College football playoff

#276
#276
hatvol96 said:
Of course it would. Most years it's not even needed. Let's just go back through the history of the BCS:
1998-Tennessee-Only undefeated major conference team. No dispute.
1999-Florida State-Only unbeaten major conference team. No dispute.
2000-Oklahoma-Only unbeaten major conference team. No dispute.
2001-Miami-Only unbeaten major conference school. No dispute.
2002-Ohio State-Only unbeaten major conference school. No dispute.
2003-LSU-Only dispute from USC fans crying about a system they signed up for.
2004-USC-Only dispute from overhaul wearing Auburn hicks who thought playing The Citadel was a good idea.
2005-Texas-Only unbeaten major conference team. No dispute.
2006-Florida-Destroyed the only regular season unbeaten and also beat LSU during the season. Only dispute from people in Boise suffering from oxygen deprivation to the point they think the Broncos could have competed with UF.
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2000-There was a huge dispute over who should have been OU's opponent. Surely you haven't forgotten the 'U.'

2003-There were clearly three deserving teams for the title game.

2004-Third time in five years with three deserving teams. You keep bringing up a single game from AU's schedule. See my earlier post about BGSU being originally scheduled to play AU and then, by no fault of AU, instead playing OU and being the difference in the BCS.

2005-Incredible game to watch. Took us further away from a playoff.

2006-The right team won in the end, but the fact that Urban had to launch a campaign to get voted in is a great example of how dumb it is to only include 2 teams. It was nearly OSU-UM, which hindsight tells us would have been a disastrous miscarriage of justice. 2 teams who were slaughtered would have been proclaimed 2 of the greatest of all-time.

I would love to see an 8-team event, but a 4-team, seeded "playoff" would get the job done.
 
#277
#277
ukvols said:
2000-There was a huge dispute over who should have been OU's opponent. Surely you haven't forgotten the 'U.'

2003-There were clearly three deserving teams for the title game.

2004-Third time in five years with three deserving teams. You keep bringing up a single game from AU's schedule. See my earlier post about BGSU being originally scheduled to play AU and then, by no fault of AU, instead playing OU and being the difference in the BCS.

2005-Incredible game to watch. Took us further away from a playoff.

2006-The right team won in the end, but the fact that Urban had to launch a campaign to get voted in is a great example of how dumb it is to only include 2 teams. It was nearly OSU-UM, which hindsight tells us would have been a disastrous miscarriage of justice. 2 teams who were slaughtered would have been proclaimed 2 of the greatest of all-time.

I would love to see an 8-team event, but a 4-team, seeded "playoff" would get the job done.
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I'm missing where a plus one wouldn't have cured all those perceived defects. I'm simply saying most years, it wouldn't even be necessary. If the "U" doesn't lose at Washington in 2000, they get their shot. However, they really didn't deserve a shot at OU in a plus one because OU was the lone undefeated.
 
#278
#278
Is it feasible to play a plus one format only as needed or do you simply have a "final four" every year?
 
#279
#279
ukvols said:
2006-The right team won in the end, but the fact that Urban had to launch a campaign to get voted in is a great example of how dumb it is to only include 2 teams. It was nearly OSU-UM, which hindsight tells us would have been a disastrous miscarriage of justice. 2 teams who were slaughtered would have been proclaimed 2 of the greatest of all-time.
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No it wasn't. Only Kirk Herbstreit and a few other morons were in favor of that rematch.
 
#281
#281
There was some talk of a plus one at the SuperBowl site the weekend before that game. Probably a logistical nightmare, but two weeks-two champions has a ring to it...
 
#282
#282
i dont know if i'd like that...is it me or would it have the feel of a JV game on Thursday night or something???
 
#284
#284
orange+white=heaven said:
Actually, I just saw yesterday that the NFL is now going to play the Pro Bowl that weekend...
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BEFORE the super bowl? i'm guessing that any particpants that are actually playing in the SB won't be attending......

that sounds kind of silly to me......
 
#288
#288
kptvol said:
No it wasn't. Only Kirk Herbstreit and a few other morons were in favor of that rematch.
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Prior to Florida's win over Arkansas, the coaches' poll had Florida ranked behind Michigan, who had finished its season. Seemingly, they were ready to vote Michigan at #2 should USC lose to UCLA. After Florida won, most of the coaches pushed UF above UM. Several ESPNers advocated the rematch should USC lose until after the UF game. Then, some of them, apparently just then realizing that winning the SEC could actually be better than 2nd in the Big Ten, began to change their minds. I could certainly be wrong on this, but I think ESPN had a ton of influence on the outcome of the coaches poll both the week before and and the hours after Florida won the SEC.
 
#289
#289
hatvol96 said:
I'm missing where a plus one wouldn't have cured all those perceived defects. I'm simply saying most years, it wouldn't even be necessary. If the "U" doesn't lose at Washington in 2000, they get their shot. However, they really didn't deserve a shot at OU in a plus one because OU was the lone undefeated.
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If that was your point, I must agree that a plus one would have done the trick. Sorry for the misinterpretation. As for 2000, I'm just saying that the almost annual reasonable doubt over who is #2 is a good reason to have a 4-team (or 8, as I prefer) playoff.
 
#290
#290
orange+white=heaven said:
No sillier than playing the SB in London...
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Agreed. I will be very angry if they take an event that generates so much for the local economy and move it out of the country. That is just plain stupid. On top of that, what time would it air live here??? Stupid.
 
#291
#291
This season is the perfect example of why we need a playoff for Div. 1 football. I really don't think that tOSU is that good and would be exposed before the National Title Game.
 
#295
#295
I'm not so sure OSU will be exposed this year. Sure, they haven't been tested, but you can be 100 percent sure they will be better prepared than last year.
 
#296
#296
every team should schedule 5-6 cupcakes every year for an easy path to the NC. and the big10 schedule is only one step above the akrons and youngstown states this year.

how is a team that lost to app state and blown out by oregon still in contention for the big10 title? how is it possible they are osu's biggest challenge?

sure it's a challenge to win every game no matter your schedule but when that's the only thing you have to do..
 
#297
#297
falseintellect said:
every team should schedule 5-6 cupcakes every year for an easy path to the NC. and the big10 schedule is only one step above the akrons and youngstown states this year.

how is a team that lost to app state and blown out by oregon still in contention for the big10 title? how is it possible they are osu's biggest challenge?

sure it's a challenge to win every game no matter your schedule but when that's the only thing you have to do..
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How is a team that is blown out by UF and Bama still in contention for the SEC crown?

It is what it is.
 
#298
#298
different.. everybody is just beating each other up inside of the sec east. michigan is better then the rest of the big10 (that they've played) but not as good as the two ooc losses. which is why its more of a statement about the big10, i think...
 
#299
#299
You know what gets me about the BCS is the 50 day lay-off.

It affects the quality of the games, and is darn good excuse to use if your OSU.
 
#300
#300
PowerT83 said:
You know what gets me about the BCS is the 50 day lay-off.

It affects the quality of the games, and is darn good excuse to use if your OSU.
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That would only be true if Florida did not also have a long break before the game.
 
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