How would today have been w8 team playoff?.
*edit*: forgot to never post on my phone...
With the talk of blowouts etc.. I was thinking how different things would have been if we had an 8 team playoff.
First of all, I wonder if we'd have the same rankings after seeing this...
1: Clemson
8: ND
4: OU
5: Iowa
3: MSU
6: Stanford
2: Alabama
7: OSU
How do you see it shaking out.. Who wins in Bamma-OSU?
Think they'd maneuver and change any rankings to make other match ups?
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:07 AM ^
Lets enjoy our win and celebrate the bright future we have for our program.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:09 AM ^
You must be tons of fun at parties.
January 2nd, 2016 at 1:12 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
Joker it's hard to take you seriously
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^
It would have been likely what the final four should have been based on my 20-20 hindsight eye test:
Clemson
OU
Stanford
Alabama
January 2nd, 2016 at 9:48 AM ^
if that was the game in the "8" world college football missed out on a whale of a game. I like how the current system shaked out but OSU and Stanford definitely could have made some noise in a 8 team playoff system.
January 2nd, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
And this would be bad, because it would've meant the B1G going 0fer in 3 playoff games instead of 1-2 as things were.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:12 AM ^
I was waiting for Harbaugh to address this very question in his post-game. He didn't for some reason...
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:13 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 12:58 AM ^
I think the committe got the top 2 teams right and in the end that's the point. They got team #3 wrong but that's on OSU. (and us)
Oklahoma was a very good team that was overpowered by Clemson... they probably were the hottest team in the country. Stanford should not have lost to NW if they wanted to be in. Or Oregon. Stanford had a bum defense this year....Iowa couldn't expose that. Clemson or Oklahoma or OSU would have.
The system worked, the more teams you add the more you take away from the regular season games mattering. You could argue Baylor with a healthy QB - hell their 2nd string QB should also be in your top 8 by the way. You could argue a lot of things - the right 2 teams made it to the end.
January 2nd, 2016 at 1:47 AM ^
January 2nd, 2016 at 2:35 AM ^
Now that justice has been done and Sparty got the blowout they deserved, I feel much better laughing at OSU for allowing their Michigan obsession to result in a loss to a Sparty team they should have beaten by 30 points.
Michigan didn't directly cost OSU a playoff berth, but a case could certainly be argued that Michigan did indirectly cost OSU a playoff berth.
January 2nd, 2016 at 1:17 AM ^
I used to be in favor of an eight team playoff, but now I think four is actually the perfect number. Two-loss teams should not be eligible, and I don't see there ever being a season in which there are eight Power 5 teams with no more than one loss apiece.
January 2nd, 2016 at 2:45 AM ^
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:02 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 1:27 AM ^
I used to be 8. Now I'm not sure. Maybe 6 is the right number so the non-P5 school can sneak in in the right situation but even then, you'd have Iowa and Stanford this year. Eh. Four seems about right now.
Having said that...
1. Clemson
4. OU (big)
6. Stanford
2. Alabama
Still taking Bama to win it all
January 2nd, 2016 at 3:16 AM ^
an 8 team playoff. The 5 major conference champions should have auto bids. Then you can put the 3 best at large teams in.
Friday before Christmas 4 PM: 4. OU vs 5. IA --> 4. OU
Friday before Christmas 8 PM: 3. MSU vs 6. Stanford ---> 6. Stanford
Saturday Before Christmas 4 PM: 2. Alabama vs 7. OSU ----> 2. Alabama
Saturday Before Christmas 8PM: 1. Clemson vs 8. ND ----> 1. Clemson
New Years Eve 4 PM : 1. Clemson vs 6. Standford ----> 1. Clemson
New Years Eve 8 PM : 2. Alabama vs 4. OU -----> 2. Alabama
The first Saturday night after Jan 7th 8 PM: 1. Clemson vs Alabama.
January 2nd, 2016 at 5:08 AM ^
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:01 AM ^
Having a system where the nonconference is meaningless would make you have less meaningful games because teams would just try to have 3 home games without consequence.
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January 2nd, 2016 at 3:23 AM ^
I actually would like to see a system in place that makes bowls matter more.
Let's go back to traditional bowl matchups that pit conference winners against one another. Then after the bowls have a national championship game between the top two.
After teams win their conference plus beat another conference champion, we have a pretty good idea who the top two teams are. If that's an issue, then go with a 4 team playoff at that point. It would actually only add one game.
January 2nd, 2016 at 5:09 AM ^
January 2nd, 2016 at 2:27 PM ^
How it changes things is the winner of the Big Ten goes to the damn Rose Bowl, as it should be.
Win that if you want a chance to play for it all. As it is, most of the bowls mean as much as their corporate names.
January 2nd, 2016 at 8:20 AM ^
If not, 3 at large, and would love if they could somehow swing home games in the first round for the higher ranked teams. Though I'm sure that'll never happen.
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January 2nd, 2016 at 8:24 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 8:54 AM ^
I like what Mc5-95 has to say. Would be some awesome games.
With that said - I'm glad it's not this year & Osu is out. We need a couple more years to be able to hang with the bama's & clempson's imo. I like finishing on a high note this year. It's been awhile for finishing strong & it feels good.
January 2nd, 2016 at 9:16 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 9:53 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:02 AM ^
When you open it up to at large teams two bad things happen. First the conference championships become meaningless exhibitions. Second you own the whole process up to human bias.
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
Going to 8 is simply a money grab and there's still a debate over spot 9. If you want to play in the playoff, don't lose to Northwestern because you punt from the 35
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January 2nd, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
Because losing one game isn't devastating. the worst thing about basketball is that so many games are played that in the end the team with the most talent wins every time. in football shocking upsets happen because less games are played
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
I am inclined now to put Houston in at #8 vs. Clemson at #1, then:
#7 Iowa v #2 Alabama
#6 OSU v #3 MSU
#5 Stanford v #4 Oklahoma
I honestly think Houston-Clemson could be close but probably Clemson along with Alabama, OSU, and Stanford. Alabama-OSU is a tossup and so is Clemson-Stanford, but I think either way it ends up Clemson-Alabama.
Of course my inclusion of Houston is largely based on their win and ND's loss.
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
But I thnk 6 could work as well. The only problem with having 6 is that the top 2 teams might want some sort of large cash award just for finishing in the top 2 since they would be missing out on a potential payout that the teams not on a bye would have. As for ensuring that there are quality Out of Conference games, the P5 should come to a round robin agrement for the first two games of the year where you match up teams 1-X on a home and home basis.
An example would be the B1G, the SEC, and the PAC 12. In this system in 2016, the B1G would play the SEC at home, while playing the PAC 12 on the road. so MSU would play Bama week 1 in EL, and then play at Stanford in week 2. In 2017, depending on where each team finished in their respective conference, say MSU finishes 4th overall in the B1G, they would play at the #4 SEC in week 1, and would play the #4 PAC 12 at home in week 2. Then in 2018, the conferences would rotate, so the B1G would play the Big 12 at home and the ACC on the road.
The third non confernce game should still be a non FCS school, so a MAC, Sunbelt, AAC or Service Acadamy/school could be contracted on a one year basis.
This would have the added bonus of forcing "Independant" **cough Notre Dame cough** schools to join a conference or be forced to relegate themselves to obscurity.