(12-04-2017 01:22 AM)ncbeta Wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the four that they picked. Sure, there's room for improvement....but it's really not that unfair of a shake.
With the exception of an undefeated UCF from a pretty competitive AAC getting snubbed to no undefeated teams in the cfp, I don't disagree. For what it is, at least.
I'm glad we're over the hypothetical hump of multi-bids to a single conference. We know these guys will do that now.
I'm also glad, in a symbolic way, that the two biggest nags when it came to putting the playoff together and keeping it as small as it is, the Big Ten and PAC-12, are sitting out of it. And their precious Rose Bowl gets no traditional representation. I'm totally fine with that.
Interestingly enough, you get a curious matchup in the Cotton with OSU and USC...what better place for the B1G and PAC's historic top dogs to showcase as we wonder what is to become of the Big XII? Like, how well do fans show up for the game in Texas to demonstrate to certain schools life after the SWC+Big 8 experiment ain't so bad?
Seeing the Big Ten and PAC both snubbed makes me much happier than seeing the Big XII snubbed again and melting down a little more, too. Then again, we know the Big XII isn't going to expand. Still, if the ccg is successful in helping to install a team into the cfb, does it potentially fix that conference?
Overall, this is okay. We're here because of greed, stupid traditions, academic snobbery, and anti-competitive behavior. I don't care what happens in any of these games...it could have been worse.