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Just realized this, after seeing this bracket that all bye week teams lost! Ha!
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Just realized this, after seeing this bracket that all bye week teams lost! Ha!

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:39 AM
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2025-01-02/college-football-playoff-bracket-schedule-rankings-scores%3famp

Extra week did em' a lot of good huh?

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:41 AM
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To be fair...2 of them were clearly not actually top 4 teams. And UGA lost their QB.

Oregon getting crushed was a surprise to me.

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:43 AM
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Good points...

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:52 AM
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That, or the seeding was really bad.

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:53 AM
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Same thing has been happening in MLB playoffs. Maybe the bye week really isn’t an advantage.

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Not in 2024 with Yanks Dodgers.***

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Jan 3, 2025, 10:12 AM
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Playoff contracts put them in the top four seeds.

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Jan 3, 2025, 9:57 AM
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Those were automatic bids.

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That will be the excuse to expand to 16 teams so no one gets a bye***

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Jan 3, 2025, 10:17 AM
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Jan 3, 2025, 10:50 AM
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They should have stopped at 8 with no bye. Stakes would have been higher in that first round for all and I think the hype for the games would have been better. 12 and 16 is too watered down. 8 (4 P4 champions, G5 champion, 2 highest rated P4 non champions and 1 at large)

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I'm not a fan of making an accommodation for the G5 teams...


Jan 3, 2025, 10:53 AM
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More often than not, that's effectively giving some P4 team an easier path to the next round.

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Re: I'm not a fan of making an accommodation for the G5 teams...

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Jan 3, 2025, 11:02 AM
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BigCUFan® said:

More often than not, that's effectively giving some P4 team an easier path to the next round.



Simple fix for this is reseeding after the first round so you don't have a Penn State scenario where a 5 or 6 seed get a potentially easier path than a top 4 seed.

Personally, I think it's fine G5 gets at least one in because who doesn't love an underdog story. Most years they probably don't get a bye anyhow and end up playing an at large bid team.

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Jan 3, 2025, 10:53 AM [ in reply to Re: The will be the excuse to expand to 16 teams so no one gets a bye*** ]
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What's the difference between "highest rated P4 non champion" and "at large"?

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That's the Notre Dame factor...


Jan 3, 2025, 10:57 AM
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plus an opportunity to include another SEC or BIG team.

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