Congrats, THE
Join the boat.Good luck to Cool and THE as I think it is down to those two. Just put money on Bama at -5.5 as I was talked into it. Will be tough rooting for bama
No, no, no. Tell everyone you won because of your football coaching background. Duh.Thanks, I only won because I picked against Cool the last two games, and they were upsets. Not much of a win.
A lot of us in that boat. LolJoin the boat.
No, no, no. Tell everyone you won because of your football coaching background. Duh.
:joy::joy: So, so stupid.My picks were HACKED! Hacked I tell you!
I still can't believe how Clemson destroyed Bama. Tua was rattled.Join the boat.
I still can't believe how Clemson destroyed Bama. Tua was rattled.
What happens when you have freshman 5 star CBsI'd like to know Clemson's blitz rate last night. It had to be high. They were sending 5+ nearly every down.
The current ‘plus 1’ approach works great because it nicely weeds out the best teams. Sure, #5 will be pissed, but there is a reason they are there and not #1 or 2. They have a loss that got them there. Plus an 8 game system introduces 2-loss teams and that’s a killer for me.Let's create some other talking points. Since the start of the 4 team playoff system, has there been a year where one can say the team crowned was less deserving than a team that didn't make the final 4?
I say no, there hasn't been and I don't support increasing the amount of teams to 8. Maybe 6, have 4 teams play week after the conference championship games with top 2 teams getting a bye. But that is as far as I will go.
The current ‘plus 1’ approach works great because it nicely weeds out the best teams. Sure, #5 will be pissed, but there is a reason they are there and not #1 or 2. They have a loss that got them there. Plus an 8 game system introduces 2-loss teams and that’s a killer for me.
Let's create some other talking points. Since the start of the 4 team playoff system, has there been a year where one can say the team crowned was less deserving than a team that didn't make the final 4?
I say no, there hasn't been and I don't support increasing the amount of teams to 8. Maybe 6, have 4 teams play week after the conference championship games with top 2 teams getting a bye. But that is as far as I will go.
So if we go to more teams, do you think we are more likely to reward deserving teams or put in teams that are less deserving but have intangibles that always keeps them at the top of discussions? I would say it is the latter.Let's have another talking point. Since the playoff, has a team made the final four that didn't deserve to be there?
Yes, in 2016-2017, Ohio State didn't even win their conference, had two losses, got their *** kicked 31-0 in the semifinal. One could argue Washington didn't deserve to be there as well. One could also argue Michigan State didn't belong in the playoff in 2015-2016 with two losses, losing 38-0 to Alabama while Ohio State was left out with only one loss and Oklahoma and TCU both had two losses and probably better teams than Michigan State.
First step should be to eliminate a number of bowls.
So if we go to more teams, do you think we are more likely to reward deserving teams or put in teams that are less deserving but have intangibles that always keeps them at the top of discussions? I would say it is the latter.
So for example, if Pitt had beaten Clemson and Northwestern had beaten OSU, the 8 would have included those teams, a two loss Washington team, and Clemson would have been in. Assuming ND is selected one spot left. Who gets it? Two best teams in my eye would have been UGA and OSU. Somebody still gets screwed while Pitt and NW is undeserving in my view.We're likely to have less deserving, but you will include all deserving. 5 P5 Conference champs and 3 invites. P5 champs get higher seeds than invites. Let them go from there.
So for example, if Pitt had beaten Clemson and Northwestern had beaten OSU, the 8 would have included those teams, a two loss Washington team, and Clemson would have been in. Assuming ND is selected one spot left. Who gets it? Two best teams in my eye would have been UGA and OSU. Somebody still gets screwed while Pitt and NW is undeserving in my view.
Point is there is no perfect system.
Cool isn’t allowed to win. He picked Cuse for 40.
Thanks, I only won because I picked against Cool the last two games, and they were upsets. Not much of a win.