34:22 AM »
2018, that year Clemson beat the shit out of Bama:
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8 UCF
9 Washington..........winner plays 1 Alabama
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5 Georgia
12 Penn St..............winner plays 4 OU
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6 Ohio St
11 LSU...................winner plays 3 Notre Dame
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7 Michigan
10 Florida................winner plays 2 Clemson
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Guys, this is built FOR rematches, as-is.  Michigan is in, as the 7 seed.  Guess what?  This playoff has 4 teams it played (3, not  counting Florida in the bowl).  If they somehow beat Clemson, they're virtually guaranteed a rematch in the semifinal.  
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Penn State finished 3rd in its division.  Yeah, they deserve a shot at the national title.  Why not?  (and the SEC will get 4 teams in nearly every year, sometimes 5, btw.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #54 on: June 10, 2021, 02:35:38 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 10, 2021, 02:34:22 AM

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Penn State finished 3rd in its division.  Yeah, they deserve a shot at the national title.  
THIS IS COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #55 on: June 10, 2021, 02:46:00 AM »
Let's do my favorite year, 2012:
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8 LSU
9 Texas A&M...................winner plays 1 Notre Dame
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5 Kansas St
12 Wisconsin (UR)............winner plays 4 Oregon
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6 Stanford
11 Louisville...................winner plays 3 Florida
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7 Georgia
10 Florida St...................winner plays 2 Alabama
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5 SEC teams and the first team out was also from the SEC.  So if they put in any kind of caveat that you have to be ranked, the B1G champ is out and HALF the playoff is SEC teams.  
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But for this year, forget that and the rematches, look closer.  Stanford won its conference.  But Oregon gets the bye.  Florida didn't win its own division, but the Gators get a bye.
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We're excluding the 10th and 11th ranked teams in the country to include the 21st and an unranked Badger team.  
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?
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