YepMore SEC teams in the playoffs.....
Wouldn’t that really suck? I know you’re probably right and that’s the sad part.More SEC teams in the playoffs.....
Solid post 2010, especially the part about Saban and Alabama. A one loss Bama team is 99% assured to be in the playoffs each season. I think 8 teams would be better but if they make it 12, I'm okay with that too.I like it when the regular season matters. When it's more than just a long prelude to a tournament that all the moderately successful teams get into. When you have to be consistently excellent over an entire season, rather than get hot at the right time. When losing focus at any point has real consequences, upsets matter, and lowly teams can do things of substance that affect the CFB landscape on any given Saturday.
Saban has won 6 titles at 'Bama, but on FOUR of those, they've had a loss during the season. Dropping a game barely affects their chances; they have a built-in mulligan. Teams with top talent now can be on something like cruise control until the end of the season.
Sports is both entertainment & competition, and I know my POV gives more weight to the entertainment aspect than just having it be a pure competition. But ignoring that starts to hollow out the soul of the sport, and I think people underestimate how important that is.
I’ve been watching a little. That big white guy that can’t jump at all is pretty good.I watch the current version of the playoffs on TV because they are on Monday nite and not much happening anyway.
They're "out if it" as far as any playoff consideration goes - I guess I should clarify that I'm talking about traditional bowls vs. a playoff system, rather than being a big fan of the current 4 team setup. 80-90% of teams are realistically out of it before the season starts.
Well no...technically 0% are out of it before it starts.They're "out if it" as far as any playoff consideration goes - I guess I should clarify that I'm talking about traditional bowls vs. a playoff system, rather than being a big fan of the current 4 team setup. 80-90% of teams are realistically out of it before the season starts.
Really ?! You seriously watch the national title game only because there's "not much happening anyway" ?!! Heck last year I went to the Ohio State-Clemson semi in Phoenix just for the fun of it. Can't imagine not going because Murder She Wrote is on !I watch the current version of the playoffs on TV because they are on Monday nite and not much happening anyway.
So what we need is top 6 seeds are conference champions and the 6 at large are 7-12.I haven't read through all the posts but I'm sure there's a lot of "it diminishes the regular season" stuff. I simply don't agree. When the top 4 teams get a bye, that's huge. When the next get to host a home game? That's huge. That still places a large emphasis on having a great regular season. Furthermore, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of a team like Florida State or Florida or Bama or LSU (you get the idea) having to travel to OSU, or NU, or Washington, or Oregon in December! Those teams NEVER, or rather, VERY RARELY, travel north to play. Adding in the potential for NU to host a December game for a southern team just gets my juices flowing.
I really like Star Trek, M A S H, and the Rifleman and I hate with a passion what ESPN has done to college football. To think adding more games is going to fix the playoff issues indicates you have not been paying attentionReally ?! You seriously watch the national title game only because there's "not much happening anyway" ?!! Heck last year I went to the Ohio State-Clemson semi in Phoenix just for the fun of it. Can't imagine not going because Murder She Wrote is on !
He said realistically and you said technically so it sounds like you're both right... just saying.Well no...technically 0% are out of it before it starts.