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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 #364 on: July 12, 2021, 10:52:28 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2021, 10:46:27 PM
I also like that somehow, I'm always wrong.
I didn't say that
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #365 on: July 12, 2021, 10:53:45 PM »
Right, when they were in competitive games vs big-boy teams for all the marbles.  That happens.
I'm saying an important player getting hurt in a bullshit first round game against Directional U is more unfortunate than that.  But I'm wrong, as usual.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #366 on: July 12, 2021, 10:56:26 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2021, 10:45:28 PM
It's not...until it happens.
And then we'll all say, "People get hurt playing football. It happens."
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #367 on: July 12, 2021, 11:00:11 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2021, 10:53:45 PM
Right, when they were in competitive games vs big-boy teams for all the marbles.  That happens.
I'm saying an important player getting hurt in a bullshit first round game against Directional U is more unfortunate than that.  But I'm wrong, as usual.
not much different than an unfortunate injury for the Gators vs Samford on November 13th
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #368 on: July 12, 2021, 11:02:44 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on July 12, 2021, 10:56:26 PM
And then we'll all say, "People get hurt playing football. It happens."
And that Team-X is screwed going into the next round.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #369 on: July 12, 2021, 11:03:44 PM »
Quote from: ELA on July 12, 2021, 08:48:36 PM
Yeah, I sort of agree.  But I think this blends entertainment with results.  It gives you sort of a reason to care about all of the conference races, while knowing that they are almost never going to win a true road game against a top 8 team.  It is basically an 8 team tournament that still allows all of the conference races to "matter"
I think I just don't share your view of "matter". The G5 would all be the equivalent of basketball's one-bid leagues. I know you care about those but I don't. If Eastern Michigan plays Bowling Green in the MAC Championship in either CFB or CBB the winner gets a crack at an upset but they aren't going to win the NC so why should I care whether the cannon fodder are Falcons or Eagles?
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #370 on: July 12, 2021, 11:05:43 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2021, 11:02:44 PM
And that Team-X is screwed going into the next round.
like the Buckeyes losing some players to COVID last season for their game vs Bama?
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #371 on: July 12, 2021, 11:14:13 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 12, 2021, 08:38:37 PM
I know it is a CFB tradition outside of the SEC to have your entire season derailed by a singular blemish, but are you really going to miss it all that much? It's not like it was some fun thing that we will no longer get to experience, like some rivalry that was split up by Conference realignment. It was actually rather aggravating, I dare say.
Obviously it IS aggravating when your team loses but the fact that a single loss can crush your team's Championship chances but that is what makes each game so exciting.  

A random mid-season game against a mediocre Purdue squad can ruin your season. That makes every game exciting because each game has a huge impact. I love the intensity that creates. That is apparently about to end.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #372 on: July 12, 2021, 11:17:50 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 12, 2021, 08:44:39 PM
Yeah, nothing like pulling a plug on a season before the conference slate even starts because you lost a game to a top five team that you scheduled OOC instead of an FCS team like everyone else.

Good times.
Not exactly because that loss might quash your chances but not necessarily, the season still matters. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #373 on: July 12, 2021, 11:29:43 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2021, 10:51:12 PM
I'm just not enthused about forfeiting something unique (and perhaps major) about college football. 
Also, once a team does lose once, they still hold out hope the rest of the season.  Both back in the day and now.  Each game then matters as much or more.
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I do have to admit that my opinion on this matter is largely influence by my being born in 1980 and being a Florida fan.  From the age of 10 to 21, my team was "in it" nearly every year.  It was part of my normal college football experience. 
I agree completely and my opinion is based on a fan experience similar to yours because my team has been in the race a lot.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #374 on: July 12, 2021, 11:45:09 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 12, 2021, 11:03:44 PM
I think I just don't share your view of "matter". The G5 would all be the equivalent of basketball's one-bid leagues. I know you care about those but I don't. If Eastern Michigan plays Bowling Green in the MAC Championship in either CFB or CBB the winner gets a crack at an upset but they aren't going to win the NC so why should I care whether the cannon fodder are Falcons or Eagles?
Because it *might* matter, which is more than you can say now.  Like I said, it's a de facto 8 team tournament playing as a 12 team tournament, but gives some relevance to those additional games, and opens the door for the very rare upset.  And it's not like that upset derails a team that didn't squander previous opportunities.  You are talking about a team that wouldn't even be in the CFP presently, so they have little room for complaint.
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #375 on: July 13, 2021, 08:30:31 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 12, 2021, 11:17:50 PM
Not exactly because that loss might quash your chances but not necessarily, the season still matters.


I was obviously referencing the 08 campaign, where OSU was preseason #1, then dropped an early game to USC while all the other top 10 teams were loading up on cupcakes, and then that was it. Bench the senior QB that led the team to the NCG the year before, and roll out this True Freshman with "Mike Vick" eye black, and let him take his lumps, like blowing the Penn St game with a 4th down fumble. 

In my opinion that sort of scenario needed to be fixed, but that's exactly what you are wanting to preserve. I don't get it, but then again I don't get a lot of things. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #376 on: July 13, 2021, 08:35:45 AM »
That happens under the new system, they still get in with a Conference title. So Boeckman stays in, they get better every week, beat Penn St, win the Big Ten, and go to the playoffs. 

Sounds a Hell of a lot better than not giving a crap about a Big Ten Title at all because your season was already over before the first conference game; wishing that they had just feasted on OOC cupcakes like everyone else. 
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Re: SI Says 12 Team Playoff Likely w/ 6 At-Large
« Reply #377 on: July 13, 2021, 08:39:03 AM »
could certainly reward P5 conference titles w/o including 12 teams, but.............
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