Should College Football Expand The Playoffs?

[Tide Run This]

lol @ troy, toledo, boise, florida atlantic being in the playoffs they would be double digit underdogs against every team in the top 15, that would kill the integrity of the playoffs.

Ain't nobody trying to see no fukking Toledo. If they start letting in jobber conferences power 5 schools might as well start going independent and schedule 12 jobbers just to guarantee going undefeated.

 

[Professor K.]

@ the bolded - yet, theres 2 or 3 teams sitting at home with better resumes than Alabama, that didn't go to the playoffs. including ohio state, who you apparently think would have beat the breaks off the #1 ranked team in the country........sounds like you should be in favor of an 8-team playoff.

and youre contradicting yourself. first you were claiming that Alabama would have a guaranteed spot in an 8-team playoff, until I pointed out that the same exact scenarios we had over the 4-team format, would've still went down with 8-teams. now youre trying to sing a different tune.

or maybe you just didn't think it thru. hence, you thinking auburn would've been in. they were ranked too low and had 3 losses. the two at-large bids would've went to Alabama & Wisconsin.

the same could be said about march madness. theyre not complaining.

and I could def see boise beating USC, and those other teams at least giving them a run.

AND AGAIN, I can see if you don't like the 12, but you cant deny the 8.​

Dude, I don't understand what you're not getting but I haven't contradicted myself at all. Going into the Auburn game, Alabama was NOT guaranteed a spot this year with a 4 team playoff. They WOULD have been guaranteed a spot with 8 teams. And Auburn was ranked 7th after the season. They might have been ranked too low on YOUR polls, but not the APs. You know, the one that actually matters

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

yea but that would kill the regular season. most of those teams had their chance and don't really need to be in there.

I like the proposed idea of a 12-team format with the mid-major champions getting a shot. but I can see why you didn't like that.

the medium would be just expanding to 8 squads. the P5 conference champs, the highest ranked group of 5 school, and the best 2 teams leftover.

they played a tougher schedule, and beat better teams.

Alabama's best win was squeaking past a Mississippi state team that will barely be ranked next week.​

No.our best win is stumping the shyt out of #1 ranked Clemson. Which shows you why we are exactly where we should be.

 

[PortCityProphet]

What if the conference champ has 2-3 losses?
Seems like they wouldn’t really deserve a playoff spot

Then they have 2 or 3 losses. 2 loss teams getting consideration now. What difference does is make. Off bat 4 teams mathematically eliminates at least 1 conference. It doesn't make sense for the committee to say your conference champion means nothing to one conference every year.

 

[L&HH]

what scenario? Alabama wasn't guaranteed a playoff spot and would NOT have gotten one had Auburn taken care of business against UGA. Auburn was ranked 7th and beat two #1 teams this year so you not having them in your hypothetical playoff is even stupider. I don't wonder why people want 8 teams, they feel like it's the only shot their schools will have at playing for a championship. I felt the same way too until we went 12-1 this year. Win some damn games and make the playoffs. If you lose more than 1 game, you don't deserve a chance. Period. And even if USC gave Clemson a game, the winner would've played Alabama or Ohio State the next week and gotten the brakes beat off them. ThAt eNtIrE sCeNaRiO aLrEaDy wEnT dOwN wItH tHe 4 teAm fOrmAt aNd ALaBaMa iS pLaYiNg iN tHe cHiP nExt wEek sO wHaTs yOuR pOiNt?

Why would Bama not gotten in if auburn won the SECC? They would have still been the 4th seed and Auburn would have been 2 or 3.

 

[Professor K.]

Why would Bama not gotten in if auburn won the SECC? They would have still been the 4th seed and Auburn would have been 2 or 3.

I think they got in because they didn't lose to their conference champion. If Auburn won then there's no argument left over who is the best team in the SEC. But who knows

 

[thenatural]

I hear what y’all are saying, but why is college football the only sport on earth where losing a game or two is unacceptable

Well the NFL is completely different for a multitude of reasons, but a big reason is that the number of eligible teams is vertiably smaller. College sports such as baseball and basketball are different because they play more games. You lose 4-8 games in basketball, it's probably a similar losing % if you lose 2-3 games as a football program.

I mean the FCS has a 24 team playoff. Why not mimic that? Usually the best team wins out. Play 11 games for a regular season and give the top 8 a bye. The problem (not to me) with that is conf. championship games become irrevelant and those sponsors start to dip out. I can't be mad at that though because if I see one more damn Dr. Pepper commercial, I think I might blow a gasket. Also, it makes a lot of the talk during the regular season meaningless, which is also good.

I just hate that these young men are going to have to play more games and not be able to profit off it. I know they get stipends and a lot of other privileges, but it just feels weird.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

No.our best win is stumping the shyt out of #1 ranked Clemson. Which shows you why we are exactly where we should be.

BE SMART SON.

the Clemson game is not on their resume. ​

Dude, I don't understand what you're not getting but I haven't contradicted myself at all. Going into the Auburn game, Alabama was NOT guaranteed a spot this year with a 4 team playoff. They WOULD have been guaranteed a spot with 8 teams. And Auburn was ranked 7th after the season. They might have been ranked too low on YOUR polls, but not the APs. You know, the one that actually matters

I don't have my own polls. LOL. being ranked 7th is too low when the the 4th & 6th ranked teams are still sitting there without auto bids. auburn would be the 1st team out.

I guess you can say that, since its big bad bama, and the SEC. but if we blindly look at resumes, they didn't do enough to tank the auburn game and still get in.

 

[feelosofer]

No, I think the playoff system is good as it is.

 

[Silkk]

Hell No

 

[Silkk]

Will it though? Definitely

 

[Professor K.]

I don't have my own polls. LOL. being ranked 7th is too low when the the 4th & 6th ranked teams are still sitting there without auto bids.

how would Alabama have been guaranteed a spot going into auburn?

at that point, we still had to see what Miami & Wisconsin were gonna do, and how the big 12 shaped out.

Alabama was not getting leapfrogged by 8 teams breh. Doesn't matter what happened anywhere else. There simply weren't enough teams to even warrant that conversation. And there will never be 8 0-1 loss teams that late in the season to make it fathomable for an undefeated #1 team to fall out of the top 8 with a late season loss. So essentially every major rivalry game is null and void and top teams might as well rest their starters going into the playoffs on some week 17 NFL shyt.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Alabama was not getting leapfrogged by 8 teams breh. Doesn't matter what happened anywhere else. There simply weren't enough teams to even warrant that conversation. And there will never be 8 0-1 loss teams that late in the season to make it fathomable for an undefeated #1 team to fall out of the top 8 with a late season loss. So essentially every major rivalry game is null and void and top teams might as well rest their starters going into the playoffs on some week 17 NFL shyt.

youre not getting it.

they don't have to be leapfrogged by 8 teams.
they only have to be leapfrogged by TWO teams.

I think this is the part that people don't get, when they oppose an 8-team field. yall start thinking about Auburn, Miami, penn state and other fringe top 10 teams - but they wouldn't make the 8-team playoff either.

if they make it an 8-team format, with 6 automatic bids, NOTHING REALLY CHANGES. it doesn't devalue the regular season at all. in fact, it makes it more exciting & controversial.

 

[Professor K.]

youre not getting it.

they don't have to be leapfrogged by 8 teams.
they only have to be leapfrogged by TWO teams.

I think this is the part that people don't get, when they oppose an 8-team field. yall start thinking about Miami, penn state and other fringe top 10 teams.

if they make it an 8-team format, with 6 automatic bids, NOTHING REALLY CHANGES. it doesn't devalue the regular season at all. in fact, it makes it more exciting & controversial.

Ok breh, let's play your game

What TWO teams are you putting in over a 1-loss Alabama?

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

BE SMART SON.

the Clemson game is not on their resume. ​

I don't have my own polls. LOL. being ranked 7th is too low when the the 4th & 6th ranked teams are still sitting there without auto bids. auburn would be the 1st team out.

I guess you can say that, since its big bad bama, and the SEC. but if we blindly look at resumes, they didn't do enough to tank the auburn game and still get in.

It's still proof they got it right. Bama waxed the 1# team in the country. Georgia beat Oklahoma. What else is their to say? If both of those team lost, First page would be exploding about talking points about SEC teams not being worthy of getting there named called in these playoffs. But when they do show they show and prove for the most part.