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Pat Forde: Official announcement of an expanded playoff is coming this afternoon...
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:03 pm
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Sources tell @RossDellenger and I: Expect news this afternoon from the College Football Playoff management committee. After a meeting today, a release is coming based on a recommendation for an expanded playoff.
Ross Dellenger has weighed in:
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Sources tell me & @ByPatForde that the CFP working group is recommending a 12-team playoff: 6 highest-ranked conference champs & 6 at-large.
The 4 highest-ranked champs get a bye while other 8 play 1st-round games on campus.
Long way from done, but this is the recommendation.
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 1:09 pm
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Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:03 pm to RollTide1987
Here we go....
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:04 pm to RollTide1987
and there it is
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:06 pm to RollTide1987
Well the regular season just got even more pointless
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:06 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:07 pm to RollTide1987
An announcement that it's a done deal, or an announcement of an outlined plan that they hope to push through? I'm confused.
Edit: Looks like it will be the announcement of a first step. Nothing will be official for a bit I assume. Still, looks like it's inevitable.
Edit: Looks like it will be the announcement of a first step. Nothing will be official for a bit I assume. Still, looks like it's inevitable.
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:11 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Well the regular season just got even more pointless
Counter point: more games
Will be meaningfully later in the season.
The more teams Playing for a playoff spot means more games actually mean something.
Tell me how a game between a couple
Of teams with 2 losses Means something with a 4 game playoff?
We are still culling from 125 teams to 12.
(I think 8 is the sweet spot but whatever)
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:12 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Well the regular season just got even more pointless
Depends on who you are.
Seems to me this is destined to happen because Bowl games don't mean as much so schools perennially on the outside looking in need the chance to make the playoff to keep their money flowing.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:13 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Well the regular season just got even more pointless
Complete and utter nonsense...
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:14 pm to RollTide1987
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Stewart Mandel
Note: It's "six highest-ranked conference champions," not "Power 5 + 1 G5."
This is just a recommendation, but if it comes to pass that'd be a hell of a coup for the G5.
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Stewart Mandel
How did the CFP go so quickly from defending 4 teams to recommending 12?
Because the SEC got behind it.
8 teams with only 2 at-larges does nothing for the SEC. "8 best" w/ no automatics does nothing for the other leagues.
This pleases all parties.
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The pros of no conference being guaranteed anything is it prevents a 7-5 Pitt scenario.
But there's a big con: If I'm Oregon, why would I schedule tough OOC and risk going 9-3, winning the Pac-12 and still not making it?
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:14 pm to Buckeye Backer
Think about what it would take for a team like OU or Clemson to not make a 12 team field?
Both are favored in every game, usually by double digits.
They could go 10-2 every year and they are in
Both are favored in every game, usually by double digits.
They could go 10-2 every year and they are in
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:15 pm to RollTide1987
fricking horrible. It will ruin the regular season. And guess what- everyone will still bitch about who got left out, but at an even greater level. Now there will be 10 two loss teams expressing outrage over why they deserve to be in.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:15 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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Depends on who you are.
Seems to me this is destined to happen because Bowl games don't mean as much so schools perennially on the outside looking in need the chance to make the playoff to keep their money flowing.
Exactly!! You cant tell these people, the regular season in college football hasnt meant ANYTHING for 30+ years. 30+ bowl games with 5-7 teams being awarded their welfare field trip, but hey, dont let those facts get in your way.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:15 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Well the regular season just got even more pointless
I don't think it changes much, you still have byes for the top teams to play for. Other teams playing for first round true home games. Seems like a solid format.
Give me more playoff games over meaningless bowl games anyday.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:16 pm to RollTide1987
Oh look ESPN campaigning to have more control over something that they will continue to ruin.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:16 pm to RollTide1987
frick pat forde
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:17 pm to RollTide1987
Bama a lock each year since that inexplicable loss on the plains at Jordan-Hare won't keep them out of the playoffs.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:17 pm to fargobison
That, and we've seen over and over that it's typically the two or three teams that have a shot and the sacrificial lamb. There will be the occasional upset which is the excitement the NCAA would want, but the best teams will still be there at the end. They will basically be creating more participation trophy opportunities.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:18 pm to bad93ex
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Bama a lock each year since that inexplicable loss on the plains at Jordan-Hare won't keep them out of the playoffs.
again, nothing will change
Posted on 6/10/21 at 1:18 pm to RollTide1987
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6 highest-ranked conference champs
So the American won their battle to become Power 6
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