Finally!!!! A legitimate 12-TEAM NCAA Football Playoffs!!!

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I know there's plenty of debate and a seems like there's a pretty even split of folks who love/hate the idea of a 12 team playoff. If we go back to 1990 to see how many times we could have potentially been a playoff team had they existed in the 12 team format, we can easily see how good this can be for Tennessee.

91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 01, 03, 04, 07, 22

So ~40% of the time in the last 3ish decades, we most likely get in.

Some of those are 9 win seasons, but if you look at who would make it in now, there are a few 9 win teams. Go back even further and there's more. Point is, it's good for the Big Orange, especially since we can't get out of our own way fairly often.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
So be prepared to replace an argument about which of two or three teams deserves to be number 4 in the polls with an even bigger argument over which of 10 or 15 teams deserves to be number 12
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The further down the rankings we get the less people will care about the bubble teams.
 
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VOLfrombama said:
I know there's plenty of debate and a seems like there's a pretty even split of folks who love/hate the idea of a 12 team playoff. If we go back to 1990 to see how many times we could have potentially been a playoff team had they existed in the 12 team format, we can easily see how good this can be for Tennessee.

91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 01, 03, 04, 07, 22

So ~40% of the time in the last 3ish decades, we most likely get in.

Some of those are 9 win seasons, but if you look at who would make it in now, there are a few 9 win teams. Go back even further and there's more. Point is, it's good for the Big Orange, especially since we can't get out of our own way fairly often.
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Still highlights the vast wasteland between 2007-2022
 
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feathersax said:
Wish we still had Roy Kramer's B.C.S. It always worked.
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Not really. Undefeated Auburn was left out so USC could blowout OK. Then OK lost big 12 championship 35-7 and still got into BCS. Playoffs have done better at getting best teams into championship, but no system is perfect
 
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OrangeTsar said:
So be prepared to replace an argument about which of two or three teams deserves to be number 4 in the polls with an even bigger argument over which of 10 or 15 teams deserves to be number 12
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5-8 will be big also because those teams will host the first round playoff game. So 8 vs 9 will be an argument.
 
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12 is fine, let’s just go with it. Some will find a gripe no matter what. I preferred a 8 team playoff and anything over 16 is ridiculous. But I can live with 12 and think it is for sure a good thing. GBO
 
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LTVol said:
Not really. Undefeated Auburn was left out so USC could blowout OK. Then OK lost big 12 championship 35-7 and still got into BCS. Playoffs have done better at getting best teams into championship, but no system is perfect
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Your opinion. Not mine.
 
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VOLfrombama said:
I know there's plenty of debate and a seems like there's a pretty even split of folks who love/hate the idea of a 12 team playoff. If we go back to 1990 to see how many times we could have potentially been a playoff team had they existed in the 12 team format, we can easily see how good this can be for Tennessee.

91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 01, 03, 04, 07, 22

So ~40% of the time in the last 3ish decades, we most likely get in.

Some of those are 9 win seasons, but if you look at who would make it in now, there are a few 9 win teams. Go back even further and there's more. Point is, it's good for the Big Orange, especially since we can't get out of our own way fairly often.
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You guys are assuming that they'll take the 12 best teams for the playoffs. There's no way that's going to happen. They'll lock down a certain number of spots for smaller conferences under the BS guise of fairness.
 
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Against The New College Football Playoff

It’s hard to argue that a sport is suffering when it is dominating the ratings for prime-time television and just signed a new football playoff deal worth $450 million.

But ratings aren’t everything and actual game attendance has been steadily declining since 2008. The same is not true with the NFL, which has seen in-person attendance bounce back. Any sport which is experiencing declining game attendance is only hollowing out its future television fan base and clearly, the current in-game experience isn’t what it used to be.

So what happened?

Against the new college football playoff
 
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