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...an expanded playoff...which will happen in '24 and should have been in place 50 years ago.

It will be exciting. It will extend the season for the top 10% of college football. And it will end this ridiculousness of leaving a lot of really really good teams out (like us). If you can't make the top 12 in '24 you don't deserve a shot at the NC. I would really like to see it at 16. (10 conference champs with 6 at large - which would usually be P5 teams.. So you'd have 10-11 P5s and 5-6 G5s most years. I think that is fair).

We are just getting burnt by a terrible post season system that has been in place way to long. No other college or pro sport decides a National Champion this way. It sucks and thank goodness it's changing.
 
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I disagree. Don't like the idea of an expanded playoff because it's just another money grab of the type we see in every sport. They've all expanded
their playoffs--added more teams, more games--to make money, not for competitive reasons.

Hell, even with four teams the semifinals and finals are often NOT competitive. You're just going to get more lopsided games, games between teams that aren't going to win the national title--but, yea, fans of teams 5 through 12 can pretend they've got a chance. It's more of the professionalism of college football....for money.
 
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I see a few problems with a 12 team playoff (or 16+ at that)

Problem 1: the rest of the nation is going to absolutely hate the SEC come playoff time. 3-4 SEC teams getting in will wreck the brackets.

Problem 2: Notre Dame. Either they need to join the big boys or be treated like everyone else. But we all know it'll be something like "if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 25 they are an AQ"

Problem 3: It's really gonna water down the regular season. SoS will be thrown out the window and big time non conference games will become a thing of the past. Good for the small colleges though, i guess.
 
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Not sure that anybody will beat GA, but this is actually the first time that I can remember more than 3 or so teams actually deseved to be in CFP. Typically the controversy comes from haters of the teams that get in or butt hurt fans of teams that didn't.
 
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jcvols24 said:
I see a few problems with a 12 team playoff (or 16+ at that)

Problem 1: the rest of the nation is going to absolutely hate the SEC come playoff time. 3-4 SEC teams getting in will wreck the brackets.

Problem 2: Notre Dame. Either they need to join the big boys or be treated like everyone else. But we all know it'll be something like "if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 25 they are an AQ"

Problem 3: It's really gonna water down the regular season. SoS will be thrown out the window and big time non conference games will become a thing of the past. Good for the small colleges though, i guess.
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Someone needs to tell ND they ain’t get an AQ unless they join a conference
 
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jcvols24 said:
I see a few problems with a 12 team playoff (or 16+ at that)

Problem 1: the rest of the nation is going to absolutely hate the SEC come playoff time. 3-4 SEC teams getting in will wreck the brackets.

Problem 2: Notre Dame. Either they need to join the big boys or be treated like everyone else. But we all know it'll be something like "if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 25 they are an AQ"

Problem 3: It's really gonna water down the regular season. SoS will be thrown out the window and big time non conference games will become a thing of the past. Good for the small colleges though, i guess.
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There are not 3-4 SEC teams each year that will be in the playoffs. There are 2 at most.
 
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turbovol said:
I disagree. Don't like the idea of an expanded playoff because it's just another money grab of the type we see in every sport. They've all expanded
their playoffs--added more teams, more games--to make money, not for competitive reasons.

Hell, even with four teams the semifinals and finals are often NOT competitive. You're just going to get more lopsided games, games between teams that aren't going to win the national title--but, yea, fans of teams 5 through 12 can pretend they've got a chance. It's more of the professionalism of college football....for money.
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Maybe 12 is too many. But you could make a case for the top 5-6 teams this year. As much as I hate to say it, Saban is kinda right. I think Bama would be favored over OSU and TCU. They are never out with a healthy Bryce Young.

I don't think our Vols are the same team without Hooker and a leader of defense that has the team’s best interest at heart, but we deserve a shot just as much as Bammer. I also think our O matches up well with TCU and OSU so we could be favored in both, even with Milton. We could run the ball on both.

A healthy Caleb Williams is a different player. Unfortunately he played hurt all game and had no zip on the ball. With 3 weeks rest, that’s a different story.

Kansas State is a better team with A Martinez out for the season.

Id love to see those teams play for a chance to play the top 4. I would also love for our Vols to get a chance at redemption against Georgia, regardless of the outcome.
 
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jcvols24 said:
Problem 2: Notre Dame. Either they need to join the big boys or be treated like everyone else. But we all know it'll be something like "if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 25 they are an AQ"
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Sankey could put the kybosh on that. B1G and BigXII might go along with the right approach. B1G is ND's biggest and most direct competition. They might want to tamp down and minimize ND's built-in advantage.
 
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turbovol said:
I disagree. Don't like the idea of an expanded playoff because it's just another money grab of the type we see in every sport. They've all expanded
their playoffs--added more teams, more games--to make money, not for competitive reasons.

Hell, even with four teams the semifinals and finals are often NOT competitive. You're just going to get more lopsided games, games between teams that aren't going to win the national title--but, yea, fans of teams 5 through 12 can pretend they've got a chance. It's more of the professionalism of college football....for money.
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I feel like an expansion of the playoff and NIL will make the playing field more even. The top recruits are going to see that they are able to compete for championships at a wider variety of schools instead of just the same teams (Alabama, UGA, OSU, OK, and Clemson). Kids will realize that and take the big NIL deals from those other programs and the talent will be dispersed. College football and especially the SEC will look more like it did before 2010 where different teams win any given year. I think the first round of the expanded playoffs you’ll still see blowouts but as you get into the later rounds you won’t. Also, this way we’ll see the 2nd-4th best SEC teams in the playoff and we all know those teams are capable of beating the other conference champions.
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
There are not 3-4 SEC teams each year that will be in the playoffs. There are 2 at most.
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Didn't say it would be an every year ordeal, but there will be more years than not with 3+ SEC teams reaching a 12 team playoff. Esp with Texas and Oklahoma coming in.
 
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turbovol said:
I disagree. Don't like the idea of an expanded playoff because it's just another money grab of the type we see in every sport. They've all expanded
their playoffs--added more teams, more games--to make money, not for competitive reasons.

Hell, even with four teams the semifinals and finals are often NOT competitive. You're just going to get more lopsided games, games between teams that aren't going to win the national title--but, yea, fans of teams 5 through 12 can pretend they've got a chance. It's more of the professionalism of college football....for money.
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BS is what ^ this is.
It’s not pretending. There’s major upsets every week, that’s why they play the games and not just look at a piece of paper and hand one a trophy.
5-12 might have only a slight chance but that’s better than the 0% chance they have now.
Injuries happen every game, a Hooker going down and the 5% turns into 50%.
 
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Really there was 2 teams that belonged this year……..then 2 at a lesser extent.
 
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Don’t have a playoff. Don’t have Championship games. Don’t even play the season. Let the voters decide who the #1 team is.
 
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Just a thought, but perhaps when 12 teams are in the playoffs we won't see so many guys deciding to sit out the final games.
 
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turbovol said:
I disagree. Don't like the idea of an expanded playoff because it's just another money grab of the type we see in every sport. They've all expanded
their playoffs--added more teams, more games--to make money, not for competitive reasons.

Hell, even with four teams the semifinals and finals are often NOT competitive. You're just going to get more lopsided games, games between teams that aren't going to win the national title--but, yea, fans of teams 5 through 12 can pretend they've got a chance. It's more of the professionalism of college football....for money.
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The FCS has had a 16 team playoff for 36 years- they were ahead of the curve. Not sure why people complain about more football, and this year clearly showed that a committee of humans doesn’t exactly know how to rank teams. Tickets at the first round games at campus sites will be in great demand and fun experiences.
 
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foolonthehill said:
Interesting take. This year would have been 3.
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Yea, this year you would have 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 3 PAC 12 teams, 2 Big 12 Teams and 1 ACC team…except that I’m sure the highest ranked group of 5 probably gets in so the PAC 12 would only get 2 teams in. If the top 4 get a first round bye and the first round games played on campus then Bama would be playing Tulane in Tuscaloosa and we would be playing Penn State in Knoxville. Been a long time since Penn State came to Knoxville.
 
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