https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1596997054277906432
Rematches should never happen in a single CFB season barring extraordinary circumstances like a Heisman-caliber QB being out. You got your shot and lost, and now getting another shot is necessarily going to be at someone elseâs expense in a sport that has way more teams than games played / slots available. Itâs even more ridiculous given that football scheming & game planning is a bit rock-paper-scissors, and you have to commit to a strategy in advance to some degree. Trying that strategy, getting blown the fuck out, and then being able to revise it in a do-over that âcounts for realsies this timeâ is a preposterous advantage and privilege given how few teams get into the playoff.
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I agree that given the number of teams and limited number of games, rematches make little sense.
College Football should just go to 8 conferences of 10 teams.
All Conferences can play a true Round Robin of 9 games, all Conference winners go to an 8 team playoff. No Conference Championship games, figure out whatever tiebreaker procedures you want. Do it in whatever manner best suits your region. Big Ten can have a Pie eating Contest, SEC can do a weekend-long Bass fishing competition.
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The playoff going to 12 teams is terrible. The people in charge of this sport are the absolute worst.
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But think about if you beat Ohio State TWICE in one season?
These money grubbing whores are not going to be able to resist Georgia / Ohio State.
Yup. OSU #5.
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Not first time TCU has been screwed. Theyâre used to it. No worries.
They should be behind the 1 loss P5 conferences winners and the undefeated teams
Whoâs ahead of OSU?
Clempson. Bama. LSU?
OSU was one play away from being down 3 in the fourth Q without their best two RB and best WR
All the 12-0 should be in regardless what happens this week and and then USC or OSU if the Trojans choke.
Agree the 12 team playoff is pretty dumb.
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1597749225294794753?s=20&t=2IpRMteNwHbPNeuDVZVNhg
(format is better if you just go to the tweet.
I canât see how theyâd pick TCU if they lose over OSU.
Harbaugh doing harbaugh things:
Sainristilâs play on defense this season may have been a revelation, but his leadership hasnât.
âHeâs got that dawg in him,â linebacker Michael Barrett said, interrupting Harbaughâs description of Sainristilâs best attributes.
Harbaugh concurred: âDawg? Disciplined Athlete With Grit. He does have that âdawgâ in him, no doubt about it.â
A formula-based system that selects anything from 2 to 6 teams, with pre-determined formats for each scenario, would be interesting.
ie, the 6 best-ranked teams within the top 10 with the same or fewer number of losses as the #1 ranked team are automatically in the playoffsâas of right now there are only three such teams, and if there are not two such teams then #1 and #2 play each other
But honestly both the BCS and 4-team playoffs are pretty good formats. Thereâs still a ton of interest in bizarre upsets across the sport which is what makes it so fun.
6-team playoff with byes for the top 2 is pretty good. 12-team is an abominationâhalf the top 25 getting in is just awful, ruins the regular season.
UW fans freaking out over being ranked a spot behind Utah, which is both entirely reasonable and completely inconsequential, after spending the past two weeks insisting that weâre back to the early '90s and UW is a big boy program again is so fucking perfect.
Booooooooooooo
https://twitter.com/petethamel/status/1598143162089844736?s=46&t=40ZL9e8sDIeLoWlIUhPtMQ
It really is a shame.
The beauty of college football is that ruining your rivalâs season is a very worthwhile thing to play for and often all that is left at the end of the year. Does Auburn or Michigan give a shit about going 8-4 vs 9-3? No. They care about ruining Alabama or Ohio Stateâs chance at a national title.
This just absolutely nukes the regular season for the power programs. Ohio State could have played every game with sneakers instead of cleats and gone 10-2 and would still get in the playoffs.
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Playoff gets a lot of shit but having 4 this year is good so that TCU doesnât get fucked.
Also not convinced the regular season wonât mean a ton at all. Maybe but I doubt it.
12 is a lot. and obv the regular season is much worse. but this is gonna make for a couple great weekends of football.
the first sec school to have to play in the snow is gonna be greatâŚ
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oklahoma and/or texas coulda basically had a free, seasonal pass to the playoffâŚ