Interesting that is your perspective. I would say Bama and UGA are the two best. All four are very good so I don't think there is a wrong perspective. One thing I will say with a high level of certainty, is OU has the worse defense by a long shot of the four. That may make a big difference in this playoff.
I like UGAs run game against UGA but whi knows if anyone can slow down Okeys offense.
I know what you mean. UGA defense gets healthy, their cornerbacks should be able to cover OU. Then it is about the speed of the LB's to keep Mayfield in check going side to side. Both playoff games are going to may Jan 1st a great day just like the old days, imo.
One of Georgia's LB may not be playing:
Damn, didn't hear about that. Just went and read up on it. He is done. UGA has some tough policies about those type of infractions.
I think it’s fantastic, although I can’t stand Bama. But I’m glad to see B10 get owned.
Yes, I despise Bama as much as I do OSU. But leaving OSU out after winning the B10 championship is a bigger 'dis than if Bama was left off. So, I'm loving that so Buckeye fans can wallow in their misery for months. It is almost worth going to their message board and to read some of the whining.
I'm for legalizing pot...but until that time comes these knuckleheads need to obey the rules that they knew were in place when they signed on.
It is impossible to keep the bowl structure and have a quarter final, semi final and championship game scenario. That is the the biggest hurdle. By expanding the championship to 8 teams will severely impact the bowls and the other teams and that will mean less overall money. And money is what dictates this world, not a true champion.
Problem is you’d have ro shorten the regular season to 11 games to accomidate that extra week
But that would require ‘extra’ practice and playing time beyond what is permitted by NCAA.
You can disagree all you want. Logistically, taking to 8 teams or up to 16 could work. But that will impact so many other things which makes it nothing more than a fantasy.
It could easily be integrated into the bowl system. The lower rated bowls could go ahead with their games schedule and time. So few games are profitable that could be a benefit. I would attend a WVU Gator bowl on the last week of December before I would go to a California or Arizona bowl in the playoff system. Cannot be that hard to schedule 8 team playoff and leave lesser bowls to their own little bowl world.
How many bowls are there now, 35 or so? You could easily snag 4 of those for the first round of an 8-team set up. Win a p5 conference championship, and you get a ticket - 13-0 or 8-5.
I'm sorry to say you and others are not seeing the entire picture. Yes, logistically a tournament style playoff could work. No argument. But the college presidents, conferences, the NCAA, the various cities that bowls are located in and the actual bowls committees including sponsors and charities, TV networks are all against the idea. It is too impactful as there will be winners and losers in changing. The lower bowls will disappear. The top tier bowls will also cease to exist as you know them. It will turn into March Madness where a few cities get the pre-championship games and the Championship game will rotate between about 8 cities. Now there are about 62 teams going to post-season bowl games to many cities across the country. Changing will make the regular season pretty insignificant as once out of the playoff race (and most conferences will have little chance of making it anyway), their season has nothing to play for. Fans interest will go down, pressure on coaches goes through the roof. This is exactly what is happening with basketball currently making the regular season of 4 1/2 months basically nothing more than a warmup to March Madness. Only benefit is there will be a team holding the trophy that won 4 or 5 extra games in a row. That is important to some fans; not as important to the other parties listed above.
I like that what could be the greatest coach in history is from down the road, just at the wrong school.
I understand. But that is his personal accomplishment and I like that too. But I differentiate what he does for a living from who he is and he is a good WVian.
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