I don't know why you would give two teams a bye. It seems unnecessary and would automatically bring undue controversy. It's got to be four or eight and every team plays.
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Official CFB Playoff discussion thread
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You're focused on the competition aspects and rewarding the top 2 seeds with a bye (keeping it so being a team that would have played in the national championship game in the BCS era matters). That's logical. But it ignores the fact that the networks would pay about $50M apiece for the games if the #1 and #2 teams were in action against 7 & 8 seeds that week. No way that kind of money gets left on the table.
If we expand from 4 it will go to 8.
As it should be.
OUBuff
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A statement ****brasksa fans have not uttered...
Not completely fair.
The MNC won by the UCF last year carries the same import to the sport's governing body as did the MNC won by Alabama (none).
The players still got rings and T-shirts that said "National Champs".
The biggest difference between those are the money and the benefit to the school's branding, but those benefits are realized by the universities, not by the players.
Tangent: what's the deal with the crazy capitalization in that tweet? I see it more and more; you used it the other day.and
jizzrag85
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*MNC
I wish someone would just let Alabama play UCF so this stupid ****ing debate would end. UCF is not nor will it ever be better than the 2017 or 2018 Alabama teams and it wouldn’t even be close. UCF recruits worse than CU by a pretty sizable margin considering they’re in the 70’s. UCF is the 5-0 Buffaloes against their conference. They would be the 0-7 Buffaloes against the real teams. I really just need this game so this narrative can die.
The narrative will die iff the governing body of the sport recognizes an NC.
ahoelsken
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I don't give a **** what UCF does. Let them award as many fake national titles to themselves as they want. Everybody above UCF in these rankings would hang 50+ on them.
ahoelsken
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2nd year in a row where the Big 10 champ has gotten their doors blown off by a team with 7 wins or fewer-we don't need change. Haven't had a #5 with a legit argument to be in over one of the top 4.
Ohio State, a conference champion, had no legit argument last year, huh?
Even if conceding that point, how do you justify a 2 loss non-conference champ being ranked ahead of the 1 loss Big 10 champ? OSU only had one loss, and it was to a Power Five team with a .500 record.
There is a problem with this system, and with the Pac-12 having no pull due to numerous issues, it will take other Power Five conferences like the Big 10 to make a big enough stink to force some change.
ahoelsken
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To go ahead of Alabama? No-they didn't because of the Iowa loss.
Medford M.
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They gave up 50 ****ing points to Iowa. No, they did not have a legit claim because winning your conference doesn't matter, and it shouldn't in regards to the playoff. This idea has to ****ing die. Conference champs are nice for deciding meaningless bowl games, but they don't make you a playoff team. No way no how.
i think they definitely need to go to 8 teams. and, each of the p5 conference champs should get an auto-bid. 3 at large. this year, you'd have bama, ou, ohio state, uw, and clemson in, along with georgia, nd, and either michigan or ucf in the playoffs. that sounds about right to me.
Yep.
Medford M.
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UW isn't a top 8 team
Bliff Cranch
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I like it. You could even have UM and UCF as a play in game the week before.
jizzrag85
Well-Known Member
Who cares? Let them prove it on the field. All conferences should be able to participate and get some that gold pot. Every school gets money when the conference makes the playoff. SEC is sweeping the awards and the PAC is getting further ****ed.
jizzrag85
Well-Known Member
No, god no. Let’s not go that route, that would be too much.
Bliff Cranch
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Too much of what? Good college bowl game football? Unpossible.
Medford M.
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Playoff ain't about making sure everyone is taken care of.... That's a terrible argument.
jizzrag85
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I hate the play in to play in to play a game route. Baseball does it and I despise it! I think it would be easy enough to find 8 teams without much of a fuss.