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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 05:01 PM)Wedge Wrote:  
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Heard Jim Delany on ESPN
Just spoke to Larry Scott.
Takeaway: There is no desire by the commissioners to change the playoff because of the results of the this season's selections.

1:54 PM - 3 Dec 2017

And there won't be any. Sankey won't want it either. To move to 8 is to do away with the CCG's which the conferences make a heap of money by playing. More than they would make with the first round of an 8 team playoff controlled by the networks.

I think this may be a reason we've had the controversy the past couple of years. The networks would probably love to have control of 3 weekends of playoffs instead of 2. The add revenue from the first week would be massive.

With his nose tweaked today, Delaney delivered a classy response while maintaining support of both his league's teams, and of the 4 team playoff which silently means he's not giving up the Big 10 CCG. Remember FOX paid extra to carry it just like CBS paid extra to carry the SEC's. Those two are cash cows not carried under the regular season contracts, at least per se.
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(12-03-2017 04:25 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 02:04 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  At the end of the contract, yes. PAC, XII and now B1G have all tasted the humiliation of being left out. I don't think ACC has, but I'm too busy to google right now.

If UCF wins, that makes the case for the G5 Access Bowl spot to convert to an autobid.

It amazes me how people still don't get how this system works. G5 is for teams who don't have a CONTRACTUAL TIE-IN to Orange, Rose, Sugar or Fiesta. It has nothing to do with auto bids. The Orange, Sugar and Rose are in place for 8 more years.

It amazes me how people don't read the first sentence.

Ahem. At the end of the contract, yes. Ahem.

At the end of the current contract, all the details of the current contract expire and are subject to new negotiations between the conferences, the bowls, the networks and to some extent the NCAA itself (the NCAA has to approve the extra game).

If you don't call the New Years Six spot reserved for the top ranking champion of the G5 conferences an "autobid", I'm curious as to what you DO call it.

And while technically, the autobids are currently based on who has a contractual tie-in, that is something of a fiction. When the Big East was a recognized equal of the current P5 conferences, they were guaranteed a bid somewhere in a BCS game. When the current system was evolving, there was an initial announcement that there would be no autobids! Everything is earned!

Powerful actors did not like that idea. IF you think the Big Ten is red-faced today, imagine how the PAC would react if USC were left out of the 8 team playoff entirely, left licking their wounds in the Rose Bowl--or maybe not, if the Rose Bowl is one of the quarterfinals, the PAC champion gets to play in the Alamo or Holiday Bowl.

So no more "autobids"--but there are "contract bowls" and "contract bowl conferences." Which is totally different, except that it's exactly the same. And so I expect that in a new system with 8 teams, the P5 contracts will continue to have autobids.

Since we're talking about a NEW system, which may or may not include the historic bowls (my guess is yes they would, but it's all specuation at this point) I think it's fair to say "I think the G5 Access Bowl would convert to an autobid" without somebody being so pedantic that they start sounding foolish. Again, what does the G5 have now, if not an "autobid" to a New Years Six game.
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What you don't get, the pay out for Sugar and Rose is 40 million per team. I think the ACC gets 30 million for the Orange. Access bowl payouts are, I believe, for the G5 payout is maybe 5 million and two for the other teams. The payout for the BWW Citrus bowl is about even or possibly more than the G5 payout for NY6 G5 team.
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(12-03-2017 05:29 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  What you don't get, the pay out for Sugar and Rose is 40 million per team. I think the ACC gets 30 million for the Orange. Access bowl payouts are, I believe, for the G5 payout is maybe 5 million and two for the other teams. The payout for the BWW Citrus bowl is about even or possibly more than the G5 payout for NY6 G5 team.

That's true. One of the details to be worked out is how exactly the playoff money gets divided up, as the playoffs gobble up more of the traditional major bowls.

The current system, the G5 agreed that the payout for the Access Bowl team would be lower in return for the guaranteed payout for the G5 leagues being higher. (Basically there was a back-of-the-napkin negotiaton between the P5(s) and G5(s), there was a basic agreement on how much of the pie the G5 would get--about 15%, which is close to 1/6 of the pie--and the G5 went about divvying up that pie between guaranteed payments to each league, payments to each league based on a performance formula and payments to the league who gets the Access Bowl slot.)

With all that as precedent, I'm guessing that 4 traditional NY6 bowls host the 4 quarterfinals, and 2 of them "double host" a non-playoff game and then a semifinal, and the NCG gets put out to the highest bidder. So the "traditional bowls" go from existing in their traditional form 2 years out of 3 to 1 year out of 3.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 05:39 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 05:29 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  What you don't get, the pay out for Sugar and Rose is 40 million per team. I think the ACC gets 30 million for the Orange. Access bowl payouts are, I believe, for the G5 payout is maybe 5 million and two for the other teams. The payout for the BWW Citrus bowl is about even or possibly more than the G5 payout for NY6 G5 team.

That's true. One of the details to be worked out is how exactly the playoff money gets divided up, as the playoffs gobble up more of the traditional major bowls.

The current system, the G5 agreed that the payout for the Access Bowl team would be lower in return for the guaranteed payout for the G5 leagues being higher. (Basically there was a back-of-the-napkin negotiaton between the P5(s) and G5(s), there was a basic agreement on how much of the pie the G5 would get--about 15%, which is close to 1/6 of the pie--and the G5 went about divvying up that pie between guaranteed payments to each league, payments to each league based on a performance formula and payments to the league who gets the Access Bowl slot.)

With all that as precedent, I'm guessing that 4 traditional NY6 bowls host the 4 quarterfinals, and 2 of them "double host" a non-playoff game and then a semifinal, and the NCG gets put out to the highest bidder. So the "traditional bowls" go from existing in their traditional form 2 years out of 3 to 1 year out of 3.

I am seeing Power 4 with CCG acting as defacto semi's. We should know around 2024 if we are still alive. Right now is pure guessing at the moment.
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It doesn't matter how many teams you put in a playoff as long as it is governed by the joke of a committee.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 05:39 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 05:29 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  What you don't get, the pay out for Sugar and Rose is 40 million per team. I think the ACC gets 30 million for the Orange. Access bowl payouts are, I believe, for the G5 payout is maybe 5 million and two for the other teams. The payout for the BWW Citrus bowl is about even or possibly more than the G5 payout for NY6 G5 team.

That's true. One of the details to be worked out is how exactly the playoff money gets divided up, as the playoffs gobble up more of the traditional major bowls.

The current system, the G5 agreed that the payout for the Access Bowl team would be lower in return for the guaranteed payout for the G5 leagues being higher. (Basically there was a back-of-the-napkin negotiaton between the P5(s) and G5(s), there was a basic agreement on how much of the pie the G5 would get--about 15%, which is close to 1/6 of the pie--and the G5 went about divvying up that pie between guaranteed payments to each league, payments to each league based on a performance formula and payments to the league who gets the Access Bowl slot.)

With all that as precedent, I'm guessing that 4 traditional NY6 bowls host the 4 quarterfinals, and 2 of them "double host" a non-playoff game and then a semifinal, and the NCG gets put out to the highest bidder. So the "traditional bowls" go from existing in their traditional form 2 years out of 3 to 1 year out of 3.

Based on the collapse of the non-playoff bowls and the difficulty in finding a time slot for the NY6 (which aren't New Year's anymore), I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the 6 (Fiesta?) go to full time semi-final and drop to a NY5 with only one non-playoff game setup by the committee.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

Whether the P5 conferences and the G5 as a whole will have autobids to the CFP is debatable.

The 4 quarterfinal bowls will rotate through the NY8 bowls something like this:

Year 1: Rose, Orange, Citrus, Alamo
Year 2: Citrus, Alamo, Cotton, Peach
Year 3: Cotton, Peach, Sugar, Fiesta
Year 4: Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, Orange

Locations for the semifinals and the CFP championship are put out to bid.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 05:08 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 05:01 PM)Wedge Wrote:  
Quote:Ralph D. Russo
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Heard Jim Delany on ESPN
Just spoke to Larry Scott.
Takeaway: There is no desire by the commissioners to change the playoff because of the results of the this season's selections.

1:54 PM - 3 Dec 2017

And there won't be any. Sankey won't want it either. To move to 8 is to do away with the CCG's which the conferences make a heap of money by playing. More than they would make with the first round of an 8 team playoff controlled by the networks.

I think this may be a reason we've had the controversy the past couple of years. The networks would probably love to have control of 3 weekends of playoffs instead of 2. The add revenue from the first week would be massive.

With his nose tweaked today, Delaney delivered a classy response while maintaining support of both his league's teams, and of the 4 team playoff which silently means he's not giving up the Big 10 CCG. Remember FOX paid extra to carry it just like CBS paid extra to carry the SEC's. Those two are cash cows not carried under the regular season contracts, at least per se.

Going to 8 doesn't mean getting rid of the CCG.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 06:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

You may be right about an NY8 but I doubt the Alamo Bowl or Citrus Bowl will be in the rotation.

Alamo out because it's played in the Alamodome and not an NFL stadium.

Citrus out because its such a cash cow for the B1G.
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(12-03-2017 06:59 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

You may be right about an NY8 but I doubt the Alamo Bowl or Citrus Bowl will be in the rotation.

Alamo out because it's played in the Alamodome and not an NFL stadium.

Citrus out because its such a cash cow for the B1G.

OK, but why does it have to be an NFL stadium?
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(12-03-2017 05:55 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It doesn't matter how many teams you put in a playoff as long as it is governed by the joke of a committee.

Correct when you have Penn State and Miami sitting right outside of the Top 8 with arguments for inclusion. The debate between #8/#9 is less clear cut than #4/#5 because then you are comparing programs with multiple losses who didn't win their CCG making things real subjective.

People are forgetting what the 4 team playoff is really about, to ensure that the best team in college football that year has a chance to compete for a national championships.

In the pre Bowl Alliance days the best team in the country sometimes would get stuck with a poor bowl opponent and it would be controversial as to who the real number 1 was once the bowls had been played.

Is the best team in the country Clemson? Is it Oklahoma? Is it Georgia all have 1 loss and won their CCG. Give all 3 of them a shot in a 4 team playoff.
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(12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:59 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

You may be right about an NY8 but I doubt the Alamo Bowl or Citrus Bowl will be in the rotation.

Alamo out because it's played in the Alamodome and not an NFL stadium.

Citrus out because its such a cash cow for the B1G.

OK, but why does it have to be an NFL stadium?

NFL stadium amenities.
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(12-03-2017 07:11 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:59 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

You may be right about an NY8 but I doubt the Alamo Bowl or Citrus Bowl will be in the rotation.

Alamo out because it's played in the Alamodome and not an NFL stadium.

Citrus out because its such a cash cow for the B1G.

OK, but why does it have to be an NFL stadium?

NFL stadium amenities.

I see. So how about swap Citrus for Charlotte and Alamo for Nashville?
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(12-03-2017 07:10 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  People are forgetting what the 4 team playoff is really about, to ensure that the best team in college football that year has a chance to compete for a national championships.

Absolutely not. If that were the goal, you'd do a 16 or 32 team tournament, and shorten the regular season if you had to.

The playoff is about maximizing revenue, and that includes maintaining a high level of interest in regular season games. I think Dan Wetzel made a very good point that the BCS nationalized the sport--it created more of a reason for Alabama and Tennessee fans to care whether Michigan beat Ohio State when the BCS rankings were on the line.

Now the playoff has expanded from two to four. So now you could watch 4 different CCGs yesterday that all could be playoff qualifiers--or definitely playoff eliminators (you don't see Miami, Wisconsin, TCU or Auburn in the playoff).

But The Powers That Be do not want to see a repeat of what happened when the NCAA tournament over-expanded, relative to the regular season.

And you've forgotten your own point--nobody (except maybe Sagarin and Nick Sabin) are arguing that Alabama or Ohio State should be No. 1. We're arguing ferociously over whether they're in or out though.

"Mission Accomplished", say TPTB.
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(12-03-2017 07:36 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 07:11 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:59 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 06:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Since the powers that be are likely anticipating a P4 scenario, it's unlikely they'd support an 8-team CFP. However, if it remains a P5, then you might see an 8-team CFP in the 2026-27 season.

I expect the New Year's Six would become the New Year's Eight, with perhaps the Citrus and Alamo Bowls joining the club. I also expect all P5 conferences to secure NY8 autobids for at least their #1 and #2 teams. Maybe something like this?

Rose (Pasadena, CA): Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-12 #1
Sugar (New Orleans, LA): Big 12 #1 vs. SEC #1
Cotton (Arlington, TX): Big 12 #2 vs. Pac-12 #2
Orange (Miami Gardens, FL): ACC #1 vs. #1 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Peach (Atlanta, GA): ACC #2 vs. #2 among (Big Ten #2, SEC #2, and ND)
Citrus (Orlando, FL): Big Ten #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 (depends on who goes to the Orange and Peach)
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ): At-Large* vs. At-Large*
Alamo (San Antonio, TX): At-Large* vs. At-Large*

* at least one of the At-Large teams must be from the G5

You may be right about an NY8 but I doubt the Alamo Bowl or Citrus Bowl will be in the rotation.

Alamo out because it's played in the Alamodome and not an NFL stadium.

Citrus out because its such a cash cow for the B1G.

OK, but why does it have to be an NFL stadium?

NFL stadium amenities.

I see. So how about swap Citrus for Charlotte and Alamo for Nashville?

Possible.

Houston despite not having a deep bowl tradition came up near the top of CFP expansion candidates. TV market, central location are factors.

With the NFL coming to Las Vegas it may be logical to bump up the Las Vegas bowl to CFP status playing in a spectacular new NFL stadium and LV Bowl has been around for a few decades now.

Outback Bowl in Tampa is another viable CFP location.

There was a lot of controversy about not having the Cotton Bowl as part of the original BCS lineup replaced by the Fiesta a relative newbie to the major bowl scene. Peach I think got in because of its relative proximity to the SEC and worked on geographical reason to have 2 in the West (Rose, Festa), Central (Cotton, Sugar) and East (Peach, Orange).
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 07:51 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 07:10 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  People are forgetting what the 4 team playoff is really about, to ensure that the best team in college football that year has a chance to compete for a national championships.

Absolutely not. If that were the goal, you'd do a 16 or 32 team tournament, and shorten the regular season if you had to.

No that is the goal of the 4 team playoff.

There were so many years in the past where the #3 team in the estimation of any serious observer was probably the best team in that country yet another team was voted #1 champion by the sportswriters.

There was still a little bit of this problem in the BCS system BUT when you had the #1 vs. #2 teams in the polls/computers playing each other it was hard to argue the winner of that game was not the national champion.

With the 4 team playoff the winner of 2 heavyweight games its all but impossible to argue they don't deserve the national title. The team that deserved it earned it.

The G5 access problem will largely be solved by the P5 expanding to take more value out of the G5. The left over G5 won't have the ability to seriously contend for the playoff like the AAC is presenting.
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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 08:14 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  With the 4 team playoff the winner of 2 heavyweight games its all but impossible to argue they don't deserve the national title. The team that deserved it earned it.

That's not what UCF is going to say if they win their bowl game.

Their normally-silly conference name is going to be an advantage for once--UCF would be the 13-0 2017 American college football champion. They'll have beat Auburn, who beat Alabama and Georgia, and they didn't lose to a weak sister like Syracuse or Iowa.
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Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
The G5 needs to establish their own 4 team tourney, they will NEVER get a team in the playoff.


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RE: Will Ohio State out trigger a move to 8-team playoff?
(12-03-2017 08:37 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  
(12-03-2017 08:14 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  With the 4 team playoff the winner of 2 heavyweight games its all but impossible to argue they don't deserve the national title. The team that deserved it earned it.

That's not what UCF is going to say if they win their bowl game.

Their normally-silly conference name is going to be an advantage for once--UCF would be the 13-0 2017 American college football champion. They'll have beat Auburn, who beat Alabama and Georgia, and they didn't lose to a weak sister like Syracuse or Iowa.

What the powers that be have done though by requiring the national champion to go through 2 post season games against Top 4 competition its not possible for an outside school to make an argument they belong as champion.

Alabama vs. UCF here.

#4 Alabama defeats #1 Clemson, Alabama then defeats #2 Oklahoma/#3 Georgia

#12 UCF defeats #7 Auburn

UCF can go undefeated but can't compare to the legitimacy of Alabama's two Top 3 victories.

There are the two victories by a playoff team compared to the bowl team and also a superior bowl opponent. #5 Ohio State is playing #8 USC, #6 Wisconsin is playing #10 Miami. They have to play down to an even lower opponent than UCF has to in a bowl game. It just further puts a tamper on the legitimacy of Ohio St or Wisconsin as national champions.
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