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So after a Saturday of Snoozers (Clemson-Tx was borderline competitive at best), here's how I would propose the CFP be done:
1. 8 Teams, ordered by Ranking. No Autobids at all. First Round on Campus, top 4 seeds get home Games.
2. Teams are chosen by a Computer. No human bias....no Warde Manual to talk out of both sides of his mouth. Certainly, we can create an algorithm to weight the relative value of wins/losses based on S.O.S and Opponent metrics at this point. No useless committee and no $1200 Conference rooms to rent. No Greg Sankey attempting to put his thumb on the scale.
3. 2nd Round/Semis played at Neutral Sites Rotating between 4 Major Bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta). Sorry Cotton and Peach.
4. Championship Game Like it has been in the past--Neutral site as well, stand-alone game. Warm-weather or Indoor Stadium.
Reasons why this will never happen:
-Most obviously, now that it has been expanded to 12, there is no way that people are going to accept less. Like so many other things in CFB, putting Pandora back in the Box isn't gonna happen.
-Tangential to above---- TV Money and E$$$PN---less games is less dollars, and TV Executives are the real people who run college football at this point.
-The Bowls would revolt--the 2 Semi sites would be must-see each year while the others would be less relevant than ever because 4 of the top 8 would already be eliminated.
-SEC and B1G would lose their minds not getting Autobids
-People wouldn't "trust the computers" even though they would obviously not have selection bias. For ESPN, paying a bunch of talking heads to debate the Playoff Committee rankings each week is also content.
Some words should not be mixed with "pro-level".
Pickleball is one of those.
I'm liking the way this is shaping up, and the implications that some good stuff is in the works.
I kinda want him to reply directly to this like when tjbhokie commented "andy bitter sucks" and bitter himself replied "counterpoint: no i dont"
I like what you're saying, but I would really love to see a couple of OL road-graders join the fray.
This is exactly what Indiana did, a new HC and 30 transfers in last year.
Well this didn't go well
I plan to once more of the transfer ratings are available.
edit: I started adding on3 transfer rankings. They have more done than 247 and are usually more favorable to the Hokies.
The defense doesn't have to be world beaters in the first year. They just have to show some kind of presence. But I like the idea of rebuilding with whatever you need from the portal.
what an ugly weekend
not one competitive or fun watch, unless you're a fan of the home
Can you add grades to the table?
Texas didn't get a penalty called on them until the fourth quarter.
I came here to say exactly this just now. All the four bottom seeds lost handily. I think an 8 team playoff would be plenty. Playing until Jan 20 is just too long a season honestly.
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# | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (5-6) at St Joes (7-4) 12pm CBSSN First half went well...then they fell off a cliff
It was 32-30 at the half.
Got outscored 50-32 in the second half.
Has played two....so nine? Right? That's what we are doing now correct?
But I think two.
Lot of ACC teams play aggressive defense but they can score.
Good to have a Flowers back at Tech.
Campbell played an aggressive defense. They need to protect the ball better.
She is working hard at losing weight and getting better.
Ekh had 13 points in the first quarter.
For anyone still hanging on, the ESPN Field Pass w Pat McAfee is the only entertaining way to finish watching this game.
I am glad I went to the women's game based on reading these comments.
Totally agree on this one.
My primary take-away from this Weekend is there aren't 12 teams that are nearly on a Championship level.
8 would be fine, but then the talking heads on ESPN would just argue more.
My expectation is a push to expand to 16 even though it's clearly not warranted or needed.
12 teams in this format is going to take 4 weeks and I love the home playoff games, but the way they did it to appease the bowls is silly. It should be P-whatever champions, 1-2 G5 champs, and the rest at-large to add up to 8 teams.
I want no part of a system that does not guarantee conference champions a shot at the title. If we let the talking heads get their way it'll be the SEC Invitational every year, we have to have regulations in place that prevent that from happening.
And quite frankly I don't care that games were not competitive this weekend. Keep things as they are. The second that players realize they can go anywhere and have a legit shot at a title the talent will become more distributed and the quality of playoff games will improve. Just have to give it time.