(01-07-2020 07:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 03:00 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 02:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 01:42 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 12:16 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  I plan to tune in to the FCS title game and watch until NDST goes up by 10 or more points. Which probably should be late first, early second quarter.

Anyone who says that expanded playoffs prevents a few programs from having a chokehold on the top spots doesn't follow FCS.

But they have an actual playoff in FCS, like pretty much every sport other than FBS college football.

Membership in FBS is strictly voluntary, and every program that chooses to be in FBS rather than FCS participates in FBS with complete awareness that the NCAA has ceded the FBS postseason to the CFP and the bowl games, as part of an unspoken agreement that the big boys will stay in the NCAA, and put up with the NCAA's BS in all other sports, as long as they can run the football postseason.

That doesn't mean it makes sense.

I think it does. There is zero doubt that whoever wins the CFP has had the best season and is therefore the rightful champ.

Zero doubt? C'mon

(01-07-2020 03:17 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 03:00 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 02:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 01:42 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 12:16 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  I plan to tune in to the FCS title game and watch until NDST goes up by 10 or more points. Which probably should be late first, early second quarter.

Anyone who says that expanded playoffs prevents a few programs from having a chokehold on the top spots doesn't follow FCS.

But they have an actual playoff in FCS, like pretty much every sport other than FBS college football.

Membership in FBS is strictly voluntary, and every program that chooses to be in FBS rather than FCS participates in FBS with complete awareness that the NCAA has ceded the FBS postseason to the CFP and the bowl games, as part of an unspoken agreement that the big boys will stay in the NCAA, and put up with the NCAA's BS in all other sports, as long as they can run the football postseason.

That doesn't mean it makes sense.

It makes sense that the programs with influence don't want the NCAA siphoning the money out of the football postseason like the NCAA siphons the money out of the basketball postseason.

It's a choice between
(a) playing football in the part of Division I that has a 24-team playoff, or
(b) playing football in the part of Division I that includes programs like Ohio State and Alabama, knowing that the postseason structure is determined by a consensus among programs like Ohio State and Alabama.

I like the idea of a 24-team playoff, but it's not going to happen in FBS in my lifetime if ever.

Sorry, but you are talking about colleges, not professional teams. That is another thread.

(01-08-2020 11:12 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 04:29 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  16 devalues the regular season. 8 with autobids maintains the importance of the regular season.

16 means this year's Iron Bowl was worthless. 8 means Auburn ended Alabama's season.

You don't want to get to a point where teams are sitting starters during rivalry weekend. That's supposed to be the pinnacle of the regular season.

We usually don't have 4 deserving teams in the CFP now. Why in the hell does anyone want to expand to 8? When we have 8 teams that compete without getting blown out and which keep a solid team from risking injury in a mop up game, maybe we can discuss this. But right now on any given year we've been lucky to have 2 schools that actually belong in the CFP. And semifinal blow outs have been the norm and the Clemson / Ohio State and Georgia / Oklahoma games the exception.

I would agree if the quote "SOS" was not put into play. What was the strength of the ACC.

My biggest problem is the people making the decision is what, 13 people? As far as I am concerned, the BCS was just as good.

(01-12-2020 06:39 PM)bullet Wrote:  A larger playoff is so the best team is less likely to be left out, not so the top 8 teams get in. Alabama was clearly not the best team. With Oklahoma, it took a postseason game vs. LSU to prove it.

Nobody outside Columbus believed Ohio St. would win in 2014.

^^^ THIS ^^^

IMO, too many people focus on who is "NOT deserving" of a playoff spot, when they should really be focusing on the risk of missing out on a team like 2014 Ohio State! That's the REAL reason to expand the playoffs - to make sure we aren't missing the team which would've won it all on the field if given the chance.

All these feeds and all I want is the crowd noise with no announcers but for the crowd mic to be close to Orgeron so it fades constantly between the crowd and Coach O's gravel laden creole accent.

I wonder if this at some point evolves into a Chipotle-style presentation where you pick the camera angles, announcing teams, stat overlays, things like that, and create your own broadcast experience.

(01-08-2020 09:59 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-08-2020 09:57 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  If LSU/Clemson isn't the best team after January 14, I would love to see someone make a case for who is.

Nobody in the NFL has to "make a case" for anything. They settle it on the field.

In one game. Why not a best of 3? Playoffs are just as arbitrary a way to determine a champ as the method FBS uses. Just look at MLB. The winner of the AL and NL just went to the world series.