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Having Tulane and JMU in the playoff this year is just inexcusable

Posted on 12/20/25 at 2:57 pm
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
65370 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 2:57 pm
Awful rules and turning out exactly as expected. No group of 5 team is ever going to win a playoff game against a P4 playoff team
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
54064 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 2:59 pm to
It’s awful
No wonder espn farmed these games out to tnt.
TNT got ripped off
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
39123 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:16 pm to
You can bet your bottom dollar if it was a B1G team on the bubble, JMU wasn’t getting in.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
11900 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:18 pm to
Tulane was down 14-0 to start the 2023 cotton bowl too. Lot of game left here. They should probably have points if not for that alligator arm drop, get some here and they’re right back in this.
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25181 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:19 pm to
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You can bet your bottom dollar if it was a B1G team on the bubble, JMU wasn’t getting in.
How much do you want to bet?

The CFP format guarantees the top 5 highest ranked conference champs a spot in the field. JMU got in because the ACC sucked donkey balls and produced a 5 loss conference champ in Duke. The only way JMU would have been left out was if Virginia had won the ACC title game since they would have finished as the 4th highest ranked conference champ and Tulane would have gotten in as the 5th highest ranked champ
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 3:20 pm
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8952 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:20 pm to
Ya like we haven't had blowouts in every opening round CFP game since it's original inception.....

If anything, A&M only scoring 3 points against a meh Miami only underscores the playoff should've stayed at 4, regardless of a Tulane or JMU.
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
9591 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:20 pm to
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Awful rules and turning out exactly as expected. No group of 5 team is ever going to win a playoff game against a P4 playoff team


Blame the ACC. Tulane and JMU are following rules that they weren’t allowed to vote on.

Don’t like it quit watching. For fricks sake stop bitching.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
58874 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:21 pm to
The two games being put in time slots when two NFL games are also on is not a coincidence
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22692 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:21 pm to
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You can bet your bottom dollar if it was a B1G team on the bubble, JMU wasn’t getting in.



They had to put them in because the ACC went and got an 8-5 champion. This season would be the death of CCGs in a sane world
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
11900 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:21 pm to
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You can bet your bottom dollar if it was a B1G team on the bubble, JMU wasn’t getting in.

James Madison and Tulane weren't on the bubble. The ACC champ was an unranked outlier and the top 5 conference champs got auto bids. USC, Iowa, Michigan are all ranked above JMU. They would all be favored against JMU or Tulane on any field.
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
18913 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:24 pm to
Whiney bitches

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No group of 5 team is ever going to win a playoff game against a P4 playoff team


A 16 seed will never win an NCAA bball tourney game
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
9591 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:25 pm to
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JMU got in because the ACC sucked donkey balls and produced a 5 loss conference champ in Duke. The only way JMU would have been left out was if Virginia had won the ACC title game since they would have finished as the 4th highest ranked conference champ and Tulane would have gotten in as the 5th highest ranked champ


Type it slower for the window lickers.

These rules were voted on by the Power teams and Notre Dame. The 5 conference winners was supposed to be a bone to the group teams.

Perhaps….the ACC should have come up with a better way to select teams for the conference championship.
Posted by CrazyCadillac
Member since Oct 2011
1975 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:26 pm to
Stfu
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
2652 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:05 pm to
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Awful rules and turning out exactly as expected. No group of 5 team is ever going to win a playoff game against a P4 playoff team



I'm not watching the same handful of SEC and Big Ten teams over and over again. That bores me. Like, you watch all these interminable rounds of playoff football and at the end you can really, really say with great accuracy "those guys really are the best at tossing around a pigskin?" Who cares? What does that get us that's good?
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
42666 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:07 pm to
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You can bet your bottom dollar if it was a B1G team on the bubble, JMU wasn’t getting in.

And you would lose your bottom dollar.
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
9591 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:07 pm to
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That bores me


I swear people on here want the same 6-8 teams every year…then bitch that Bama was a dynasty.
Posted by RohanGonzales
Member since Apr 2024
8318 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:09 pm to
Having 5 SEC teams in is despicable
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22405 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:11 pm to
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That bores me.


LOL. What gay logic. As if shoving G5 teams in there really cranks up the excitement.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101290 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:43 pm to
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Tulane was down 14-0 to start the 2023 cotton bowl too. Lot of game left here. They should probably have points if not for that alligator arm drop, get some here and they’re right back in this.


so innocent
Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
Member since May 2023
7996 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:47 pm to
The problem is in basketball you have other games going on you can turn to. In football when it’s the lone game that kinda sucks.
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