FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Every time one of the have-nots in CFB grab one tiny morsel of the sports biggest spoils, the establishment loses its shit and insists they're unworthy and must be beaten back down to serf status so the lords can continue gorging at the feast of plenty. It's exhausting. https://t.co/6elUggvR6W

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) December 21, 2024

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As much a bunch a BS as a 3 loss team with a loss to Vanderbilt being in there. What's next, just picking in August.

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Just 12 blue bloods. Might as well pick OU, miami and USC

Jack Bauer said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Every time one of the have-nots in CFB grab one tiny morsel of the sports biggest spoils, the establishment loses its shit and insists they're unworthy and must be beaten back down to serf status so the lords can continue gorging at the feast of plenty. It's exhausting. https://t.co/6elUggvR6W

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) December 21, 2024

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As much a bunch a BS as a 3 loss team with a loss to Vanderbilt being in there. What's next, just picking in August.

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Just 12 blue bloods. Might as well pick OU, miami and USC

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They are mistaken the ability to win with earning a spot by winning the games on your schedule. All three of those teams have the talent to win it all, more than SMU and IU. But, they didn't do it during the year so they lost that opportunity.

There is only one answer, centralized scheduling. Let AI create balanced schedule and you just play who they tell you.

Prior to this year there have been 30 college football playoff games played. 16 of them were decided by 3 scores or more. Listen to how dramatic and ridiculous this reaction is with that context. https://t.co/DSnBfXhvzX

— AT (@primediscussion) December 21, 2024

any of these guys gonna go after the @TexasFootball resume??

Wonder why

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) December 21, 2024

I'm old enough to remember Oregon 59, Florida State 20; Alabama 38, Michigan State 0; Clemson 31, Ohio State 0; Clemson 30, Notre Dame 3; LSU 63, Oklahoma 28. Those were playoff semis, with brand names getting smoked. Don't act like is the first time we've seen playoff blowouts.

— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) December 21, 2024

FLBear5630 said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Every time one of the have-nots in CFB grab one tiny morsel of the sports biggest spoils, the establishment loses its shit and insists they're unworthy and must be beaten back down to serf status so the lords can continue gorging at the feast of plenty. It's exhausting. https://t.co/6elUggvR6W

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) December 21, 2024

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As much a bunch a BS as a 3 loss team with a loss to Vanderbilt being in there. What's next, just picking in August.

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Just 12 blue bloods. Might as well pick OU, miami and USC

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They are mistaken the ability to win with earning a spot by winning the games on your schedule. All three of those teams have the talent to win it all, more than SMU and IU. But, they didn't do it during the year so they lost that opportunity.

There is only one answer, centralized scheduling. Let AI create balanced schedule and you just play who they tell you.

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This is what some here don't want to hear, as winning a P4 conference doesn't automatically mean that you are one of the best teams in the nation, and, further, the CFP guaranteeing a P4 champ a slot is literally the same thing as handing out a participation trophy. While the current CFP is a mix of best and teams with participation trophies, changing the process to ensure that the best teams make the CFP would mean that some 3-4 loss P4 teams would make it over 0-2 loss P4 teams.

this was the national championship game in 2023 https://t.co/b1ZvrC27hJ pic.twitter.com/RzEBlZJMXf

— jamie jordan (@JordanJamie) December 21, 2024

“Playoff games should always be competitive or the committee got it wrong!”

Playoff games: pic.twitter.com/74bfX7HvZs

— Woody Whitehurst - Women’s Lacrosse Supporter (@woodywhitehurst) December 21, 2024

Average margin of victory for the first 3 first-round games this year: 17.3. https://t.co/WLfahntJAa

— Matt Baker (@MattBakerCFB) December 22, 2024

If James Franklin is winning playoff games. You have too many teams in the playoffs.

— Jon “Stugotz” Weiner (@stugotz790) December 21, 2024

Seems like CFB wants to be an anomaly where the most talented teams make the playoffs only and ignore the results on the field. I don't care if Alabama or Ole Miss would be favored against Indiana and SMU. Don't lose to bad teams and you'll EARN your spot.

I don't think anyone is being honest with themselves if they want to see the same teams year after year competing in playoff.

“Outclassed Indiana” only lost to Ohio State 38-15. Mighty SEC member Tennessee losing to Ohio State 42-10 🤷🏻‍♂️

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 22, 2024

Um didn't Alabama lose to the team getting curb stomped by Ohio State.


Hello, Paul???

8 of the 9 Big Ten opponents played Ohio State tougher than Tennessee's 42-10:

- Michigan State
- Iowa
- Oregon
- Nebraska
- Penn State
- Northwestern
- Indiana
- Michigan

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) December 22, 2024

Okay, the third best team in the SEC just got dominated by the third best Big 10 school.

Where's Kiffin, Saban, and Sankey at now?

GoldenBear007 said:

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Okay, the third best team in the SEC just got dominated by the third best Big 10 school.

Where's Kiffin, Saban, and Sankey at now?

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And Finebaum

Please RT we’re worried about him 🙏 pic.twitter.com/ooqq9Omjs9

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 22, 2024

FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Well...they got the "A" part right

ESPN fucking despises the Big12 and doesn’t even try to hide it. Pathetic. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/ldY0CfFyzG

— Barstool Big12 (@BarstoolBig12) December 11, 2024

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My comment is that PSU belongs in Cinderella tier and OSU and UT in Dangerous

If you want to have a Cinderella someday, you are going to have a lot of IU vs ND games before you get one. Since Villanova in the Final 4 won it all, how many others have even reached the final 4? Maybe one every 5 years?

I don't get all the angst.

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2023 Final Four had 3 Cinderella teams. UConn won it all.

historian said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Well...they got the "A" part right

ESPN fucking despises the Big12 and doesn’t even try to hide it. Pathetic. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/ldY0CfFyzG

— Barstool Big12 (@BarstoolBig12) December 11, 2024

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My comment is that PSU belongs in Cinderella tier and OSU and UT in Dangerous

If you want to have a Cinderella someday, you are going to have a lot of IU vs ND games before you get one. Since Villanova in the Final 4 won it all, how many others have even reached the final 4? Maybe one every 5 years?

I don't get all the angst.

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2023 Final Four had 3 Cinderella teams. UConn won it all.

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Ok, out of 50 years. How many? If you want to get into the minutia, which this board LOVES, UCONN and Miami are NOT Cinderellas. You want to look up how many Blue Bloods vs Davids were snoozers?

You get the concept. There are a lot of bad games and years for every Villanova and 2023. Better?

I did not say that UConn was a Cinderella. I do think the other three were. What made that year special was this anomaly: three Cinderella's in the Final Four.

Got the most part your point is correct but there are exceptions and I don't think 2023 is the only time.

The reason the Cinderella's are exciting is because of the unexpected. That's why it's called "March Madness" and that's one reason why so many people watch it.

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I did not say that UConn was a Cinderella. I do think the other three were. What made that year special was this anomaly: three Cinderella's in the Final Four.

Got the most part your point is correct but there are exceptions and I don't think 2023 is the only time.

The reason the Cinderella's are exciting is because of the unexpected. That's why it's called "March Madness" and that's one reason why so many people watch it.

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We do agree, believe it or not. To me it is all about opportunity. Baylor has the opportunity to win the Nat Championship, they just have to win. That is all you can ask for. The Bama **** pisses me off.

My biggest 1st round CFB Playoff takeaways:

1) Home field environment were amazing & made a difference
2) Reseeding MUST happen going forward
3) No one is beating that version of Ohio State
4) Cade Klubnik and those Clemson freshman WR's are legit
5) Superconferences hurt CFB

— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) December 22, 2024

Quarterfinal @CFBPlayoff lines via @CircaSports

Ohio St -1 Oregon (52½ total)
Texas -14 Arizona St (52)
Penn St -10½ Boise St (52½)
Georgia -1½ Notre Dame (44)#CFBPlayoff

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 22, 2024

The propaganda machine hard at work and it appears they’re attempting to make it official the “@SEC @bigten Invitational” is where we’re heading. Programs like @BroncoSportsFB & @ASUFootball need not apply. It’ll be interesting watching how the Fiesta & Peach are presented…

— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) December 22, 2024

Mood pic.twitter.com/XKSglQ8rr2

— Jonathan Danielson (@JonathanIn2K) December 22, 2024

FLBear5630 said:

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I did not say that UConn was a Cinderella. I do think the other three were. What made that year special was this anomaly: three Cinderella's in the Final Four.

Got the most part your point is correct but there are exceptions and I don't think 2023 is the only time.

The reason the Cinderella's are exciting is because of the unexpected. That's why it's called "March Madness" and that's one reason why so many people watch it.

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We do agree, believe it or not. To me it is all about opportunity. Baylor has the opportunity to win the Nat Championship, they just have to win. That is all you can ask for. The Bama **** pisses me off.

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I think we agree more often than not. However, while I hope Baylor will have a chance for a national championship I am more skeptical. As much as I might dream about, I'm not sure that we can defeat the teams we would face. With Aranda's experiences with LSU's natty team maybe we could make it to the championship game. I do believe that our 2019 team could have been in a 12 team playoff, 2021 team definitely, and both could have made it to the semis. I just don't know if they would beat Georgia, OSU, or Oregon (or comparable teams in that hypothetical year). I am also uncertain if Aranda's recruiting has matched those previous teams.

FLBear5630 said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Well...they got the "A" part right

ESPN fucking despises the Big12 and doesn’t even try to hide it. Pathetic. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/ldY0CfFyzG

— Barstool Big12 (@BarstoolBig12) December 11, 2024

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My comment is that PSU belongs in Cinderella tier and OSU and UT in Dangerous

If you want to have a Cinderella someday, you are going to have a lot of IU vs ND games before you get one. Since Villanova in the Final 4 won it all, how many others have even reached the final 4? Maybe one every 5 years?

I don't get all the angst.

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2023 Final Four had 3 Cinderella teams. UConn won it all.

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Ok, out of 50 years. How many? If you want to get into the minutia, which this board LOVES, UCONN and Miami are NOT Cinderellas. You want to look up how many Blue Bloods vs Davids were snoozers?

You get the concept. There are a lot of bad games and years for every Villanova and 2023. Better?

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Also keep in mind how many Cinderella's started that way and after 10+ years of being good moved into the elite category.

Our NC opponent Gonzaga being that way.

Same could happen in football now with a larger playoff and a G5 having a shot.

It has happened to a small extent with G5 schools going to BCS games or larger bowls and winning and as pointed out already, joining power conferences.

One of college football’s biggest personalities just suggested that the cfb playoff committee not get caught up with….wins? LOL. I can’t. Maybe we need a hard reset on the people talking about these things & not the people making these decisions. https://t.co/WhWNKHkONL

— Tony Adragna (@CoachAdragna) December 22, 2024

Boohoo poor little ESPN didn't get the expected return on their investment on a property that they strategically built

In all seriousness the mega conferences helped create these blowouts. Indiana played no one because their conference is so big that can happen. I love a a good underdog story but Indiana going 9-3 would have been a great story on its own.

I don't see it happening… But it would be good to see if it did

If Boise State can go on a run in the CFP this will be the greatest thing ever.

The meltdown of fanbases across the country if a G5 team is still playing into the semifinals after all the conference realignment.

They truly could save our sport from the people destroying it. pic.twitter.com/JKeWEzNOlm

— Garrett Armbrust (@4thandsaturday) December 22, 2024

That would be a beautiful thing!