After this season

RaceBannon

Why are there still going to be CCGs? Money of course but the expanded playoffs should cover that

It's an extra game of wear and tear that is completely useless and meaningless

dannarc

NSIO


We always lose to Indiana

TheHB

Purdue too high

MikeSeaver

I used to argue against them before WE even had them.

We played the entire conference and the winner won.

I suspect it’s one more test for the top teams if you want to look at it that way.

BUT let’s make up a fake season.

Let’s say after this weekend Utah is ranked 11th and in third place. In this made up season UO and UW are ranked 8th and 9th, why should 8 and 9 play their way out of the playoff while Utah sits at home safe playing one fewer game and not in their own CCG?

That’s the REAL goddamned issue.

LawDawg1

RaceBannon said:

Why are there still going to be CCGs? Money of course but the expanded playoffs should cover that

It's an extra game of wear and tear that is completely useless and meaningless

How else can Oregon maintain a neutral field argument?

Sources

MikeSeaver said:

I used to argue against them before WE even had them.

We played the entire conference and the winner won.

I suspect it’s one more test for the top teams if you want to look at it that way.

BUT let’s make up a fake season.

Let’s say after this weekend Utah is ranked 11th and in third place. In this made up season UO and UW are ranked 8th and 9th, why should 8 and 9 play their way out of the playoff while Utah sits at home safe playing one fewer game and not in their own CCG?

That’s the REAL goddamned issue.

In this case, the proper move is for UW to withdraw from the game and tell Oregon to rep the north

Seven_Eleven

If there were a 12 team playoff this year, UW might need to beat Oregon 3 times to win the whole thing. That's stupid.

AtomicDawg

RaceBannon said:

Why are there still going to be CCGs? Money of course but the expanded playoffs should cover that

It's an extra game of wear and tear that is completely useless and meaningless

You're playing for the automatic bid, chance to host a game if you're already in the top 12, or chance to avoid a dominant team until later in the bracket.

I know it is silly though. Take your two best teams since there are no longer divisions and let them knock one of them down and possibly lose a chance to host a playoff games or get in.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Sources said:

MikeSeaver said:

I used to argue against them before WE even had them.

We played the entire conference and the winner won.

I suspect it’s one more test for the top teams if you want to look at it that way.

BUT let’s make up a fake season.

Let’s say after this weekend Utah is ranked 11th and in third place. In this made up season UO and UW are ranked 8th and 9th, why should 8 and 9 play their way out of the playoff while Utah sits at home safe playing one fewer game and not in their own CCG?

That’s the REAL goddamned issue.

In this case, the proper move is for UW to withdraw from the game and tell Oregon to rep the north

Should we do the honorable thing and send a delegation to Eugene?

PineapplePirate

Seven_Eleven said:

If there were a 12 team playoff this year, UW might need to beat Oregon 3 times to win the whole thing. That's stupid.

Didn’t that happen with LSU and Alabama?

Geevis_and_Butthead

RaceBannon said:

Why are there still going to be CCGs? Money of course but the expanded playoffs should cover that

It's an extra game of wear and tear that is completely useless and meaningless

Race is correct as usual.

Nobody gives a flying fuck about conference championships.

The playoff is gonna be 24 teams by 2026. Perennial also rans need to have hope when they go 9-3 or 8-4 to keep fan bases checked in.

Let the team that wins a "conference championship" get one of the eight first-round byes as their reward

whlinder

It replicates a Round of 16 game in the playoffs going forward.

Win it, and you get a bye into the round of 8. Lose it, and you have to play again (round of 12) unless you suck and aren't in the playoff mix.

It's going to be better to finish 3rd than 2nd in conference going forward, until the rules for byes change anyway. I can't imagine in a future world where 1 of the top 9 ranked teams is not in the SEC/B1G (as today's rankings are) that those byes will continue being handed out to 4 conference champions. As of today that would be Arizona winning the Big 12 and getting a bye.

MelloDawg

The winner of the regular season is the winner of the conference. Period.




























Just like in English Premier League soccer.