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Why did the playoff go past 8 teams?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:12 pm
I’ve never seen a college football season when I thought the #9 team had a shot to win the NC. The only #7 team I can think of was when chaos erupted in 2007 and LSU went from #7 to #2 and then won it all. But, that was a really good team that lost 2 games in OT.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:13 pm to AlaTiger
6 would’ve been fine, 5 conf champs and an at large bid. What’s worse is they’re going to keep adding teams
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:13 pm to AlaTiger
Money. It’s also why they are about to expand to 14 teams.
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:14 pm to AlaTiger
These games have been terrible so far. Meddling dilettantes have desecrated and decimated the greatest sport in America with the unchecked portal transfers, pay for play in the guise of NIL, and an expanded, diluted playoff field.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:14 pm to AlaTiger
I’ll be the first to admit I have never taken the time to understand rpi but it seems to work for College Baseball and Basketball…why can’t it work for college football?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:14 pm to LSBoosie
All I can think about is how bad it’s going to be when we go to 14 and 16
We will have 8-4 teams bitching about not getting in
We will have 8-4 teams bitching about not getting in
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:44 pm to Madking
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6 would’ve been fine, 5 conf champs and an at large bid. What’s worse is they’re going to keep adding teams
there aren’t 5 conferences deserving of an automatic spot or even a favored spot.
The P5 is dead.
Pac 12 and Big 12 got gutted and the ACC is weak as ever.
There are 2 good conferences.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:44 pm to SammyTiger
“Deserve” is your subjective opinion
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:48 pm to Madking
Sure but unless everyone plays eachother everything is subjective.
Which 5 conference champs? the “best” 5?
That’s sounds pretty subjective too.
Which 5 conference champs? the “best” 5?
That’s sounds pretty subjective too.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:53 pm to SammyTiger
It’s impossible for everyone to play each other
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:59 pm to Madking
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It’s impossible for everyone to play each other
Unless you cut bait with the shite conferences
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:00 pm to AlaTiger
Greed. I mean how much money is enough money. The answer is it’ll never be enough and they will ruin the sport.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:03 pm to FredbullTN
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I’ll be the first to admit I have never taken the time to understand rpi but it seems to work for College Baseball and Basketball…why can’t it work for college football?
Personally I think it’s 2 things:
1) Physicality - it’s much harder for a a team that is physically inferior to win a football game compared to other sports.
2) It’s the ultimate team sport - in basketball and baseball, coaching doesn’t matter as much and it’s easier to have an individual performance carry an entire team. It’s much harder to do that in football.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:04 pm to AlaTiger
Just eliminate the conference championship games and go to a 16-team playoff. Include the 16 top ranked teams based on a pre-determined poll/computer formula and do away with the committee. 8 teams would get to host a first-round home playoff game, this would just add to the excitement. And the 17th ranked team would really not have much of a national championship argument. But, of course, they will argue.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:04 pm to SammyTiger
You still can’t all play each other. 32 NFL teams, they don’t all play each other. What is your aim exactly because you can’t eliminate subjectivity on a broad scale. Are you looking to create a more pro, exclusive model or do you want the classic, regional representation of college sports?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:04 pm to SammyTiger
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Unless you cut bait with the shite conferences
Too much variance from year to year to do this imo.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:05 pm to Madking
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6 would’ve been fine, 5 conf champs and an at large bid.
This year that would have been Georgia, Oregon, Arizona State, Clemson, and Boise State, then Texas if you go CFP Rankings, Notre Dame if you use the BCS numbers. With crying from whichever of those two don't make it plus Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee, and, somehow, even Alabama and Ole Miss.
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