College Football Playoffs - we sure needed 12 teams

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

#5  vs #12 - 38 - 24

#6 vs #11 - 38 -10

#7 vs #10 - 27 -10

#8 vs #9 - 42 - 17

All these games were over at halftime. Add in the transfer portal and college football is becoming unwatchable.  

 

[listen2me 23 1,805]

Not that surprising.  The 4 team playoff saw big blowouts as well.  

The whole model doesnt work in that sport, I said it for years.  People clamoring for a playoff to crown a "true champion".  Its not needed to watch the top teams blow these teams out.  Lets say SMU were to beat PSU.  Do they still have a realistic chance of winning the whole thing?  No they dont.  But that didnt happen anyway.  

And now we just hear people bltching about who didnt make it, as most could predict.   

The 4 team playoff was fine.  

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

47 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

Not that surprising.  The 4 team playoff saw big blowouts as well.  

The whole model doesnt work in that sport, I said it for years.  People clamoring for a playoff to crown a "true champion".  Its not needed to watch the top teams blow these teams out.  Lets say SMU were to beat PSU.  Do they still have a realistic chance of winning the whole thing?  No they dont.  But that didnt happen anyway.  

And now we just hear people bltching about who didnt make it, as most could predict.   

The 4 team playoff was fine.  

Is that a plus or minus, watching Kifkin cry was funny.

[jerryskids 6,435]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

#5  vs #12 - 38 - 24

#6 vs #11 - 38 -10

#7 vs #10 - 27 -10

#8 vs #9 - 42 - 17

All these games were over at halftime. Add in the transfer portal and college football is becoming unwatchable.  

 

ND beat Indiana 27-17, although Indiana scored 14 in the 4th to make it look respectable.

IMO, the main problem is that the super conferences have gotten so big that teams are sneaking through without playing anyone tough.  SMU didn't play Miami or Syracuse, and lost to Clemson.  Indiana beat a down Michigan, but got killed by Ohio State and didn't play Penn State.  

Clemson won their conference, and I like putting in all of the conference winners, so I hope they keep that.  Tennessee I think just had the bad fortune of playing what IMO is one of the top two teams in the country (along with Oregon).

 

[Strike 5,048]

We should expand to 32 teams.  That will fix everything.

[Death 298]

I'm fine with it for now because it minimizes the whining from teams that emerge undefeated or with one loss from weaker conferences.

Most SEC teams would crush SMU.

[jbycho 431]

1 hour ago, Death said:

I'm fine with it for now because it minimizes the whining from teams that emerge undefeated or with one loss from weaker conferences.

Most SEC teams would crush SMU.

But....Trump!!!! 

AmIRight? 

[Cdub100 3,786]

3 hours ago, Strike said:

We should expand to 32 teams.  That will fix everything.

We should expand it to 129 team and make them play 12 games and then at the end pick the team who was the best.

We could even have a few of them play at the end in a special game. Call it a bull game. 

[jonmx 2,385]

There were really only 2 to 3 teams who had legit arguments every year about who the best team was.   And a few undefeated teams were locked out of any championship game.   4-team playoff would have been big enough.  8-teams would make it fun.   But 12 teams we now have three loss teams crying like babies about not getting in.   It was too much and expected college kids to play 4 extra games is absurd. 

[Voltaire 5,108]

58 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

We should expand it to 129 team and make them play 12 games and then at the end pick the team who was the best.

We could even have a few of them play at the end in a special game. Call it a bull game. 

This might be even better if all the starters quit school and refuse to play in the bull game.

[edjr 6,537]

On 12/22/2024 at 4:44 PM, jonmx said:

There were really only 2 to 3 teams who had legit arguments every year about who the best team was.   And a few undefeated teams were locked out of any championship game.   4-team playoff would have been big enough.  8-teams would make it fun.   But 12 teams we now have three loss teams crying like babies about not getting in.   It was too much and expected college kids to play 4 extra games is absurd. 

Decide it on the field.

 

Yooge Super Bowl upsets

Jets beat Colts
Patriots beat Rams
Giants beat Patriots
Chefs beat Vikings
Broncos beat Packers

With your logic, they should just award the trophy to the favorite without playing.
 

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

All the teams that had byes have lost so far in the college playoffs. If Georgia goes down it will be a clean sweep.

[Hawkeye21 2,310]

I don't understand why so many people complained about the expanded playoffs.  The first round of a playoff isn't suppose to be an evenly matched game.  That's the recipe for a great upset.  It's the reason why people love March Madness.  Why does everyone change their tune when it comes to football?

[listen2me 23 1,805]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I don't understand why so many people complained about the expanded playoffs.  The first round of a playoff isn't suppose to be an evenly matched game.  That's the recipe for a great upset.  It's the reason why people love March Madness.  Why does everyone change their tune when it comes to football?

Its a pretty wacky system whether you like 12 teams or not.  

I do not like the Oregon Ducks at all.  

But hey, your award for earning thr number 1 overall seed?  You get to play perhaps thr best team in the nation on a neutral field in your first game!   Lol

Meanwhile Penn State gets Boise St and SMU as thr 6th seed.  

[Hawkeye21 2,310]

3 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

Its a pretty wacky system whether you like 12 teams or not.  

I do not like the Oregon Ducks at all.  

But hey, your award for earning thr number 1 overall seed?  You get to play perhaps thr best team in the nation on a neutral field in your first game!   Lol

Meanwhile Penn State gets Boise St and SMU as thr 6th seed.  

Oregon having to play OSU was really stupid.  Hopefully next year is better.

[edjr 6,537]

On 12/22/2024 at 10:20 AM, Mike Honcho said:

#5  vs #12 - 38 - 24

#6 vs #11 - 38 -10

#7 vs #10 - 27 -10

#8 vs #9 - 42 - 17

All these games were over at halftime. Add in the transfer portal and college football is becoming unwatchable.  

 

Ohio State had 2 loses and seems to the best team.  with your logic NBA should drop to 4 playoff teams

[edjr 6,537]

3 hours ago, Mike Honcho said:

All the teams that had byes have lost so far in the college playoffs. If Georgia goes down it will be a clean sweep.

All teams had byes, no one has played in at least 3 weeks. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

Notre Dame advances. What a defense. On to Penn State. 

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

6 hours ago, edjr said:

Ohio State had 2 loses and seems to the best team.  with your logic NBA should drop to 4 playoff teams

I have no idea what this means or why you are comparing college football to pro basketball. 

[edjr 6,537]

7 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

I have no idea what this means or why you are comparing college football to pro basketball. 

you’re not very bright

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

15 hours ago, edjr said:

you’re not very bright

You'll get no argument from me on that point, but I don't get why you think my contention that 12 teams was too many means that by that my logic the NBA should only have 4 teams in the playoffs. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,453]

21 hours ago, edjr said:

Ohio State had 2 loses and seems to the best team.  with your logic NBA should drop to 4 playoff teams

That would DEFINITELY make the NBA a better product. 

[edjr 6,537]

12 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

You'll get no argument from me on that point, but I don't get why you think my contention that 12 teams was too many means that by that my logic the NBA should only have 4 teams in the playoffs. 

teams that get blown out don’t deserve to be in playoffs. seems to be your contention. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,453]

College football is a joke, why shouldn't the playoff be too?

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

29 minutes ago, edjr said:

teams that get blown out don’t deserve to be in playoffs. seems to be your contention. 

My contention was 12 teams was too many for Division 1. What I was trying to state; after a full season, 8 teams are more than enough to determine a champion.  College football isn't basketball where a Step Curry on Davidson is going to knock out multiple higher ranked teams. Maybe once in awhile in football a #12 loses to a #5, but not often enough to need a 12 team playoff.  If that wasn't clear, well that just proves you were right by saying I'm not bright, sometimes I have trouble articulating my thoughts.

 

[MLCKAA 535]

And now you have Penn State and Notre  Dame a game away from a national title shot when neither team was ever considered the best team in the country at any point during the regular season.  It’s a shame.

[edjr 6,537]

1 hour ago, MLCKAA said:

And now you have Penn State and Notre  Dame a game away from a national title shot when neither team was ever considered the best team in the country at any point during the regular season.  It’s a shame.

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

1 hour ago, MLCKAA said:

And now you have Penn State and Notre  Dame a game away from a national title shot when neither team was ever considered the best team in the country at any point during the regular season.  It’s a shame.

Notre Dame is 13-1.  How could they not be considered one of the top teams? Just beat #2

[posty 2,563]

It sucks to have to pull for Ohio State to beat Penn State in the title game…

[edjr 6,537]

so the regular season best team should always be in the championship game? what world am I living in?

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

1 minute ago, edjr said:

so the regular season best team should always be in the championship game? what world am I living in?

As a Patriot fan you should know what’s going on. It’s just ND haters. 

[edjr 6,537]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

As a Patriot fan you should know what’s going on. It’s just ND haters. 

Please return the Super Bowl trophies. Patriots were better team!!!

[Mike Honcho 4,961]

13 minutes ago, posty said:

It sucks to have to pull for Ohio State to beat Penn State in the title game…

UW Bucky alum here...yeah, I'm not going to do that...hate THE Buckeyes. 

[posty 2,563]

5 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

UW Bucky alum here...yeah, I'm not going to do that...hate THE Buckeyes. 

Well I despise Texas and Notre Dame…. Can’t stand Penn State either so that just leaves Ohio State…. Not a great thing either, but the lesser of four evils…

[MLCKAA 535]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Notre Dame is 13-1.  How could they not be considered one of the top teams? Just beat #2

I’m telling you that if you reflect on the season as a whole, ND was never discussed as the #1 team in CFB, ever.  Yet they’re on the precipice of playing in the title game.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

2 minutes ago, MLCKAA said:

I’m telling you that if you reflect on the season as a whole, ND was never discussed as the #1 team in CFB, ever.  Yet they’re on the precipice of playing in the title game.

Oregon was.  

[TBayXXXVII 2,453]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Just beat #2

... with a backup QB.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

2 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

... with a backup QB.

Yeah.  The other guy would have stopped that kick off return and blocked much better.  

[TBayXXXVII 2,453]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah.  The other guy would have stopped that kick off return and blocked much better.  

Could've totally altered the trajectory of the game.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,702]

Just now, TBayXXXVII said:

Could've totally altered the trajectory of the game.

Yeah.  Beck was having such a great year.