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Orange Blooded [4423]
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thought mack brown said something intelligent yesterday....
Dec 4, 2017, 10:45 AM
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normally, think he's a dunce and dreadfully boring, but yesterday he hit on something i'd not considered or heard mentioned before...
we all talk about an 8 team or 16 team playoff, but he said why not do a 6 team playoff (all 5 conference champions and an at large) and have the 1 and 2 seeds get a bye while 3-6 play it off. this year, that would have worked tremendously
3 uga vs. 6 usc
4 bama vs. 5 OSU
1 clemson vs. bama/osu
2 oklahoma vs. uga/usc
clemson/bama/osu vs. oklahoma/uga/usc
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The at large would always be an SEC team. Thats' why.***
Dec 4, 2017, 10:47 AM
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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last year, it would have been penn state***
Dec 4, 2017, 10:48 AM
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Wasn't PSU the conf champ last year?
Dec 4, 2017, 10:49 AM
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So the at-large would've been OSU?
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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correct, either way, the sec would have only had 1***
Dec 4, 2017, 10:55 AM
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All-In [30833]
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6 would be fine with me. 6 conference
Dec 4, 2017, 10:48 AM
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Champions..welcome to the show CFU
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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with that, bama would be out....
Dec 4, 2017, 10:49 AM
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committee's job is to the "best teams" in there... bama is one of the 6 best teams in the country
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All-In [29036]
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And that's what I find silly
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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"Best" is a junk word with no meaning. Or a million meanings, which is the same as none.
But again, it's the system we have, go out and win.
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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weird, though, that if bama had beaten auburn, and lost to
Dec 4, 2017, 10:52 AM
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ANYBODY else (including fresno state, ole miss, etc.) on their schedule, they would have been in the sec championship game and discussions would be a lot different today
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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if we have 8 teams, then i say 5 power 5 champs, 2 at large,
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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and highest ranked group of 5.
but with 8 team playoff, i say drop the 12th game
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That's a good idea if they can manage to increase the $$$...
Dec 4, 2017, 10:49 AM
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to pay everyone what the four selections get now. BTW, I know that money goes to the conference.
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Orange Blooded [2111]
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thats another game for them
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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I think most teams are happy with the amount of games played right now. Not sure they want to potentially add one more. could be wrong though.
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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i'm fine with going back to 11 games...
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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it worked for years and years until conference expansion
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Orange Blooded [2111]
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i think eventually if they do expand playoffs
Dec 4, 2017, 11:01 AM
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it will go back to 11
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Then why have Bama? Just let 4 & 5 play to get it. Conf
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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champs only.
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while it’s not a terrible idea... it’s not good either, IMO
Dec 4, 2017, 10:50 AM
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I think we have it figured out at 4. It should be hard to get in, and there should be debate. A committee that includes coaches is the way... much better than computers.
In that scenario... you’d play that first round before Christmas sometime... but you are slso adding a game.
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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the stupid part is, you have a 4 team playoff and 5 major
Dec 4, 2017, 10:54 AM
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conferences.
no other league/sport in the world doesnt have enough spots for their division/league winners
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Heisman Winner [105574]
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I don't think automatic bids are a good idea.
Dec 4, 2017, 11:00 AM
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This year it works, but using the ACC as an example, what if a Coastal Division Champ makes the ACCCG with 4 losses and wins on some freakish play or bad officiating call? That team automatically gets to be in the playoffs?
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All-In [29036]
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Yes.
Dec 4, 2017, 11:05 AM
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The season is already full of these "fluke" plays and games, why discard that chaos when it comes to conference championship games?
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110%er [7831]
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Re: Yes.
Dec 4, 2017, 11:05 AM
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That’s how it works in the pros
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Because ~40 percent of the teams make it...
Dec 4, 2017, 11:23 AM
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~40% of D1 CFB teams would be 50ish teams.
I don't want CFB to look like Pro Football.
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Oculus Spirit [82063]
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AAAAAAAmen!
Dec 4, 2017, 11:26 AM
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Heisman Winner [105574]
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The pros do not have a single game that determines whether a
Dec 4, 2017, 11:24 AM
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team makes the playoffs. They also have 4-team divisions where they play each division opponent twice. The ACC has had some bad teams make the ACCCG in the past. Every conference has. The system works perfectly well right now without automatic bids. A 4-loss conference champ has no business making a college football playoff.
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Orange Blooded [3290]
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Re: Yes.
Dec 4, 2017, 11:24 AM
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11 Regular season games. 16 team play off. 10 P5 Division winners(5 14 or 16 team conferences). 1st round on ChampInship weekend @ neutral sites. Adds 1 Dec/Jan game. Move second 8 teams up or down 2 spots to prevent rematches. Comittee has said Conf Championships dont matter anyway.
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Heisman Winner [105574]
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Because those types of breaks even out over the course of
Dec 4, 2017, 11:35 AM
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a season, but not necessarily in a winner-take-all type of game. Imagine a scenario where 12-0 Clemson plays 8-4 GT in the ACCCG. We break off a long TD run to pull ahead with seconds remaining and it gets called back due to a phantom holding call (sound familiar?). GT wins it and they're 9-4 on the season and headed to the playoffs, while we're hoping against hope that we get that at-large bid at 12-1.
No thanks, I prefer my chances with the current system, which works really well.
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Re: thought mack brown said something intelligent yesterday....
Dec 4, 2017, 11:17 AM
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Des Howard tweeted that same thing after last week's games. I'm thinking that Mack Brown just stole the idea from him, seeing as how Mack Brown is the dunce you described.
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Orange Blooded [4423]
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do u think Mack Brown knows how to do the twitter?***
Dec 4, 2017, 11:25 AM
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Heisman Winner [108390]
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It seems perfect now. Why do people rush to change?
Dec 4, 2017, 11:20 AM
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There will always be malcontents.
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Re: thought mack brown said something intelligent yesterday....
Dec 5, 2017, 9:38 AM
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That would just create more bitching and moaning over who really deserves the byes and who the 5-6 teams should be. No matter how many teams are included in the playoff there will always be controversy over the last spot(s).
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Clemson is currently on top of the mountain. No need
Dec 5, 2017, 10:06 AM
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to step off it.
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