Should FSU Have Been in the 4 Team Playoff?
Seeing how FSU got crushed by Oregon, did the Committee make a mistake by having FSU in the 4 team playoff? They won so many games this year by the skin of their teeth, but were they the 3rd best? Would a Oregon vs. TCU game been closer?
Don't forget that the 2012 undefeated Notre Dame team was in the BCS Championship Game and got crushed also. Does undefeated = best team?
January 1st, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 9:59 PM ^
Sure. Undefeated defending champion. Just because they got housed by Oregon doesn't mean they didn't deserve a chance. And yes, they were a very lucky/uneven undefeated team, but the ACC has looked okay this bowl season and it's not like Baylor covered themselves in glory today either. Oregon was clicking and FSU had a terrible game; you play it again and the outcome probably isn't different, but it would absolutely be closer.
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January 1st, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
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January 1st, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
Stupid question. Dumb, dumb, dumb. They got it right. By running the table in a Power 5, they WON the right to be there. Now, I had many doubts about whether or not they were one of the top four teams. But I blame the Big 12 and those Baylor & TCU schedulers. And even then, it would have bumped OSU, not FSU.
January 1st, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
Stupid question. Dumb, dumb, dumb. They got it right. By running the table in a Power 5, they WON the right to be there. Now, I had many doubts about whether or not they were one of the top four teams. But I blame the Big 12 and those Baylor & TCU schedulers. And even then, it would have bumped OSU, not FSU.
January 1st, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
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They were 13-0 going in and this game was close for 30 minutes before FSU started turning it over like crazy. If they'd taken care of the ball this game could have been very different - they moved the ball otherwise.
January 1st, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
FSU is more an indictment of the 4 team system.
How could you keep FSU out?
-Defending National Champion
-Back to Back ACC Champion
-Hadn't lost a game since the 2012 season
-Only undefeated team in the 2014 regular season
-Only undefeated team in the 2013 season
-Last years Heisman winner
I would prefer to see a 6 team playoff so every major conference champion has a chance of making it in. The regular season would still be meaningful as it is difficult to finish in the top 6 and more importantly the top 2 teams get a 1st round bye giving great importance to finishing in the top 2.
Imagine this system:
(1) Alabama vs the winner of (4) Ohio State - (5) Baylor
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(2) Oregon vs the winner of (3) FSU - (6) TCU
6 teams in, isn't letting in any obvious weak links. Every major conference champion gets a chance to finish in the final 6 and make the playoffs. Regular season still has strong meaning, especially to get a first round bye.
January 2nd, 2015 at 12:11 AM ^
January 2nd, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
In pre-playoff days, we'd have had Alabama-FSU as the national championship game with Oregon and OSU meeting in the Rose Bowl. If the current Alabama-OSU score holds, Oregon-OSU will be the real national championship game. The 4-team playoff is just so much better than what we had before that it's hard to believe.
But yeah, bigger will be better, and we'll get there.
January 2nd, 2015 at 9:55 AM ^
If it needs to be expanded, then go to eight. This year, a six team playoff would have given Alabama an edge it clearly didn't deserve (in hindsight).
January 1st, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
...but they were:
- #11 in Massey Power
- #16 in Sagarin Predictor
- #15 in S&P+
- #4 in FEI (that's a surprise to me)
I don't think any team with power rankings that low has been in the national championship conversation on New Years Day since SMU in 1982. I'd have made them double-digit underdogs to any of the other three.
January 2nd, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^
I don't think any team with power rankings that low has been in the national championship conversation on New Years Day since SMU in 1982.
BYU - 1984.
January 1st, 2015 at 11:13 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^
January 2nd, 2015 at 1:35 AM ^
Georgia Tech (beat MissSt 49-34) and Clemson (beat Oklahoma 40-6) don't look so marginal now.
FSU was staying within reach in a track meet until they turned it over 5 times upon which Oregon scored 34 points in the ensuing drives (including a scoop-and-score for FG range).
January 2nd, 2015 at 8:31 AM ^
January 2nd, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^
If your undefeated and from the ACC you go, just like others have posted here.