University of Georgia

[OttoinGrotto]

So take a year where the winner of the socon, mac, mountain west, and american athletic go undefeated and play no big schools, then a bunch of the big schools go 11-1... playoff is pure g5

How are you proposing that all of those conferences have a team go undefeated in the same season?

Historically, that's never happened. There are rarely undefeated teams across P5 or G5.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Wanting to reward champions is a good thing especially when the other team lost to the 2 best teams it played.
So yes.

Why is it a good thing to reward a “champion” between say, the Coastal and Atlantic?

 

[Mchandl8]

So your point was we would put all of those teams in the playoffs in the same year, even though they wouldn't have been undefeated and merited it in the same year?

if they play the right ooc why wouldn't they be undefeated

 

[Mchandl8]

Why is it a good thing to reward a “champion” between say, the Coastal and Atlantic?

Don't disagree with that

 

[OttoinGrotto]

if they play the right ooc why wouldn't they be undefeated

Again, you're projecting results instead of going by results that actually happened.

The odds are low because very few teams across all levels go through the season undefeated.

You keep talking like it's easy to go undefeated. If it was easy, we'd see it happen more.

 

[Mchandl8]

Again, you're projecting results instead of going by results that actually happened.

The odds are low because very few teams across all levels go through the season undefeated.

You keep talking like it's easy to go undefeated. If it was easy, we'd see it happen more.

If this ever became a thing then you should schedule as easy as possible... currently not that easy... but make it the rule......

 

[OttoinGrotto]

If this ever became a thing then you should schedule as easy as possible

Right.

And how do you propose that all of these programs in all of these conferences accomplish that when they're all trying to schedule as easy as possible?

 

[Mchandl8]

Right.

And how do you propose that all of these programs in all of these conferences accomplish that when they're all trying to schedule as easy as possible?

Fcs

 

[Mchandl8]

Fcs

If not then then who has the most money to pay charlotte, etc.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Fcs

Come on, man. At least try.

 

[Mchandl8]

Come on, man. At least try.

Read next

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Read next

I'm out.

 

[Mchandl8]

I'm out.

Cool beans

 

[MikeSU02]

Every FBS conference champion should get an auto bid to a playoff. Let the conferences dictate how those champions are crowned.

Then give six at-large bids.

Then do a 16-team playoff with the first four seeds getting double byes, seeds 5-8 getting a single bye.

It gives power to the little guys with the auto bid commitment, gives power to big guys with the seeding and byes (and the first two rounds could be at the better-seeded team’s field even) and it gives the fans four weeks of playoff football.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Every FBS conference champion should get an auto bid to a playoff. Let the conferences dictate how those champions are crowned.

Then give six at-large bids.

Then do a 16-team playoff with the first four seeds getting double byes, seeds 5-8 getting a single bye.

It gives power to the little guys with the auto bid commitment, gives power to big guys with the seeding and byes (and the first two rounds could be at the better-seeded team’s field even) and it gives the fans four weeks of playoff football.

The results are showing that a four team playoff is too many teams. Eight teams is silly. Sixteen moronic.

 

[Mchandl8]

The results are showing that a four team playoff is too many teams. Eight teams is silly. Sixteen moronic.

The results... this year? Or all years?

 

[MikeSU02]

The results are showing that a four team playoff is too many teams. Eight teams is silly. Sixteen moronic.

The results are showing that there are two power house teams. That’s it.

There are elite teams in every sport, that doesn’t mean we cut out other teams from playoff contention.

But good use of the word “moronic”.

 

[gbo]

It's obvious that Alabama, Georgia and Clemson were the three best teams in the country and, since Alabama is #1, Georgia might be #2.

Georgia might be 3 but Clemson is definitely #2.

 

[721Comstock]

Georgia might be 3 but Clemson is definitely #2.

We think Clemson is #2 also.

 

[rrlbees]

I didn't realize LSU beat uga in the postseason... so you're argument is that conference championships don't matter if you're already in without it... so it doesn't count. Uga didn't lose to Alabama... that was a dream

That’s right. The system is broken. Go back to 2 teams then. When the “play in game” consists of opponents named Pitt, Texas, Alabama, and nobody, that inequitable and there’s no denying it. Go to 2 or 8 or get rid of the CCG. Okie doesn’t get in if they had to play bama in a CCG. ND doesn’t get in if they had to play bama in a CCG. Georgia gets in if they had to play Pitt, Texas or nobody.

 

[suloyalfan]

Patriots beat the Giants the last week of the regular season to go undefeated, then the Giants beat them in the rematch in the Super Bowl and it was an awesome game.

Rematches aren’t always bad.

Agreed, they're not always bad... but how does anyone logically not put an undefeated Notre Dame team in before a team that lost 2 games, one of which was to another playoff team to end the season a couple weeks ago.

Talent wise, they may have been a better choice than Notre Dame. However, with 2 losses they didn't earn the spot in my opinion. Ohio State had a better argument if I had to pick a team in place of Notre Dame.

 

[sufandu]

Can’t say Clemson vs Bama aka the same thing every year is greaaaat either!

It's not ideal but they played their way into it. That's different than having a rematch that already took place two games ago.

 

[Horn88]

The last thing most woud want to see is Alabama vs Georgia in the NC game.

Why does this matter? Who the public would like to watch on TV shouldn't play a factor at all.

For the record, I'm in the camp that UGA is the 2nd or 3rd best team but cost themselves a CFP bid with the LSU blowout.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Good lord I can’t stand college football traditionalists.

 

[Chip]

Maybe there’s just two clear cut best teams and they are playing each other in the championship.

4 teams is better than 2, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be blowouts if everyone knows who the 2 are.

Maybe Georgia keeps it close again against Alabama, is that alone keeping everyone hopeful for competitive semi-finals?