There are just too many bowl games. I'm a Minnesota Gopher fan but no five win team deserves to go to a bowl game
and I also don't think a team deserves to go to a bowl game just because their players have a decent grade point average.
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Not surprisingly, Williams bows out of bowl game
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Sneakylong
I attribute some blame to two non-Alabama teams for Florida St not being selected:
- Kentucky scoring 38 versus Louisville (6.1 yards per play), while Florida St struggled
- TCU. The committee couldn’t risk another 65-7 game.
Note: Vegas has set Georgia as 12 point favorites. Provided no major sit-outs by Georgia, I think this number will go up
Interesting, to me anyway, is that there would have been a 12 team playoff this year, had it not been for delay (tactics?) caused by the “alliance” created between the Big 10, PAC 12, and ACC. Oops.
mulegolf There are just too many bowl games.
100%
Participation Trophies for half the schools with the stands empty.
And the NCAA has yet to issue their penalties on Michigan for:
1) Harbaugh not participating in the recruiting violation investigation. The investigation showed no major violations so why did Harbaugh not cooperate? Not a good look.
2) "Steal Gate"
If Michigan wins the national title and the NCAA imposes penalties for "Steal Gate", will an asterisks be placed by Michigan's name. Ex: Houston Astros / Asterisks?
I think the powers that be went with Alabama because they draw more interest. Plus FSU is playing their 3rd string QB.
Sneakylong
True, and I think that given that situation - they were probably generous placing them at 5th. I would favor Georgia, Ohio St, and Oregon in a head-to-head (maybe even Penn St and Missouri). At least this way they can prove themselves against Georgia. If they win - this conversation will explode ten-fold (and should), however, if they lose (and especially if squashed) it’s all but forgotten about.
It all changes next year.
"College Football Playoff officials will introduce a 12-team playoff bracket next season, expanding from the current four-team format.
How CFP teams are selected under new format
The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids. The top four teams will receive a first-round bye to the quarterfinals.
The six highest-ranked teams remaining will round out the 12-team format."
Like every governing body, they'll never please everyone.
The CFP has done nothing to quell the controversy regarding which two teams are deserving of a title game. There is just as much disagreement and controversy now as there ever was.
Sneakylong Yes, but they would presumably have their second-string guy back by the time the games are played.
And their D held a team that averages 33 points to 6.
Between the transfer portal, players opting out of playing bowl games, the CFP is amuck.
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Sneakylong makes me wonder what their ranking or should I say the committee's ranking would have been for FSU in next years format. An interesting dynamic in college basketball is where one is seeded vs their AP rank, etc. I wonder now with 12 getting in and the attention of getting the 4 "best teams" no longer being a thing.....will the ranking return to "deserve" 
.....as there will clearly be teams ranked outside the top 12 that get in....at least one with g5 getting a spot.....and with potential of conf championship upsets it could be more. In the new format the issue of "matchups" is less of an issue as the top 4 don't play each other in the first game.....but it does provide for some good drama with other matchups 5/12, 6/11, 7/10, 8/9 matchups. Seeding absolutely matters!
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ode You could also have 3-4 teams from the same conference make that final 12. Could end up with 2 teams from same conference in the championship game!
They will be very careful with the rankings after the last game is played, before choosing the 12. It will still be very controversial, to be sure.
Par4QC we shall see.....in basketball they don't put same conf vs one another in rd. 1 but there are 68 teams that get in so it's easy to do. With 12 it will be harder and I don't see it happening. That #5 is almost assuredly going to get the g5 team.....which could be blowout city or there will come a day when a big upset happens and then no one will want the 5 seed
FSU has a right to be mad, but no way they beat two teams in a row in the CFP with their backup. Georgia may not have a right to be mad, but when their receivers get healthy they could beat any two of them. Almost every year there has been one team that never had a chance. This year there were 5 teams that could win, and 6 that deserved a shot.
Sneakylong College Football Playoff officials will introduce a 12-team playoff bracket next season, expanding from the current four-team format.
Just curious how this fits in calendar wise. Do they expand the season a few weeks and have the final game late in January or shorten the regular season a week or two?