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3 teams with the bye underperform and by a lot

Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:09 pm
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:09 pm
Only the goat Cignetti outplays the bye.

Let’s do away with it.

Also, Lanning in his postgame presser said today’s game should’ve been played in Lubbock 2 weeks after the championship weekend.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 10:12 pm
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
30236 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:11 pm to
we will almost assuredly have 16 teams next year
Posted by RBTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
9022 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:11 pm to
Agreed

But hard to beat a team twice
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31843 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:12 pm to
That’s surprising to me that it ends up making gme m underperform.
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:12 pm to
Well, I may have jinxed them
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12963 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:14 pm to
What do the numbers show in the NFL over the years?
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:16 pm to
They get two weeks and not a month
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
13191 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:17 pm to
The bye isn’t the issue, but it’ll be used as an excuse for expansion. The calendar is the issue.

If round 1 was the week after conference titles and round 2 was the week after round 1, the bye would be an advantage.
Posted by Split2874
Mandeville
Member since Jul 2012
3262 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

What do the numbers show in the NFL over the years?


No really the same. The NFL the teams usually just have one week off.

College they have. 20+ days off and the team you are playing just played the week before.
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:17 pm to
That’s 6 or one, half a dozen of another
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
30236 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:20 pm to
I think you'd see a lot of rust in the NFL if teams took a month between the end of the regular season and the playoffs.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43119 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:38 pm to
quote:

3 teams with the bye underperform and by a lot


2 did, but Georgia/Ole Miss looks a lot like the game they played earlier this season. Did you expect a blowout?
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:41 pm to
No. Georgia was a 6 point favorite and they didn’t cover
Posted by Muahahaha
Ohio
Member since Nov 2005
6915 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 12:10 am to
I agree!
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
9703 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 6:53 am to
Having a month off is insane. It’s way too long and the results show that
Posted by usc6158
Member since Feb 2008
38675 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:11 am to
They really need to move the quarterfinals on campus and move them up. Lanning 100% correct.
Posted by DeltaLove
Member since Nov 2025
79 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:28 am to
The bye isn’t the issue. Seeding is. The committee has no idea what they are doing.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
48966 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:33 am to
A one week bye is fine but more than that just invites problems obviously.
Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
25083 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 8:16 am to
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2 did, but Georgia/Ole Miss looks a lot like the game they played earlier this season. Did you expect a blowout?



OSU Miami was competitive too. OSU looked terrible in the first half but had the ball down 17-14 with 7 minutes left.

The bye is not the issue.
This post was edited on 1/2/26 at 8:39 am
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
13919 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:20 am to
quote:

OSU Miami was competitive too. OSU looked terrible in the first half but had the ball down 17-14 with 7 minutes left. The bye is not the issue.


OSU was a step slow in the first half
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