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

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #112 on: June 11, 2021, 09:39:57 PM »
down season for the BIG
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #113 on: June 11, 2021, 10:34:18 PM »
2003 is a little tricky - the final BCS standings were before the conference CGs, so I used the AP poll.
bracket:
8 - Ohio St
9 - Florida St...........winner plays 1 USC
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5 - OU
12 - Miami (OH)........winner plays 4 Kansas St
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6 - Texas
11 - Georgia.............winner plays 3 Michigan
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7 - Tennessee
10 - Miami...............winner plays 2 LSU
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Hey KSU, congrats on your upset blowout of Oklahoma......you're gonna have to do it again.  Tenn-Miami is another rematch, as would Tenn-UGA.  If UGA happened to get to the semis, yes, LSU could play UGA a third time. 
The final BCS standings were never before the CCGs. With those in place:

8 - Tennessee 
9 - Miami (Fla)...........winner plays 1 LSU
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5 - OU
12 - UGA........winner plays 4 FSU
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6 - OSU
11 - Miami (OH).............winner plays 3 Michigan
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7 - Texas
10 - K-State...............winner plays 2 USC

OSU-Michigan rematch on tap, after the Buckeyes battle Big Ben. Texas tries for vengeance on K-State, and we either get a rematch for a good game the year before or a preview of 2005. Would enjoy. 

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #114 on: June 11, 2021, 10:38:35 PM »
I'm super wary of all the rematches this is going to produce.  That's a big part of what makes individual games in the NFL nearly meaningless.  You'll get to play that team again (if they're in your division) and teams play a 3rd time in the playoffs sometimes. 
Without a rematch, we'd be much less far along this path. But, such is life. 

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #115 on: June 11, 2021, 10:39:28 PM »
we all understand the committee's final ranking will avoid rematches and conference matchups

be a bit more work than with only 4, but it will happen

for ratings and to appease the SEC
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #116 on: June 11, 2021, 11:02:25 PM »
Nope.

I get why high schools and D-II do it. But you got the money, play it out.
Well if they really are driven solely by maximizing profits as many insinuate, then they'd regionalize it to cut the travel costs, as well increasing the likelihood of a classic matchup; Nebraska-Oklahoma, Michigan-Notre Dame, Florida-Miami, Texas-aTm, etc. 

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #117 on: June 12, 2021, 01:45:08 AM »
The final BCS standings were never before the CCGs. With those in place:

8 - Tennessee
9 - Miami (Fla)...........winner plays 1 LSU
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5 - OU
12 - UGA........winner plays 4 FSU
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6 - OSU
11 - Miami (OH).............winner plays 3 Michigan
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7 - Texas
10 - K-State...............winner plays 2 USC

OSU-Michigan rematch on tap, after the Buckeyes battle Big Ben. Texas tries for vengeance on K-State, and we either get a rematch for a good game the year before or a preview of 2005. Would enjoy.

Ok, ya, I thought that was weird.  Thanks.
2 rematches out of 4 first round games isn't fun.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #118 on: June 12, 2021, 02:02:06 AM »
2004 is cray-cray:
There are 7 conference champs ranked ahead of either Big Ten co-champ.  Iowa gets in as the 12th seed and UM is left out entirely.  WOW.
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8 VA Tech
9 Boise St...........winner vs 1 USC
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5 Texas
12 Iowa.............winner vs 4 Utah
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6 Cal
11 LSU...............winner vs 3 Auburn
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7 Georgia
10 Louisville.........winner vs 2 Oklahoma
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So we have 3 G5 conference champs in easily, all ahead of the B10 champ.  That would be bonkers.
I didn't bold UL or Iowa, because despite being conference champs, they're in as at-larges.
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Auburn would probably be a fan of this playoff.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #119 on: June 12, 2021, 02:21:22 AM »
2005:
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8 Miami
9 Auburn..........winner vs 1 USC
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5 Ohio St
12 TCU..........winner vs 4 Georgia
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6 Oregon
11 West Virginia.....winner vs 3 Penn St
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7 Notre Dame
10 Virginia Tech.......winner vs 2 Texas
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Two ACC teams, but no ACC champ, lol.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #120 on: June 12, 2021, 03:01:41 AM »
2006 (aka 'The Michigan Mulligan'):
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8 Boise St
9 Auburn...................winner vs 1 Ohio St
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5 Michigan
12 Arkansas...............winner vs 4 Louisville
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6 LSU
11 Notre Dame............winner vs 3 USC
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7 Wisconsin
10 Oklahoma..............winner vs 2 Florida
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No ACC team at all.  While the compromised Big East (sans Miami, VT, etc) was a weaker conference, it had top teams with fewer losses than the ACC in this era.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #121 on: June 12, 2021, 09:25:12 AM »
Ok, ya, I thought that was weird.  Thanks.
2 rematches out of 4 first round games isn't fun.
Unless I’m going crazy, there’s only one?

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #122 on: June 12, 2021, 11:30:21 AM »
so dumb.


they say all bids will be at-large? sounds fine but leave it to the SEC to figure out how to qualify 9 teams, leaving out the Pac 12, Big 12, and non-P5s.

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #123 on: June 12, 2021, 11:47:06 AM »
Unless I’m going crazy, there’s only one?
Miami and Tennessee played in the regular season.  I remember because it was a hideous game and looking it up confirmed it.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #124 on: June 12, 2021, 02:24:41 PM »
Think 12 is too much.  However... the hand-wringing would be lessened with 12.  Top G5 team along with any other undefeated G5s.  No power five teams with one loss or less would be left out.  Gives teams outside the elite bubble realistic chances to find their way into the playoffs....whereas now it's really an improbable feat for many.

I guess I don't hate it.

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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #125 on: June 12, 2021, 02:29:13 PM »
It's better than a lot of the ideas that we've had on here. And we've spent a lot of time thinking about it, from what we thought was every angle imaginable.

That said I'm sure they'll figure out a way to screw it up, because that's what they do.

 

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