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Not gonna lie, this 12 team playoff for cfb is going to be sexy.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:33 am
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:33 am
Teams like Ole Miss and Missouri get in now and get a shot to knock a Michigan, Bama, or Ohio State out of the way.
Can’t get here soon enough.
Can’t get here soon enough.
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Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:36 am to Gritz
Usually 4 is plenty. But now with more parity due to NIL, 8 is fine. >8 is too much and not necessary but it will bring in more money I suppose. Either way, I can't wait to see how it plays out. Should be fun come December.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:40 am to theballguy
I thought 8 was the sweet spot, and they just jumped right over it.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:41 am to Gritz
Tennessee will earn a spot easily.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:43 am to Gritz
As if Michigan and OSU are juggernauts.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:45 am to tallamander34
I expect them to be this season. Ohio state added the best safety in CFB and multiple other legit players and Michigan just won a natty.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:47 am to Gritz
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this 12 team playoff for cfb is going to be sexy.
It's going to suck. The only reason it exists is to make money and not actually help determine a proper champion.
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Teams like Ole Miss and Missouri get in now
if only they had their chance during the regular season to play teams like bama and UGA...
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:49 am to Gritz
I don't like how they're doing the byes...and I also thought 8 would have been best.
There is no doubt it's devalued the regular season. A 2 loss SEC team is almost guaranteed a spot...in the past you'd need chaos to get in with 2 losses. So big games are still big...just not as important unless you've dropped a couple early already.
There is no doubt it's devalued the regular season. A 2 loss SEC team is almost guaranteed a spot...in the past you'd need chaos to get in with 2 losses. So big games are still big...just not as important unless you've dropped a couple early already.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:54 am to WG_Dawg
So the NFL, MLB, and every other professional sport has it wrong?
Losing once doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of winning.
Bama got lucky to get a rematch with LSU in 2011 and we whooped their arse. Off your logic, Bama wasn’t the better team cause we lost in the regular season.
Losing once doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of winning.
Bama got lucky to get a rematch with LSU in 2011 and we whooped their arse. Off your logic, Bama wasn’t the better team cause we lost in the regular season.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:58 am to Chad4Bama
The best teams win when it matters. If a team goes undefeated regular season then loses in the playoffs then they weren’t the best team because they couldn’t get it done when it counted.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:03 am to WG_Dawg
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The only reason it exists is to make money
This is all there is to it for those in charge.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:05 am to Gritz
Every new years 6 bowl is a playoff game so no sit out shat
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:07 am to Gritz
I see first/second round injuries that will
Make a cfp final seem insignificant.
I know, that’s football and every other sport has the same issue.
But imagine a 2019 where there was no T Lawrence or J burrow and you’d see a blowout.
4 was enough.
Make a cfp final seem insignificant.
I know, that’s football and every other sport has the same issue.
But imagine a 2019 where there was no T Lawrence or J burrow and you’d see a blowout.
4 was enough.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:07 am to Gritz
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So the NFL, MLB, and every other professional sport has it wrong?
College football is not supposed to be a professional sport.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:10 am to theballguy
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But now with more parity due to NIL, 8 is fine. >8 is too much and not necessary but it will bring in more money I suppose
It will. But it will also price the majority of fans out of attending more than a game or two. A team that doesn’t get one of the four byes would play in 4 playoff games if they reach the championship game. Regardless of matchups or locations, I would expect ticket and travel costs to be well north of $5,000 to attend all the games. Well north of there. How many fans will be willing to spend $5,000-10,000; per person; to attend all their games? How many can afford it?
I am afraid the national championship game will become like the super bowl, a spectacle that is primarily financed and attended by corporations and not real fans.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:12 am to Gritz
12 is too many imo. But it's hard to complain about an increase in more meaningful games
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:13 am to Gritz
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So the NFL, MLB, and every other professional sport has it wrong?
What they do works for their individual scenario. CFB has 12 games not 162, dont' be dense. They are also PROFESSIONAL leagues where many teams are very evently matched.
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Bama got lucky to get a rematch with LSU in 2011 and we whooped their arse. Off your logic, Bama wasn’t the better team cause we lost in the regular season.
My logic? 4 is the perfect amount of playoff teams, MAYBE 6. Bama and LSU would still play in either scenario. Perhaps you need some logic of your own.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:13 am to upgrade
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I thought 8 was the sweet spot, and they just jumped right over it.
I agree.
Top 8 with a combination of P4/P5 conference champs and at-larges.
Top 4 teams get a home quarterfinal home game on NYE and NYD. This round would be fricking amazing.
Remaining 4 teams use current 4 team playoff format with rotating locations.
It is perfect.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:14 am to captdalton
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It will. But it will also price the majority of fans out of attending more than a game or two. A team that doesn’t get one of the four byes would play in 4 playoff games if they reach the championship game. Regardless of matchups or locations, I would expect ticket and travel costs to be well north of $5,000 to attend all the games. Well north of there. How many fans will be willing to spend $5,000-10,000; per person; to attend all their games? How many can afford it?
This will continue to happen across all sports as salaries and TV contracts keep exploding. As long as fans continue to watch and attend games, nothing will change.
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