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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions Ain't it peculiar how the people with all the money keep making more of the money?
Unfortunately THAT will never happen and even if it somehow DID, there would still be 'unofficial rankings " that would be done and those would be used as the starting points in determining which wins and losses were 'quality wins/losses'...
Boo!! Feel bad for all Hokies on that one, but especially her. Most fun player to watch on the team. Oh - and did you hear she is fast?
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions I was thinking about this the other day. We will never have another Sam Rogers. A guy that comes in off the radar and turns into a legend and piece of VT lore. Because the Big Ten would come in and hire him away.
It's not just NIL, it's NIL combined with the unlimited transfer portal that's turned every team from #15 to #135 into a farm system for the top schools. You could at least have a fat NIL contract with a player and lock him down for a certain number of years and receive compensation if another league wanted to buy them out in a better regulated sport.
The NCAA was so married to the concept of amateurism that they failed to modernize, failed to regulate for the world as it actually exists, and got themselves put into irrelevancy. And now it's the Wild West and the people with the biggest war chest win.
Look at the semi finals. The wealthiest university on the planet (Texas), the biggest athletic budget (anOSU), Special Because They're Special Notre Dame, and Penn State. When another BIG school is the "poorest" member of the semi-bracket... yikes.
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions Oh 100% agree. The money combined with the deliberately disorganized confederation of interests that pass for governance in the sport is the heart of the issue. The money incentivizes the lack of governance, which begets more money. Repeat and feed the gyre. All of the other ills discussed below stem from this. Unlimited NIL. No contract structure for players (because they can't be employees, *wink wink* because they're students and It's Different. *wink wink*). No constraints on transfers. Not really having the ability to see a team of player develop over a career at a school. On and on.
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions One of the roles that the CFP fulfills is taking the heat off of teams and coaches for not winning their conference, imho. "It's okay, Bama didn't make the SEC championship but they can still be in the playoff." That's a feature for the BIG and the SEC, so they can have a sufficient level of success to reduce the buyout churn. And to make the P2 more money. Determining a "fair" champion is like third on the list of goals for the CFP, maybe not even that.
Why yes, I am very cynical about the whole thing.
You aren't wrong though - we are this close to having another all Single Conference CFB final that will draw a terrible rating. Not allowing that to happen again should have been a consideration from the jump, that it wasn't kind of gives up the whole gag.
Thank God. Maybe the "playoff" isn't the worst of all evils
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions The focus on the playoff, from the very start of the season, is nauseating. Figuring out the one best team is about as interesting as figuring out the one best player. That's not why I enjoy CFB. It's all the weird trophies, the bragging rights, the regional rivalries, the endearing traditions. These are all things that the NFL would kill for in terms of engagement and for 95% of the teams that don't have a shot at the CFP these are the things that actually move the needle.
Remember when Gameday used to go to a college town and they'd have a reporter go out and hit up the local restaurants for some local color? Now we've got Playoff, playoff, gambling, gambling, playoff, Pat McAfee, playoff, etc. It's boring.
Fontel doing work on the recruiting trail again. That man has been incredible the past few years.
I agree with DC on lots of things. Wanting more wins is one of them and neither of us believes Quinn is the one to help get us there
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions I do think something like this needs to happen writ large. Let the BIG and SEC go off and play each other, then they can enjoy their 7-5 or 5-7 records. The vast middle of the sport could go back to playing regional rivalries, and the sport would become more affordable as a result of not having to keep up with the Joneses.
Good gosh almighty, January is gonna be a helluva winter...
You just agreed with DC on something
I totally love it. If it wasn't for ASU forgetting to cover a Texas guy on 4th-and-game in OT, there would be exactly ZERO SEC teams among the final four.
This is why the SEC wants a bunch of guaranteed berths in the playoffs - without The Godfather Nick Saban guaranteeing a national championship for the conference every 3 years they are not particularly remarkable.
Their argument for getting a bunch of teams in next year just evaporated.
Sorry it was unclear, I meant no official rankings at all. Coaches, AP, none of them.
Duke on 3rd and 1 on Ole Miss 31 yard line decides to pass twice in a row with their backup QB....
Certainly a choice Manny Diaz...
Whichever team wins the championship will be their head coaches first title. All four remaining have zero.
Findbums is gonna self implode
UGA lost.
So nice to yet another SEC eliminated. Only the psudo-SEC Texas left to be eliminated.
Couldn't even get the Biscuit basket at the end
It sucks not having the public announcement yet, but I'm fairly confident all the players and recruits know. We keep signing guys with supposedly only "some phone and Zoom calls" with DC candidates. I think it's sewn up and the people who need to know already know.
That was two fouls in a row that officials said were clean and let FSU have both.
22 points so far if my count is right.
Duke getting absolutely dogwalked...
340 yards of offense for Ole Miss at halftime