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Some bad teams are going to get invited to the playoff and we are just going to get more blowouts than we are already getting.
I always thought that 8 teams would have been the better medium.
Not too few, and not too many....
The P-5 Conference Champs, plus the next 3 highest ranked FBS teams no matter the conference.
Not too few, and not too many....
The P-5 Conference Champs, plus the next 3 highest ranked FBS teams no matter the conference.
By 2026 we aren’t even going to have 5 Power Conferences.
This is all about money. Simple as that.
This is all about money. Simple as that.
8 Teams is still the best number for a CFP imo.
Not to many.
Not to few.
Just right... (kinda like baby bears portions....) 😉
12 teams probably assures any 10-2 SEC team makes the playoff regardless if they make the SEC Championship game or not.
It appears the average for the number of SEC teams going 10-2 or better in the regular season is about 2.5 in the playoff era.
It appears the average for the number of SEC teams going 10-2 or better in the regular season is about 2.5 in the playoff era.
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To appease those of you old farts longing for a nonsensical way to determine a champion, we’ll decide the 12th team in the playoff using a decimal point based algorithm…lol…
seriously, don’t worry about it…it’s gonna be freakin’ awesome…
seriously, don’t worry about it…it’s gonna be freakin’ awesome…
Imagine tailgating for a playoff game in Gainesville.
sadgator seriously hopes he lives long enough to do that….
sadgator seriously hopes he lives long enough to do that….
I'm torn, it's clearly a money grab. There will clearly be favoritism towards a certain few teams, don't think the P5 will be around in 2026, but more playoff teams might help some with parity even if there are blowouts. Right now Bama, OSU, Clemson, and Georgia almost have a monopoly on cfb. I'm willing to try anything to shake that up. If there are "home" playoff games, that would be incredible.
I suspect just more blowouts tho, need to find a way to close the gap of teams to create more parity. It use to be 20ish teams that can win, now it's like 4 or 5 and they are so far ahead of 6 thru 10.
I suspect just more blowouts tho, need to find a way to close the gap of teams to create more parity. It use to be 20ish teams that can win, now it's like 4 or 5 and they are so far ahead of 6 thru 10.
Yep a danger is the top 4 seeds with a bye mostly hammer the winners of the 5 seed to 12 seed games which will probably have a lot of good games.
Another issue is some years there is twelve 10 win FBS teams prior to the conference championship games and with the SEC adding another game you are going to have an argument whether some 3 loss SEC teams should go over a 2 loss FBS team from other conferences. I think if the 3rd loss was in the SECCG that SEC team would be in for sure.
sadgator will take the illusion of fairness and opportunity over a closed elitist system even if it is all a fantasy based on money. The reality of an underdog actually having a shot to prove itself in CFB is worth more to sadgator than being forever stuck in a closed system based on voting teams in who folks “think” are the “best”or on made up computer decimal point criteria. It may not (and likely won’t) result in greater parity…but that is better than having absolutely no chance at parity…
and if we get a few NCAA tourney-like moments along the way, then so be it…that’d be swell…
and if we get a few NCAA tourney-like moments along the way, then so be it…that’d be swell…
I think it's fine. I think teams in the top 12 have realistic possibilities of competing. No more than 12 though...
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Meh....I think some of those #5-12 teams would have been more competitive than many of the first two knocked out of the playoff.
How many times has it been said that such and such team in the playoffs was grossly overrated and #5 or #6 should have been playing instead? Feels like thats just about a yearly occurance and a tradition. No doubt it will be said again this year.
The argument can be made for a top 8....but I'm fine with just 4 more. Wasn't UF ranked in the top #8 a few years ago? May not have won a 8-team playoff, but as a fan, it would be great to see and it would help with recruiting.
You can say it's a money grab, and it is, but let's not not ignore the fact that it can be very beneficial for UF.
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Yep, and let's not forget that closed "elitist" system also caused Urban Meyer to have to go on national TV and essentially beg for a spot in the national championship over Michigan.
Plenty of people acted like UF didn't deserve to be on the same field as OSU before the game. Now? I bet those #5 and #6 teams wish they had the same opportunity.
Are there going to be a couple more blowouts than usual? Sure, but I think the talent and performance gap drops off considerably more after #12 than it does from the top 4 compared to the top #12.
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True, but they stated the top 6 conference champions that could be the MEAC for all we know.
Curious on this with the champions getting automatic berths and 6 at large berths since every 3 loss or more champ could be taking a slot from someone. Might see how many times that happens on average in recent years.
Yep....if somebody were to look at it year-by-year, it would probably be noticed that most of those "blowouts" of teams in top #4 didnt really earn to be there....even a team like Notre Dame....compared to #5-10.
The more I look at this setup I would say most years the SEC won't have more than 3 teams make it in. You will occasionally have a 3 loss team non-champion involved but unless that 3rd loss is in the SECCG most likely you will be left out. Not sure what our wins were like compared to others but the polls would have got us in at 9-3 in 2018 though.
Logistically, how's this going to work? Will the regular CFB schedule remain 12 games per year or be pared back? The money says no. Will conference championship games go away, and entire sub leagues merged? Will bye dates go away? Will the season start earlier and last longer into January? Will it become a battle of attrition of last healthy man standing, and the final games devoid of several injured starters?
He would have made it multiple times in the current system
This is some of the best news regarding College Football in my entire life. I have been screaming for this forever. Yeah some bad teams might get in but a real playoff is now upon us. The upset's and underdogs will prevail too beating teams that nobody thought had a change. Had Meyer's Utah team had a shot when they stomped Bama years ago I would have loved to see them and teams like them take on the next team. This is awesome!
I don't care about logisticis...there is TONS of money in college football and if other conferences have to pitch in to make it work that tiny bit of money is nothing. There will always be drama on teams being left out and there will be lots of debate on who is in and who is out but yeah buddy!
Yea, there's been tons of outcry about the 5, 6, or 7th ranked teams not making it in the 4 team playoff....and rightfully so. However, the outcry for a 13, 14, or 15th ranked teams making it in a 12 team playoff feels like it would be considerably less. Those would likely be 3-loss teams win didn't win their conferences.
Need more, the same setup that high schools and pro uses. I believe everybody who wins their CONFERENCES and ALL RUNNER UPS should be in the playoffs. It should never be about ranking because any team can lose any day.
Well 12 teams puts the pressure on for the power 5 teams to have 10 wins which keeps the regular season important still. I am glad a conference winner is an auto bid though.
It actually makes the reg season more important in ways…a loss (or two) doesn’t kill you, but you still have to win down the stretch…today, your season is over…
Yep the one problem with the current system is it didn't reward conference champions like it should.
I don't know about going that far. That would be a 20+ college football playoff. Even the NFL only has a 14 team playoff.
Plus if the runner up of a conference automatically gets a spot in the playoff....there's not much point to even playing a conference championship game. Sure you could mention seeding purposes, but I doubt that many teams would want to risk playing an extra game just for that, especially when it could be for minimal difference.
With an expanded Playoff, a whole lot of second-tier SEC teams just got a new reality
The game changed in a big way on Friday for the rest of the SEC.
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By the time 2026 rolls around and the the way it is looking the 12 team playoff will consist of 5-6 SEC teams and then just find the next 5-6 best teams around the country.
