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College Football 2017 Season

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Conference Champions are irrelevant when you are trying to get the 4 best teams in a playoff
 

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Conference Champions are irrelevant when you are trying to get the 4 best teams in a playoff
Yep, it's about the 4 best teams. If it was truly about conference champs, they wouldn't have made 4 slots, when there are at least 5 conferences contending for it.

Another thing that bothered me when watching commentary, specifically Kirk Herbstreit, he kept bringing up who was more deserving vs who was better. Since when was the committee put in charge of picking the 4 most deserving teams? In that case, UCF should hold a spot in the playoff...
 

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Let's see... Clemson lost to Syracuse... Oklahoma lost to Iowa St. and UGA and Bama lost to Auburn. Syracuse is 4-8 and unranked... Iowa St. is 7-5 and unranked... Auburn is 10-3 and ranked 7th... so if the committee was really on the ball, the final rankings should be...

1. UGA
2. Bama
3. Oklahoma
4. Clemson
 

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I'd actually love an 8 team playoff.. give the 5 P5 champs automatic bids and give the highest G5 champ a bid, and then leave 2 open slots for the remaining field to fight over.

Also, make the round of 8 a home game for the higher seed and put that the week after conference championships. Alabama being able to host a playoff game at Bryant Denny would be an electric atmosphere and the same goes for any other home stadium that gets to host a playoff game. And then take those 4 winners and pair the highest remaining seed vs the lowest remaining seed and the other 2 seeds in the Rose/Sugar on New Years Day and send the losing teams to the consolidation NY6 Bowls.

But, here's the kicker: Seeding isn't determined until after conference championships have been played. A 9-3 team that lucked into a conference title because the other team's QB twisted his ankle shouldn't be rewarded with a home game because they have a higher seed than an 11-1 at-large team just because they won their conference.

Using this logic, I'd set the playoff like this:

1 Clemson vs 8 UCF @ Clemson

2 Oklahoma vs 7 Penn State @ Norman (Penn State is a better team than Wisconsin.. let's be real)

3 Georgia vs 6 USC @ Athens

4 Alabama vs 5 Ohio State @ Tuscaloosa

Pair the highest remaining seed and the lowest remaining seed in the Rose/Sugar, and pair the other 2 in the other bowl. Problem solved right there.
 
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Ohio State in Tuscaloosa would be electrifying. I couldn't image the type of atmosphere...probably something similar to Game of the Century in 2011.
 

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Ohio State in Tuscaloosa would be electrifying. I couldn't image the type of atmosphere...probably something similar to Game of the Century in 2011.

Exactly. It would reward the fans and students of the higher seeded teams with one last home game against a championship-level opponent before everyone goes home for Christmas, and it would get rid of the whole debate over deserving teams getting left out, because in any given year there's never any more than I'd say 5-8 teams who can actually realistically compete for a national championship.
 
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I'd actually love an 8 team playoff.. give the 5 P5 champs automatic bids and give the highest G5 champ a bid, and then leave 2 open slots for the remaining field to fight over.

Also, make the round of 8 a home game for the higher seed and put that the week after conference championships. Alabama being able to host a playoff game at Bryant Denny would be an electric atmosphere and the same goes for any other home stadium that gets to host a playoff game. And then take those 4 winners and pair the highest remaining seed vs the lowest remaining seed and the other 2 seeds in the Rose/Sugar on New Years Day and send the losing teams to the consolidation NY6 Bowls.

But, here's the kicker: Seeding isn't determined until after conference championships have been played. A 9-3 team that lucked into a conference title because the other team's QB twisted his ankle shouldn't be rewarded with a home game because they have a higher seed than an 11-1 at-large team just because they won their conference.

Using this logic, I'd set the playoff like this:

1 Clemson vs 8 UCF @ Clemson

2 Oklahoma vs 7 Penn State @ Norman (Penn State is a better team than Wisconsin.. let's be real)

3 Georgia vs 6 USC @ Athens

4 Alabama vs 5 Ohio State @ Tuscaloosa

Pair the highest remaining seed and the lowest remaining seed in the Rose/Sugar, and pair the other 2 in the other bowl. Problem solved right there.


Good idea teams like UCF shouldn't be left out and at least given a chance. The way it is right now If they happen to beat Auburn in Atlanta then its like oh well so they're the only undefeated team and beat #7 but season is still over and nobody cares how good they really may be.
 

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8 teams. Yay! Lets be like the NFL and allow mediocrity into the playoffs and devalue the regular season even more in the process.

If I had my way, we'd be gearing up to a Clemson/Oklahoma championship game with no semifinal (though I think Georgia should be ahead of Clemson).
 

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Dylan Moses is out for the year with a lower leg injury of some kind.

I'm beginning to think this is some sort of conditioning issue for the linebackers. Saban and Cochran need to sit down and figure out why they're having so many people in that group go down, because I no longer think luck has anything to do with this.
 

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Dylan Moses is out for the year with a lower leg injury of some kind.

I'm beginning to think this is some sort of conditioning issue for the linebackers. Saban and Cochran need to sit down and figure out why they're having so many people in that group go down, because I no longer think luck has anything to do with this.
Broken foot and I suspect the same thing. Conditioning seems to be off. Granted, he was working with second team given Mack Wilson's return, but we rotate like crazy. How much does this impact the game plan, we will see....
 

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Broken foot and I suspect the same thing. Conditioning seems to be off. Granted, he was working with second team given Mack Wilson's return, but we rotate like crazy. How much does this impact the game plan, we will see....

Thank the lord we have Mack Wilson back. If we have to start Kieth Holcombe against that offense I may just start crying before the first quarter is even over.
 

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Thank the lord we have Mack Wilson back. If we have to start Kieth Holcombe against that offense I may just start crying before the first quarter is even over.
We're gonna need a good LB that can shed a block or two given Bryant's mobility. He hasn't sold me as more than just an average passer, but his ability to scramble worries me, especially if Holcombe does get a starting nod. He was beat like a drum against MSU with Fitzgerald running into the secondary.

And for the love of all that is holy, cover Renfroe and the flat. I cannot tell you how many damn 3rd and longs have been given up by Pruitt being blitz happy.
 

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Meanwhile, I'm on the hook for a student national championship ticket (should Alabama advance). I was hoping for the free Taco Bell student ticket. :(:(:(:(
 

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Is Pruitt even engaged with preparation? Phat Phil Fulmer will be providing as many distractions as possible for his new employee I'm sure
 

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Is Pruitt even engaged with preparation? Phat Phil Fulmer will be providing as many distractions as possible for his new employee I'm sure
He is. He only missed first two practices and from what I understand, Clemson prep is starting tomorrow (this first few days were just back to basics stuff).

But Pruitt is dead to me. Not only is he going to work for Tennessee, but under fat arse Phil. That donut eating slug. It disgusts me and I don't wish him luck at all. Hope he goes 0-12.
 

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He is. He only missed first two practices and from what I understand, Clemson prep is starting tomorrow (this first few days were just back to basics stuff).

But Pruitt is dead to me. Not only is he going to work for Tennessee, but under fat arse Phil. That donut eating slug. It disgusts me and I don't wish him luck at all. Hope he goes 0-12.

I never really liked Pruitt to begin with.. I feel like Smart would've done a much better job with the new talent this year than Pruitt did..
 

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This Clemson game will be a huge one for Daboll’s future with the team, in my opinion. If Bama’s offense goes out and lays an egg, much like the Iron Bowl, the calls for his termination will be loud and clear. Rightfully so too.
 
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