Seeding Changed for Upcoming Season

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If they go to 16 we have a better chance to get in...everybody ready?
Of course our 11 and 1 surprise finish this year will still get us in with only 12 seeds.
 


GophersInIowa said:
I think the better route would be to give top 4 conference champs the bye but then reseed after the 1st round based on rankings.
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I think the better route would be to do exactly what we just done but come up with an objective formula for seeding (that could include a conference championship in the formula if they wanted) rather than a bunch of people in the back room cutting deals.
Georgia would’ve been the two seed last year but they had multiple losses and no quarterback entering the playoff. Stupid
 





Some guy said:
Georgia would’ve been the two seed last year but they had multiple losses and no quarterback entering the playoff. Stupid
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Wasn't Georgia the two seed anyways?

As for the other bolded, interesting you bring that up, since most on here did not agree with Florida State being left out 2 years ago when Jordan Travis went down.

I can't recall where you stood on that, but most of the board felt like FSU should have gotten in.
 



Full Speed Ahead said:
The SEC got smacked in the last playoff, so they had to change the rules.
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Nah, I think it's more that people don't wanna watch teams like Boise St. cruise to a first round bye every year while SEC and B1G teams have to bust their asses to win their conference.

Plus, even the ACC commissioner said it's better for the sport, even though it's not better for the ACC.

It only hurts the fans who naively think the rest of the country is on par with the SEC and B1G. Thankfully there is a small number of them.
 

Finally I won't have to hear about poor Notre Dame not being able to get a bye
 

Last year's weak Penn State bracket with SMU and then Boise soured everyone. Boise was barely a true top 25 team much less a top 4 seed. Then top ranked Oregon getting screwed being in the Ohio State bracket didn't help.

I'd like to stick with the 4 bye/auto bids If conferences were closer in talent, but the Big 12 has taken a huge step back. To make it worse, the ACC had a fluke year with a very flawed Clemson team winning the championship. That's what put Boise in the top 4.

All that, in the end, the best team won as WatertownGuy above posted.
 

The reason I liked the way it was set up to begin with is that all the teams that got a bye had played in a conference championship game...won...and earned the week off. I don't like the idea of a team not qualifying for the conference championship game, getting a bye and in essence get a two week bye to be set up into the quarter finals.
 



EcgopherFan said:
The reason I liked the way it was set up to begin with is that all the teams that got a bye had played in a conference championship game...won...and earned the week off. I don't like the idea of a team not qualifying for the conference championship game, getting a bye and in essence get a two week bye to be set up into the quarter finals.
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I believe it would become 30-31 day break if they didn't make Conference championship game and got a bye. Their last game would be Thanksgiving weekend and with a bye would sit until new years and that did not play well for most of the teams last year.
 

EcgopherFan said:
The reason I liked the way it was set up to begin with is that all the teams that got a bye had played in a conference championship game...won...and earned the week off. I don't like the idea of a team not qualifying for the conference championship game, getting a bye and in essence get a two week bye to be set up into the quarter finals.
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I could get behind this, except for what @Panthadad2 had said - the conferences aren't close enough in talent.

Boise State probably would be a 7-8 win team in the B1G yet they get a first round bye?
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Wasn't Georgia the two seed anyways?

As for the other bolded, interesting you bring that up, since most on here did not agree with Florida State being left out 2 years ago when Jordan Travis went down.

I can't recall where you stood on that, but most of the board felt like FSU should have gotten in.
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I think Georgia shouldn’t have been downgraded for losing QB

I also thought Florida state should’ve been in.

I do think the results on the field matter: they shouldn’t have been the two seed with 2 losses


Regardless;
The fact the committee downgraded Florida state for no QB but didn’t downgrade Georgia for same situation is why the committee sucks. The only thing worse than bad policy is inconsistently applied policy.

I would have less of a problem with Florida state being left out if Georgia would’ve been treated the same the following season
 

Some guy said:
I think Georgia shouldn’t have been downgraded for losing QB

I also thought Florida state should’ve been in.

I do think the results on the field matter: they shouldn’t have been the two seed with 2 losses


Regardless;
The fact the committee downgraded Florida state for no QB but didn’t downgrade Georgia for same situation is why the committee sucks. The only thing worse than bad policy is inconsistently applied policy.

I would have less of a problem with Florida state being left out if Georgia would’ve been treated the same the following season
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Thanks for the clarification, especially the bolded. Hard to defend that one, maybe the only possible *reasoning* would be Travis was the star of the team whereas Beck was just an average player among lots of NFL talent. But still, the optics look bad.
 

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