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My Thoughts on the Playoff Field
PurpleJ
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The people wanted a playoff and this is what they got. Mark Emmert is in charge. I'm surprised you're surprised. The committee chose 4 teams. FSU was the only undefeated team in FBS.
Now fuck off and enjoy Saban vs. Meyer and the Rose Bowl Game presented by Rape Culture.
Now fuck off and enjoy Saban vs. Meyer and the Rose Bowl Game presented by Rape Culture.
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Insightful.
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Only if I give you another 500 or soPurpleJ said: -
Would you two get a room already?PostGameOrangeSlices said:
Only if I give you another 500 or soPurpleJ said: -
Things are getting HEATED in chatDerekJohnson said:
Would you two get a room already?PostGameOrangeSlices said:
Only if I give you another 500 or soPurpleJ said: -
Where's the insightful button?PostGameOrangeSlices said:Insightful.
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I have no problem with the teams chosen. I'm looking forward to the playoff.
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I can't really complain too much about TCU being left out ... had it been at the expense of Baylor. I think that the Big 10 >>> Big 12, but whatever on that.
If there's anything that I'm a little upset about it is the inconsistency of the comments and rankings each week.
If the Conference Championship game was so important, it should have been communicated as such before the season. Instead, most of the communication was about winning your conference. Had the Big12 made a request to have a Conference Title Game between it's top 2 teams, I would expect that it would have been shot down.
I had this opinion when the PAC had 10 teams and still have the opinion with the Big 12 that a full round robin schedule can be as difficult, if not more difficult, road as conferences with 12 or 14 teams because of who you can miss in that schedule. Take USC this year in how they missed both Oregon and UW. With the exception of the conference title game, Ohio State would have missed Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska. And moreover, the divisional races can be skewed very easily by who you play or don't play from another division.
There's no question that Iowa State and Kansas are bad teams in the Big 12. Tech had a bit of a down year by their standards this year but they are always a .500 caliber program. Everybody else in the conference (TCU, Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Kansas St, and West Virginia) tend to have above average or better programs. When you have that kind of situation, you have 21 games that are against each other in that combination. Teams are going to lose games. So regardless of how good/bad you think those teams are, looking at the records means that they are going to beat up on each other a bit. I think it's ridiculous to use the logic in some leagues (like the SEC) that teams beating up on each other is a sign of how good the conference is whereas in other conference (how it was in the PAC and now apparently in the Big 12) that doing so means that everybody is average. That's like eating both pie and cake. -
All the Power 5 conferences need to play the same amount of regular season conference games. SEC needs to play 9, it's bullshit they don't, and the playing field won't be even until they do.
I never have been a fan of conference championship games, i liked the old pac-10 round robin and don't think the big-12 necessarily needs a championship game to make the playoff. They need quality OOC scheduling to legitimize their standing when the traditional powerhouses are having a down year.
You don't need to schedule a Bama or anything, but put a fucking ASU at least on your schedule and prop yourself up because you don't have the crutch of guaranteed quality wins come conference season w/o the 'championship' game -
The SEC is the favored son, I suppose we should just accept it and move on.
