Aside from TV networks hating it, I’ve often wondered how much different football (and other sports as well) would be if time were not the determining factor for deciding when the game was over. Why not “first team to ‘x’ many points”?, or “first team to be leading by ‘x’ many points”?, or even a combination of those two? I don’t think I would miss the excitement of teams taking a knee in the last minutes of games.
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ode I love the SEC. Don't care if Alabama is in or not, but your argument is much more sound than the argument the announcers kept trying to make that "you don't want to punish a team for playing in it's conference championship". Sounds like a wonderful argument from a "fairness" standpoint, but if policy, whether formal or informal, it incentivizes conferences to try and fix the outcome of their championship game in order that both teams can get into the playoff if you already know one is in regardless of the outcome. It also makes the conference championship game as meaningless as the bowl games the playoff was supposed to replace.
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professor
I knew you'd be coming along with some fucked up comment. That's all you do. It's all you know how to do. Tired of your shit. Go away. You're nothing but a serial insulter, you should be so proud of yourself. I pm'd a friend that you would do exactly what you did. You know nothing else but to insult. Get some help. You act like a spoiled little bully.
To those who want me banned. DO IT, but what I have stated above are pure FACTS.
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johnnydoom you don't want to punish a team for playing in it's conference championship".
I think it depends entirely on how they got there. If the two teams meeting in the championship each had several major tests along the way, it’s a little unfair to use the inevitable loss for one of them - against them. However, if one of the teams had a cake walk of a schedule (few or no significant wins against quality competition) the championship game might be the only way to fairly evaluate whether they are worthy of playoff consideration.
For me one thing is sure...Oregon will not win the National Championship. All they need is to play a team with a decent defense and they are done.
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Only defenses that impressed me of late is Georgia, Texas and maybe ND.
jsippy73 I knew you'd be coming along with some fucked up comment.
It's simply an accurate observation. Who were the two highest ranked teams they played? They lost to both.
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ode Oregon, Georgia, Boise St, and Az St. Get byes.
5-Texas vs. 12 SMU / Bama
6- PSU vs. 11 Clemson
7- ND vs 10 Indiana
8- Ohio St. vs. Tennessee
Well I was close. Clemson 12. Who's gonna be 11
....I thought the committee might reward the conf champ. But the committee clearly has no respect for the ACC. I think that does not play well for SMU!
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WOW....SMU......did not think they would do that. Do not agree, poor conference and lost in the conf champ too an average Clemson team....and virtually no good wins. Beat some solid teams but are any even in the top 25?
And now seeing it on paper the conf champ bye is wonky and silly! Texas has the easiest road based on ranking. Agree with Galloway. SEC gauntlet hard to deal with and makes them prone to an upset like Bama at Vandy...and agree with Coach. SOS should be taken into consideration ALL YEAR which is my big gripe with the rankings all along!
REALLY looking forward tho these games.....everyone if them, especially ND/Indiana and PSU/SMU ..... And don't sleep on Ohio St/Tennessee. I think the B1G has a TOUGH road with those matchups and Oregon gets hosed with how the auto bye/seeds pushed the better teams further down.
ode Oregon gets hosed
It sure looks that way! Not a great reward for finishing number 1.
If you are #1 that means you have best team and should not care who you play. What does Oregon want to play William & Mary as long as William does not show up
johnnydoom Maybe just skip the playoffs altogether?
News Flash! Never going to be perfect in everyone's eyes.
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brownmoose13 lol there are no William and Marys in college football, the playoff used to be two teams and then it went to 4. The wheels of progress in CFB have moved at a snails pace. It's a good ol boys club for sure but things are different now with NIL and conf realignment. The point of the prior comment was that that 2 of the top 4 seeded teams were ranked 1 and 2, the 3rd seed is really 9th ranked and the 4th is really ranked #12 which pushed the 3rd - 8th ranked teams down two spots/seeds each. That is a hose job of epic proportions. Why the committee agreed to do it that way is a mystery. In college basketball where they know what they are doing, as it's been going on forever, if William and Marys gets in they are seeded accordingly, the only tie ins are conf champs which gets you in. Those small schools are typically ranked between 13-16 on there side of the bracket.
