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Watching Alabama play tonight makes the committee look a little better. They deserve to be there imho
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Too bad there isn't a way to eliminate the human factor but until Nick Saban retires it will probably always be Nick Saban's team and 3 other teams in playoffs.
Just my opinion, doesn't mean much....
I definitely think that Auburn took their bowl game against UCF a bit lightly and that they probably felt deflated after losing their conference championship. Frost sticking around for the bowl game was also probably a huge motivational lift for his team as well.
Boise State suffered some of the same prejudices of their schedule for many years, and it always seemed to make it sweeter when they knocked off one of the "top tier" teams, but they still never received as much recognition.
I'm amazed at what Frost did with that UCF program. Going undefeated at any school is such a huge accomplishment. I'd guess that we'll be seeing Nebraska back to national prominence in under 5 years......
I think so far the selection committee has gotten it right every year so far. The four best teams are in. Every team had a chance to make their case and they all had untimely losses towards the end of the year that changed the outcome as far as selection committee was concerned.
I think they got it right again this year and put the four BEST teams in.
They need to get rid of that until they come out with the playoff rankings in
late October. It doesn't really give a fair chance to a lot of teams out there.
Especially when you have a team from a Power 5 conference that has 2
losses going into the rankings and still comes out in the top 10
Great Rose Bowl game by the way.....
That was a great Rose Bowl game to watch but what a huge choke job in the second half for the Sooners.
What he has accomplished is impressive. I just hope that he loses that little bit of Manzielness that comes out now and again, because if he does I could see him having a pretty good NFL career ahead of him. Sometimes it sure seems like he's got that "it" factor that reminds you of Russell Wilson. Sometimes he seems a little bit like a Ryan Leaf.......
(*) = number of games started
2017 DeShone Kizer (14) / Kevin Hogan (1)
2016 Robert Griffin III (5) / Josh McCown (3) / Cody Kessler (8)
2015 Josh McCown (8) / Johnny Manziel (6) / Austin Davis (2)
2014 Brian Hoyer (13) / Johnny Manziel (2) / Connor Shaw (1)
2013 Jason Campbell (8) / Brandon Weeden (5) / Brian Hoyer (3)
2012 Brandon Weeden (15) / Thad Lewis (1)
2011 Colt McCoy (13) / Seneca Wallace (3)
2010 Colt McCoy (8) / Jake Delhomme (4) / Seneca Wallace (4)
2009 Brady Quinn (9) / Derek Anderson (7)
2008 Derek Anderson (9) / Brady Quinn (3) / Ken Dorsey (3) / Bruce Gradkowski (1)
2007 Derek Anderson (15) / Charlie Frye (1)
2006 Charlie Frye (13) / Derek Anderson (3)
2005 Trent Dilfer (11) / Charlie Frye (5)
2004 Jeff Garcia (10) / Kelly Holcomb (2) / Luke McCown (4)
2003 Kelly Holcomb (8) / Tim Couch (8)
2002 Tim Couch (14) / Kelly Holcomb (2)
2001 Tim Couch (16)
2000 Doug Pederson (8) / Tim Couch (7) / Spergon Wynn (1)
1999 Tim Couch (14) / Ty Detmer (2)
1996–1998 Suspended operations
1995 Vinny Testaverde (12) / Eric Zeier (4)
1994 Vinny Testaverde (13) / Mark Rypien (3)
Now that we have established that the entire college football season is a playoff, we can compare it to the actual NFL playoffs.
The New England Patriots are the best team in the league nearly every season. Without question top four each time. But there are rare occasions they lose before the final four. But they’re still a top four team without question. It wouldn’t make sense to say, “Well they did lose at a crucial time in a crucial game, but I think they’re still a top team so put them in there”.
The same should be applied in college football. If all we are doing is putting the best four in then why even play the games? We know Bama is a top four team each season before we play so just go ahead and put them in there each season.
8 team playoff.
Top spots go to the top 8 conference champions ranked in the top 15.
In the event there aren’t 8 conference champions in the top 15, which is 99.99% of the time, the remaining slots are filled out by the top ranked teams who didn’t win their conference. With one stipulation. Only 1 wild card team per conference.
The higher seed hosts the first round following the Army/Navy game. Then the final four is done how it’s done now. The losers of the first round go into the other high profile bowl games for their final game.
This year’s schedule would have looked something like this:
(8) Wisconsin @ (1) Clemson
(5) USC @ (4) Ohio State
(7) Alabama @ (2) Oklahoma
(6) UCF @ (3) Georgia
Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl still hold the semi-finals and the losers of the first round go into other NY6 games against each other.
What does this solve?
First, it puts an emphasis on winning your conference. That’s your ticket in if you’re a top team. Do that and you don’t worry about anything else.
Second, it prevents major upsets in the CCG from putting an unranked team in the playoff. Doubt they’d crack the top 15 after being unranked, regardless of the win. We don’t want 4 loss teams still having a chance.
Third, it gives the little guys a chance to do something. Take care of business and you’ll surely be in the top 15 come the end of the year. You might have to go on the road in round one, but it’s better than no chance at all.
Fourth, it keeps the importance of being a top four team because you get to host the first round.
Fifth, it still allows for a team to get in if they don’t win their conference. There’s a chance the best team in the nation falters at the worst time. Now they’re still in. But they’ll be going on the road to prove themselves in round one.
Sixth, it prevents 3 slots being taken up by one conference. Yes sometimes the 3 best teams might be from the same conference, but you had a chance to win your conference or be the best team not to and you didn’t do it. Can’t be mad about that.
Nobody can say they didn’t have a chance. Lose your conference? Better still be a top team. Not a top team? Win your conference. Don’t do either? Tough shit. Better luck next year.
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And when you say "deserves to be in" that is completely subjective. Not all conferences are equal. Just look at the meat grinder that is the SEC compared to other conferences.
I want the best teams in. Really don't care if they won their conference or not. It's certainly one of the measurements we can use, but should not be the only and primary one.
You can't compare the NFL and college football because teams have salary cap rules they must abide by, etc. It's just different so to say the playoffs should be done like the NFL is wrong. Look at the regular season in the NFL. It's mostly meaningless until you get towards the end. If anything, the NFL should scrap the divisions and just go with best records get in.
They are already considering doing that with NBA basketball because often times you can have a team with a .500 record get in while another team with a much better record sits on the side lines. So when you talk about most deserving, then who deserves a shot more? A team in a weak conference but wins their division or a team with a better record?
If you stretch it to 8 conference champions, the 9th conference champion is going to complain and have the same strength of argument as a conference champion being left out right now would.
Any given year you could probably leave out a team that is playing far better than they were at the beginning of the year and could make a run through a tournament type championship. There's no reasonable way to avoid that.
The NFL/CFB comparison was just simply the fact that the regular season is the first round of the playoffs for CFB, not the players and salary cap.
In the end though does it really matter? Alabama is just so damn good that yes they may lose every once in a while (GO Clemson Tigers!!) but in the end they will win 90% of the time.
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