How did Liberty get in the Fiesta Bowl?

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just bob said:
Something big needs to happen. There needs to be another split of subdivisions.

"Power" 5 and "Group" of 5 schools need to just not play each other. The bigger schools like it for filler games, but when it comes to the postseason the "Group" schools just don't belong. They'll never have a real chance at a natty. One school each year is like the tribute to get slaughtered.
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I could see the scenario where a team like Tennessee or similar P5 school would be 9-3 playing a tough schedule, gets left out of the 12 team playoff due to some G5 automatic bid that didn't play anyone.

If you're going to include G5 and Notre Dame's automatic bid for being Notre Dame, make it a 16 team playoff.
 
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Heck I like these underdog bowls. Boise State beating Oklahoma in that shoot out was a great game. Doesn’t affect the playoffs so I really don’t care. Let one of these smaller programs have a payday.
 
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Godfatha said:
I could see the scenario where a team like Tennessee or similar P5 school would be 9-3 playing a tough schedule, gets left out of the 12 team playoff due to some G5 automatic bid that didn't play anyone.

If you're going to include G5 and Notre Dame's automatic bid for being Notre Dame, make it a 16 team playoff.
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Indeed. I want 24, just like the FCS has done for years just fine, but I'd accept 16. It's for the best.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Heck I like these underdog bowls. Boise State beating Oklahoma in that shoot out was a great game. Doesn’t affect the playoffs so I really don’t care. Let one of these smaller programs have a payday.
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But what people are saying is it will affect other teams going forward. Liberty would’ve been in this year over a 10-2 OU team. Who would’ve shown better?
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
But what people are saying is it will affect other teams going forward. Liberty would’ve been in this year over a 10-2 OU team. Who would’ve shown better?
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Honestly if you’re on the bubble as a 11th or 12th team I don’t think you have a lot of argument regardless
 
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DaddyChad said:
Honestly if you’re on the bubble as a 11th or 12th team I don’t think you have a lot of argument regardless
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That’s why I think 12 teams is pointless to begin with. There’s basically a handful of teams max, capable of winning it any year and a lot of times there are only 2-3. That’s been evident by the typical blowouts in the semi-finals most years.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
That’s why I think 12 teams is pointless to begin with. There’s basically a handful of teams max, capable of winning it any year and a lot of times there are only 2-3. That’s been evident by the typical blowouts in the semi-finals most years.
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It’s about money. Always has been. Having more teams with a “chance” makes more money and gets more people invested.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
That’s why I think 12 teams is pointless to begin with. There’s basically a handful of teams max, capable of winning it any year and a lot of times there are only 2-3. That’s been evident by the typical blowouts in the semi-finals most years.
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Six teams with one round of prelims: 3 vs 6 play one another; 4 vs 5 play one another. Four teams for the actual playoff.

If you don’t want to be 5 or 6 and fighting for a spot, do two things:

1) play legitimate opponents
2) win your games.
 
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just bob said:
Something big needs to happen. There needs to be another split of subdivisions.

"Power" 5 and "Group" of 5 schools need to just not play each other. The bigger schools like it for filler games, but when it comes to the postseason the "Group" schools just don't belong. They'll never have a real chance at a natty. One school each year is like the tribute to get slaughtered.
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I don’t mind if they agree to be on the schedule for big schools bc it allows them to get such a big pay day and to basically pay for their an athletic dept .
 
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DaddyChad said:
That’s where you’re wrong sort of anyways. A lot of people will root for an underdog Cinderella team.
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Rooting for them and actively tuning in to watch Liberty vs Bama till the end are two different things. Bama and Cincinnati is the 2nd least watched CFB playoff game in its existence. Says a lot about what people think of watching the underdog.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Rooting for them and actively tuning in to watch Liberty vs Bama till the end are two different things. Bama and Cincinnati is the 2nd least watched CFB playoff game in its existence. Says a lot about what people think of watching the underdog.
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Louisville and cincinnati type teams will be those last teams in a lot of the time.
 
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