CFP Format & Fixes Thread

GTLiebs said:
As opposed to punishing teams for simply existing in conferences deemed lesser? I get what you mean about deserving and all, but the problem is that if the byes are completely controlled by subjective ranking, it still won't in reality be about who deserves to have it. At that point, the only way a team like GT could achieve a bye is to go undefeated and hope there aren't any 1 (or even 2) loss SEC/Big 10 teams to jump us with their more "deserving" conference slate.

I'll definitely agree with you that 16 (or 8 would be my preference) that results no bye BS at all is better.
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He’s not a Braves fan, he’ll never get it. Time for the head pat and bless your souls.
 
There is no reason to expand it more. There are only 4 time slots on a weekend. More means at least one 8 game weekend. That will just mean some shitty side games with no ratings. It is all about teevee. Going past 16 means some teams would have to play FIVE games to win it. That is almost half the regular season.

As far as I know Clemson is STILL the only ranked OOC team that the SEC has beat, but they have done it 3 times. They are likely to go 1-1 this coming week because UGAG doesn't have their QB and ND looked a LOT better vs. us than they did.
 
With the way conferences are set up, and with ESPN throating the SEC all season long, you're probably not going to get a much better system than what's in place right now. Nobody should be surprised by blowouts in any round of any playoff system. 6 of the last 10 national championship games were decided by three scores or more. Another one was decided by 15. There hasn't been a single score game since 2018. And this is after the pretenders have supposedly been winnowed out. If you're expecting even half of the games to be nail biters, no matter what the format is, you're going to be disappointed.

I would have loved for one of the ACC teams to pull it out, but watching TN get their shit kicked in brought joy to my cold, dead heart.

Focusing on fixes to the post season is just treating the symptom anyway. The problem lies with with things like the SEC instructing their officials to put their thumbs on the scales and the ESPN mouthpieces like Herbstreit putting the SEC's dick all the way into their collective mouths. If the goal is a level playing field, multi-year contracts with the players, a third party, national officiating organization with no ties to ESPN or any conference, leveling the TV payouts to the conferences, and coach and player salary caps are where you start.
 
Honestly, Clemson really should have been the 5th seed, thats probably the only change Id make.
 
LaFlavor said:
With the way conferences are set up, and with ESPN throating the SEC all season long, you're probably not going to get a much better system than what's in place right now. Nobody should be surprised by blowouts in any round of any playoff system. 6 of the last 10 national championship games were decided by three scores or more. Another one was decided by 15. There hasn't been a single score game since 2018. And this is after the pretenders have supposedly been winnowed out. If you're expecting even half of the games to be nail biters, no matter what the format is, you're going to be disappointed.

I would have loved for one of the ACC teams to pull it out, but watching TN get their shit kicked in brought joy to my cold, dead heart.

Focusing on fixes to the post season is just treating the symptom anyway. The problem lies with with things like the SEC instructing their officials to put their thumbs on the scales and the ESPN mouthpieces like Herbstreit putting the SEC's dick all the way into their collective mouths. If the goal is a level playing field, multi-year contracts with the players, a third party, national officiating organization with no ties to ESPN or any conference, leveling the TV payouts to the conferences, and coach and player salary caps are where you start.
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