Not allowed to talk about!27-3 can't be the new 28-3, can it?
FWIW, I'm at the point where I'm more interested in seeing more good college football games than I am to award the best team in the country the national championship. But others' mileage may vary.Possibly. I think the current format actually does a good job of identifying the best team in the country most years. If that is the goal it probably is not broken.
But if we want more upset potential or at least more entertainment along the way then I agree the more you make it look like the basketball tournament the more it mirror that tournament.
Agree. If some of the games tomorrow mattered it would be a lot better. OF course it would like Bama plays Ole Miss again, who BAma dominated by 21.One of the biggest issues with the current playoff structure is that the long gap between the end of the regular season (plus conference championship games) and the playoffs is that it would tend to heavily favor the favorites. Not only can the better coaches often scheme up better gameplans, the underdogs are often more likely to be more nervous, and less used to the the pressure cooker environment of the playoffs. And that's probably even more true in the current era where even the big bowl games are largely treated as afterthoughts by most players - the gap between bowl game intensity and playoff intensity is massive for players who have never been there before. So the rich (e.g., SEC teams) get richer, and newbies crashing the party are that much less likely to make an impact.
This is one of the reasons a 12-team or even 16-team playoff would be so much better (for me, at least) than the current 4-team format. For one thing, you'd wind up getting a bunch of interesting games with real stakes between teams outside the top 4 - games like this year's Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State or Ohio State vs. Utah would feel part of the playoff puzzle, ratther than an afterthought. For another, even a team like #1 Alabama would only have one week to prepare for most of their games, and they'd have to keep their intensity up week after week to win the title. And more generally, every team would remain much more in their normal rhythms; the big gap we currently have between games would cease to exist. All of this would surely lead to more competitive football than we're seeing in most playoff years, wouldn't it?
My point exactly.Does Pickett sit out for Pitt if they were the 6th seed as ACC champ?
I think UGA is going to play a lot better against Bama in the title game than they did last time. (But I could be wrong, of course.)They need to have a third place game between Michigan and Cincy so ConiP can see a good game
I think some years you would definitely get that. But it might sometimes be at the expense of a good championship game if you had a bracket busting upset on one side. You might get a national championship be 50-10. I do think it would be like the basketball tournament, which is often awesome.FWIW, I'm at the point where I'm more interested in seeing more good college football games than I am to award the best team in the country the national championship. But others' mileage may vary.
Sure, but we've had plenty of clunkers in the title game in the current system: 42-20, 44-16, 42-25, 52-24. (Those are the scores of four of the seven playoff finals we've had so far.) I also think you get more upsets - and closer games, period - when teams aren't able to focus all of their attention on one game over an extended period of time. Which, coincidentally, is how college football is normally played, and is certainly how college football is played when it's at its best.I think some years you would definitely get that. But it might sometimes be at the expense of a good championship game if you had a bracket busting upset on one side. You might get a national championship be 50-10. I do think it would be like the basketball tournament, which is often awesome.
You would think that, but experience - just looking at regular season results vs. playoff/BCS results - would tend to suggest otherwise.So the stupid coaches would do better if they only get a week to prepare for the smart coaches? I thought if you give a team a month to prepare, even a meathead coach could come up with a good game plan.
LOL at the idea of Carl Sagan as a galaxy-brained college football coach.Sagan
Ya we agree. The Pitt MSU maybe goes different (ya they may have been 9-10 and out of the top 8) but point stands, The "holiday break" is a sham meant to reinforce 'academics' matter. Most of these schools are done with finals before or at the same time as these games. The players have basically 4-6 weeks off after early Dec. Just play top 8 tourney.My point exactly.
I think UGA is going to play a lot better against Bama in the title game than they did last time. (But I could be wrong, of course.)
Carrying on Larry Munson's tradition.The Georgia radio announcer does the “Us”, “We”, “Our” thing.
The Big-12 definitely has a “type”That ref is a Hochuli wannabe. I had not noticed this. He was flexing the entire explanation
Haha. Good ole corn and HGH fedThe Big-12 definitely has a “type”
Probably stuck in middle seat on a Frontier flight! Poor guysKind of rough that Disney is making Herbie and Fowler go to Pasadena from Miami rather than New Orleans given the geography and game times.
Game in less than 18 hours and they have to fly 5 hours.
Get those announcers everywhere. The Line judge looks bigger than half the players. Hochuli is JV
Most Rose Bowls called (nationally)Kind of rough that Disney is making Herbie and Fowler go to Pasadena from Miami rather than New Orleans given the geography and game times.
Game in less than 18 hours and they have to fly 5 hours.
Oh wow good infoMost Rose Bowls called (nationally)
1. Keith Jackson 15
2. Herbie 14 (counting today)
Yep. This has been one of the more interesting bowl games.Things are turning in the Fiesta Bowl. OKST D has hardened and the O keeps working