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This is why you don’t have auto-seeding and static bracket playoffs

Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:50 pm
Posted by Big L
Houston
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:50 pm
Everyone saw that there were easy paths to the title game. Having these conference champions with auto top 5 and then having a static bracket vs dynamic will give you shite like this. Last weeks Texas OSU game lead the de-facto title game and we all knew it.
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
38359 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:55 pm to
Keep the berths the same. Top 5 conference champs and 7 at large.

Everything seeded based on rank.

Maybe give the conference champs a guaranteed home game but I’m even sheepish on that after the way this playoff went.

Reseed each round.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14429 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:56 pm to
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Reseed each round.


frick that shite
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
38359 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:59 pm to
Why? What’s the argument against it?
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 9:00 pm
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14429 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:05 pm to
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Why? What’s the argument against it?


How shitty of a precedent does that set? “Hey you won a playoff game, we’re going to drop your seeding for the trouble. Congratulations.”

Screw that shite. You shouldn’t be arbitrarily dropped in seeding after a win regardless of the manner in which it was won.
Posted by Big L
Houston
Member since Sep 2005
6014 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:05 pm to
I’d seed at beginning and then let top half winners pick opponents for next round, and continue each round. That would be awesome.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:07 pm to
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Everyone saw that there were easy paths to the title game.


ND and OSU had easy paths?
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27581 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:09 pm to
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Reseed each round.


Yeah…was with you till that part.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36446 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:10 pm to
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Last weeks Texas OSU game lead the de-facto title game and we all knew it.


Georgia went 2-0 against Texas (including a win in Austin, then another win when down at halftime with Beck then led back by Stockton), you dumbass.
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
52570 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:10 pm to
This isn’t college football. Refer to it as watered down NFL 2.0
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:10 pm to
Seeds need to be based on rankings for a start.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
17153 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:11 pm to
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How shitty of a precedent does that set? “Hey you won a playoff game, we’re going to drop your seeding for the trouble. Congratulations.”

Screw that shite. You shouldn’t be arbitrarily dropped in seeding after a win regardless of the manner in which it was won.
Re-seeding isn't giving teams a new seed, it's putting the lowest advancing seed against the highest instead of a static bracket

It's exactly what the NFL does
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 9:13 pm
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14429 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:12 pm to
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Re-seeding isn't giving teams a new seed, it's putting the lowest advancing seed against the highest It's exactly what the NFL does


I see what you’re saying.
Posted by Big L
Houston
Member since Sep 2005
6014 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:13 pm to
Stockton played for a tiny amount of that game and no tape on him. Nobody expected he would do anything with a team who can prepare for him and plan to confuse him. He sucked bigly as most would. Yeah we expected Georgia to lose…dumbass
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
12477 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:14 pm to
In what sport is there reseeding?
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
7286 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:14 pm to
They don’t drop the seeding. They just make it so the highest remaining plays the lowest and so on. The brackets are made with the assumption that the higher seed will win for the #1 but as soon as there’s an upset it’s the higher seeds who get fricked. ‘Congrats you earned the #1 seed but since there was an upset in a game that didn’t involve you, #2 and #3 now get to play lower seeds’ That’s how it is now
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
60795 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:15 pm to
Auto bids for conference winners is fine, though it was designed for 5 Power conferences not 2, but giving them the top 4 seeds and a static bracket was stupid.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36446 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:19 pm to
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Stockton played for a tiny amount of that game and no tape on him. Nobody expected he would do anything with a team who can prepare for him and plan to confuse him. He sucked bigly as most would. Yeah we expected Georgia to lose…dumbass


Lolol, you definitely thought UGA would beat ND, you idiot.

Btw, Texas was the 5 seed, PSU was the 6 seed, ND was the 7 seed and OSU was the 8 seed. So the semis would’ve been… Texas vs OSU and PSU vs ND, even if you re-seeded, you idiot.
Posted by Big L
Houston
Member since Sep 2005
6014 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:28 pm to
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Btw, Texas was the 5 seed, PSU was the 6 seed, ND was the 7 seed and OSU was the 8 seed. So the semis would’ve been… Texas vs OSU and PSU vs ND, even if you re-seeded, you idiot.


Exactly. Those seedings are based on stupid auto-seeding conference champions. I would have a committee seed them based on how they rate them and you would definitely get different results and a better playoff.
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8953 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:31 pm to
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Last weeks Texas OSU game lead the de-facto title game and we all knew it.


Who's we? Texas did absolutely nothing to prove they were one of the best 2 teams.
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