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#1501 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Looks about right to me.
So if TCU or USC loses, OSU can sneak in. If both TCU and USC loses, OSU and AL can sneak in. Last edited by Edward64 : 11-29-2022 at 06:45 PM. |
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#1502 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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I basically think Deion went public with Colorado in an attempt to encourage other schools to call him right away if interested.
He's not taking that job
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#1503 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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TCU might stay in,,even with a loss. Or OSU might jump them, but is very unlikely Alabama can. I think the rankings now have Alabama almost certainly out.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Their only shot, I believe, is if K-State just plows the field with TCU and USC loses. THAT might open the door for a second team outside the current top 4. A close loss for TCU and I imagine they stay in at #4
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#1505 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Interestingly if there was a 12 team playoff this year, not one non-P5 team would make it.
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#1506 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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Agree. I think the top three are what they are barring a blowout loss for TCU, which ... they're the kind of team that I have a hard time seeing that happen to. USC if they win, OSU otherwise for the final spot, top three almost certainly staying.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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The way I read the plan, one of them is guaranteed. Top four conf. champions get byes, six at-large bids, and next two conf. champs, one of which wouldn't be a P5. And then what happens if a team like Purdue wins a conf. championship, could be multiple others in. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 11-29-2022 at 08:00 PM. |
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#1508 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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If Purdue won, that would just knock out Utah (the lowest ranked at-large team).
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#1509 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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I know this is not how it works but I think the 4 teams at the top should make it regardless of the conference title game. Just seems weird to penalize a team for making their conference title game and give a boost to those who couldn't.
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#1510 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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It's part of their body of work though, you can't exactly ignore it realistically.
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#1511 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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#1512 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Greed sometimes carries a price that isn't measured in dollars.
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#1513 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Yeah the conference title games started because of greed with an understanding that it could screw a team out of a national championship chance. If conferences want to continue using that extra game for nothing but added money I have no problem with a team being punished for the game if they lose.
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#1514 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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There have also been many situations where it helps a team if they win. It just didn't work out that way this year in terms of the playoffs.
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#1515 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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Yep. If Clemson & LSU hadn't choked vs weaker teams they're possibly playing for their spot in the playoff this week. (Or at least a spot in line ahead of Alabama)
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#1516 |
Solecismic Software
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Canton, OH
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It seems they want people to buy into the same mindset as they have for the 68-team basketball tournament. Conference tournaments are their own entity, and offer seeding bonuses to the top conferences and entry to the weaker conferences.
But with the football format, since losses are major and possibly disqualifying events, like Tic Tac Toe and Global Thermonuclear War, it is often best simply not to play the game. Hopefully, Michigan can avoid the let-down. Purdue has a good offense, and the one thing Michigan doesn't do well is pressure the quarterback. I think they're in regardless, like Georgia and TCU. It is time to eliminate these games. I'll just reiterate that I'm glad the Big Ten didn't follow the other conferences that removed divisions. Then it would be Michigan/Ohio State again. |
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#1517 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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Now, when we go to an expanded tournament and both teams playing are basically guaranteed entry even with a loss? Yeah they gots to go. |
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#1518 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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People do still care about conference championships.
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#1519 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Jalen Kitna being arrested for child porn doesn't shock me given how over the top religious his dad is.
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#1520 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Interesting police blotter today.
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#1521 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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Interesting factoid on the value of pre-season rankings: 15 of the current CFP Top 25 were not ranked when the season began. There's always some of course, but over half?
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#1522 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2020
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I guess Nebraska really dodged a bullet on that one.
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#1523 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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12 team playoff is official for 2024. Next year will end the 4 team playoff era.
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#1524 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
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I can't wait for all the arguments of how the 13th ranked team got screwed by being left out.
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#1525 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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I'm not going to care. The last four in a 12 team playoff would probably be interchangeable.
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#1526 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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You would care if the Dawgs (or Hogs) ended being 13th
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#1527 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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If you go by the College Football ranking Washington would be 12. Whew!!
I am assuming top 4 teams get a bye? If that was the case base of the current CFP rankings the matchups would be tOSU-UW ( interestingly good shot thats the Rose Bowl this year) Alabama- Utah Tenn-Kstate Penn St- Clemson The 12 team field would be 3 SEC, 3 PAC12, 3 Big 10, 2 Big 12, 1 ACC. Would like to see some rule where the highest ranked non P5 team gets in (of course that would bounce UW so maybe not!!). That would be Tulane Just looking over the poll, PAC 12 has the same amount of teams in the top 25 as SEC and more in the top 20. Dare say the conference of champions is back! |
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#1528 | |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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It is a rule from what I've read. 6 highest rated conference champions get. Also read that you must be a conference champ to get a top 4 seed.
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#1529 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I don't know where it ended up, but I thought to get the auto non-P5 slot, the original proposal was that team had to be ranked in the top 15 or 16...? So my thought is that unless you have a Boise State/UCF/Cincinnati situation, you're going to see the non-P5s ranked in the 15-20 range so they can be dropped out accordingly if the "eye test" doesn't work in their favor, or there's an unusually strong group of 2-3 loss P5 teams who are more deserving.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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College Football Playoff makes official 12-team expansion beginning in 2024-25 season - CBSSports.com
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#1531 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Not really. If they are three losses into a season? Eh.
I have always thought 8 was the better number. It is hard for me to believe a really deserving team would be ranked lower than that. Of course, when the first playoff champion is a 12 seed, I will eat my hat. |
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#1532 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I don't mind 12. It's a tournament - "deserving" in that context just means having earned a top 12 spot. It doesn't mean they should (or can) win 3 games to win the championship.
That's been the problem with the CFP, IMO. Once you expanded beyond simply picking the 2 teams to play for the title, it should have been just about who earned a spot in the tournament, not this twisted logic of who looks like a title winner. Alabama always looks like a title winner, even when they lose 1 or 2 games a year. That's not the purpose of the exercise (or shouldn't be).
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#1533 | |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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#1534 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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FAU with a nice hire of Tom Herman. Definitely an upgrade...
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#1535 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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Interested to see if Swarbrick pushes back at all against this proposal, whether to get ND measured vs the G5 conference champs or an outside shot at a top 4 bid in a year like 2018. Though overall I don't mind it, not hard to be one of the top 6 at-large teams in a good year.
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#1536 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
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He was part of the group that came up with this proposal.
As long as conference championship games are played/required, ND just gets an early bye week. |
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#1537 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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Cade McNamara to Iowa
This is most excited Ive been over Iowa footbvall in December since 2015 Go Hawks! Now a new OC
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#1538 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Chicago
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#1539 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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There might not be a single defensive stop in the Pac-12 championship.
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#1540 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Go Utes!
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#1541 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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#1542 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
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So ... I was wrong. A quality football game has broken out, against all early appearances. Something Utah has had for many years is a serious case of competitiveness. If I had to pick a west-coast team to root for (no thanks), they'd probably be it.
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#1543 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Is that the USC motto?
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#1544 |
College Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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There's that Lincoln Riley defense
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#1545 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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USC is in big trouble. With Williams injured, they need a big break.
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#1546 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Williams is walking like Fred Sanford.
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#1547 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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#1548 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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#1549 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Ouch.
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#1550 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Lincoln Riley brought so many things with him to USC that he forgot he packed OU's D.
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