Bowls, CFP, and other Disappointing Games Thread

[LagrangeJacket]

ESPN: The SEC has traditionally dominated the B1G back when only the SEC was paying players

 

[BravoWhiskey]

Didn't bamma lose to these guys that are getting smoked by a team that didn't make their own conference championship game?

This year is bananas and logic doesn’t apply.

Stop trying to apply rational thought.

 

[BainbridgeJacket]

Ohio state put in the backup QB who's in the portal. Wtf.

 

[USCJacket]

ESPN SC tomorrow morning.

SC: “So Paul what happened to Tennessee?”

Finebaum: “Tennessee was unfairly playing the 2nd best team in the nation in Ohio State falsely seeded #8…”

SC: “Paul, you said Indiana didn’t deserve to be in the CFP. But they only lost to tOSU 38-15.”

Finebaum: “That doesn’t matter. The temperature wasn’t in the 20’s when they played tOSU. Tennessee was unfairly seeded. Tennessee would beat Indiana 10/10 times by 50+. I mean, it’s the SEC vs the B1G enough said.”

SC: “Paul….Alabama lost to the eventual NC last year in Michigan in the CFP semis. And we just discussed Tennessee….”

Finebaum: “Did you not just hear me? The SEC doesn’t lose to the B1G. Let’s discuss Tennessee vs Oregon…..”

SC: “Paul….Uhhh Tennessee isn’t playing Oregon, tOSU is…..”

 

[white&gold]

ESPN SC tomorrow morning.

SC: “So Paul what happened to Tennessee?”

Finebaum: “Tennessee was unfairly playing the 2nd best team in the nation in Ohio State falsely seeded #8…”

SC: “Paul, you said Indiana didn’t deserve to be in the CFP. But they only lost to tOSU 38-15.”

Finebaum: “That doesn’t matter. The temperature wasn’t in the 20’s when they played tOSU. Tennessee was unfairly seeded. Tennessee would beat Indiana 10/10 times by 50+. I mean, it’s the SEC vs the B1G enough said.”

SC: “Paul. Alabama lost to the eventual NC last year in Michigan in the CFP semis. And we just discussed Tennessee….”

Finebaum: “Did you not just hear me? The SEC doesn’t lose to the B1G. Let’s discuss Tennessee vs Oregon…..”

My UT friend has been complaining about the refs all night. Like dawg, you’re the pot calling the kettle black. SEC hypocrisy and blinders.

 

[ThomsonJacket]

My UT friend has been complaining about the refs all night. Like dawg, you’re the pot calling the kettle black. SEC hypocrisy and blinders.

Tell his dumbass he should be thanking them for the 10 points.

 

[USCJacket]

My UT friend has been complaining about the refs all night. Like dawg, you’re the pot calling the kettle black. SEC hypocrisy and blinders.

Pure comedy considering their 1 and only TD was aided by a bogus roughing the passer.

 

[ThomsonJacket]

Oh hell no don't let them score

 

[USCJacket]

Congrats Clemson. You were the only road team that was in a 1 possession game in the 4th quarter. Otherwise, let’s be honest….This was a bust like the NFL Wild Card weekend pretty much annually.

Hopefully eliminating the conference championship automatic 1-4 seed bye seeding next year makes this more competitive.

 

[77GTFan]

Expanded playoffs is a bad idea. Football is a very different sport from basketball. I think about how excited I am when March Madness tips off. There was none of that this weekend. It will be interesting to see if not playing for 24 days will hurt the four bye teams in the next round. I would love to see Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State win, proving a tournament determines who was playing the best, had less significant injuries, and/or got a good draw, not who was the best team during the season. The CFP top 2 model was fine and the four team model was OK. And, if the talking heads get their way and we end up with only one team from each conference except for the SEC and Big 10, with 4th and 5th place SEC teams in the field, this idea will kill overall interest in college football. =======

 

[MatatoGT]

Expanded playoffs is a bad idea. Football is a very different sport from basketball. I think about how excited I am when March Madness tips off. There was none of that this weekend. It will be interesting to see if not playing for 24 days will hurt the four bye teams in the next round. I would love to see Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State win, proving a tournament determines who was playing the best, had less significant injuries, and/or got a good draw, not who was the best team during the season. The CFP top 2 model was fine and the four team model was OK. And, if the talking heads get their way and we end up with only one team from each conference except for the SEC and Big 10, with 4th and 5th place SEC teams in the field, this idea will kill overall interest in college football. =======

Playoff expansion was completely driven by tv revenue and not at all by the on the field product. If it were really a football decision, they would have gone from 4 to 6 teams, not 4 to 12. I can’t imagine a world where an 11 or 12 seed goes on a Cinderella run and wins- or even makes it to- the national championship.
Most years 4 teams is enough. Sometimes you want 5 or 6, but never 12 or 14 or whatever the next step is. At this point, just go to 24.

 

[savbandjacket]

Playoff expansion was completely driven by tv revenue and not at all by the on the field product. If it were really a football decision, they would have gone from 4 to 6 teams, not 4 to 12. I can’t imagine a world where an 11 or 12 seed goes on a Cinderella run and wins- or even makes it to- the national championship.
Most years 4 teams is enough. Sometimes you want 5 or 6, but never 12 or 14 or whatever the next step is. At this point, just go to 24.

They went to 12 because the intention the whole time was for SEC and B1G champs plus at least 1 from each of those conferences. ACC and B12 champs get a courtesy nod for the time being so that they can justify the conference champ auto bids. The only way they could do that and have cover from the G5 conferences was to expand to 12.