The biggest mistake of the playoff was a 12 team playoff with only 5 autobids
It should be a 12 team playoff for any conference champ in top 25…up to 9.
This year there would be 6 with 6 at larges
If they were only going to have 5 autobids they should’ve made it an 8 or 10 team playoff.
I’m fine with only 5 autobids if the playoff was 8 or 10 teams.I'll quibble with this. I like 5 auto bids. There's really only two AAA power conferences now in the SEC and BG10, a AA power conference in the ACC, and the A/JV power conference in the BG12. 5 auto bids are pulling in some teams that might not otherwise be considered in the actual top 12 if not for the CFP in the back of voters minds.
For example, Clemson would not be the top 12. I don't think Boise and maybe even SMU would be in if the voters didn't know about the auto bid. Liberty and Tulane had gaudy regular season records last year and didn't sniff the top 12.
IMO, the playoffs either stay at 12 with the current 5 auto bids, or expands to 24 with 8 or more auto bids. I like the first round byes being given to the highest rated conference champions.
I don’t think it diminishes SOSPositives and negatives to the SMU pick over Alabama.
Positive: It validates the playing of conference championship games.
Negative: It diminishes strength of schedule. We won't be seeing SEC teams adding a 9th conference game nor scheduling tougher non-conference games.
Clemson, SMU, ASU are all about .500 in the Big Ten or SEC. Boise and Notre Dame would have at least three losses (just like Alabama and Ol Miss). There’s enough data out there to know these things.
Will probably get there eventually.....
Clemson, SMU, ASU are all about .500 in the Big Ten or SEC. Boise and Notre Dame would have at least three losses (just like Alabama and Ol Miss). There’s enough data out there to know these things.
Why would the Big Ten and SEC want to continue this playoff system?
Get real.
and this is why teams in the SEC and Big Ten will need to just cancel all their hard NC games, protect their record and take the SMU path.If you have three losses....then you don't have a leg to stand on. Teams "left out" can whine all they want. They didn't handle themselves like national title contenders during the season. Enjoy your bowl game and do better next year.
I doubt it because doing so will devalue half those 30 teams. Somebody has to lose the games played. That league would pretty quickly move to the mean a couple ways. One where there are 4-6 really good teams, 4-6 pretty bad teams and a jumble of the rest on the middle. The other where parity takes over and you have a pretty large majority of teams with 3-4 lossesWill probably get there eventually.....
Wouldn’t have helped bama since what kept them out was losing to 6-6 conference opponent + other 6-6 conference opponentand this is why teams in the SEC and Big Ten will need to just cancel all their hard NC games, protect their record and take the SMU path.
and this is why teams in the SEC and Big Ten will need to just cancel all their hard NC games, protect their record and take the SMU path.
This argument keeps coming up now. It makes absolutely no sense.and this is why teams in the SEC and Big Ten will need to just cancel all their hard NC games, protect their record and take the SMU path.
this. you actually are almost never punished for "good" losses. Oddly enough, there can only be so many teams that win 10 teams in a conference. really what the prior poster is arguing for is that Bama should go independent, schedule no one but MAC and lower level teams and go 12-0 every year.This argument keeps coming up now. It makes absolutely no sense.
Alabama didn’t lose any noncon games.
Georgia played Clemson and yet they are in.
Texas played Michigan and they’re in.
Don’t lose three games. Especially to 6-6 teams. It’s that simple. The whole system is set up for BT and SEC teams to have all the advantages. Just don’t lose to bad teams. Simple.
saban been watching a lot of european soccer since retiring i see.