Would byes be too much of an advantage?

Nov 6, 2019
9:19:56am

4th and Niner Playmaker

Just wondering if at the college level and the limited time they’re given to practice if giving the top teams a bye would tilt the playing field too much in their favor.

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Harbaugh's proposal for an expanded playoff

Florwood

11/6/19 9:00am

Is Harbaugh slowly morphing into Joe Paterno? That photo

Blueto

11/6/19 9:02am

Honestly, it's more Woody Hayes than JoePa.

chago04

11/6/19 9:20am

He really does look more like Woody and he even has the temper for it

monkeycowboy

11/6/19 9:21am

Top non-P5 should be included only if the playoff is this large. But giving them a top 5 seed is dumb

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 9:04am

Have you seen some of the P5 conference champions over the years?

CaliWG

11/6/19 9:15am

There's no such thing as an elite G5 program.

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 9:32am

BYU has 2 wins over ranked teams this year. What does that really mean?

CaliWG

11/6/19 9:46am

I understand the argument. I just disagree. It sucks but G5 schedules are just horrible compared to P5

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 9:57am

Yet for years the ACC produced champs that were ranked #20. They deserve a bid?

CaliWG

11/6/19 10:15am

This is also a good point. I think autobids in general are terrible. I am very opposed

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 10:26am

The fact that there is an argument about “deserves” is the problem.

mvtoro

11/6/19 10:27am

Not G5-- non-P5. I.e., Notre Dame.

All-American

11/6/19 9:54am

Like I said - it depends on the language of the agreement

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 9:58am

I've been pushing for this for years-- except 12, not 11.

All-American

11/6/19 9:08am

Push harder

m0resn0w

11/6/19 9:13am

Exactly me too, except I think you haven to play

PortlandCoug

11/6/19 9:21am

Would byes be too much of an advantage?

4th and Niner

11/6/19 9:19am

That’s the point. The best teams earn byes to reward them for being the best

DieHarder

11/6/19 9:22am

Meh. I don’t want to see Bama playing UCF after a bye

4th and Niner

11/6/19 9:23am

"UCF would never win" tell that to Auburn

UberDeek

11/6/19 1:26pm

Byes are stupid in playoffs. No byes. 16 teams.

mokelembembe

11/6/19 9:20am

This is my choice but I don't see it happening because of the change the big

idacoug

11/6/19 9:24am

NFL does it. MLB does it. It work well for college football's structure

Doogal McCougar

11/6/19 12:49pm

Conf. championship games are kind of dumb if you think about it

idacoug

11/6/19 9:23am

This is better:

Jeremy

11/6/19 9:28am

Last sentence is exactly right.

mvtoro

11/6/19 9:45am

No, this is a waste of time.

TCuz

11/6/19 11:37am

Highest Sagarin ranked teams from each G5 conference:

TCuz

11/6/19 11:44am

Wow, no thanks

Odysseus

11/6/19 11:49am

The alternative is Alabama gets a bye. Barely any different. Let them play.

All-American

11/6/19 12:21pm

No, the alternative is we can expand the playoff a bit and let much more deserving teams in

TCuz

11/6/19 12:35pm

This is maybe the worst proposal I’ve seen

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 11:57am

Yeah, who wants a completely fair system that treats all teams the same!

UberDeek

11/6/19 1:32pm

But that’s not fair at all. We give a 4 loss sun belt team automatic access to a playoff after their toughest game is

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 2:22pm

There would need to be some sort of play-in scenario

CaliWG

11/6/19 2:39pm

Sure. But that isn't anything close to Jeremy's proposal

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 3:33pm

Acceptable to me too. But G5 needs to have its own play in system to produce one undefeated G5 champion.

mvtoro

11/6/19 5:15pm

UMBC beat Virginia

UberDeek

11/6/19 3:32pm

In basketball? That is a completely different situation. College football ≠ college basketball

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 3:34pm

Exactly, because basketball has the better tournament

UberDeek

11/6/19 3:57pm

No, please no.

garyfan

11/6/19 3:04pm

That's a lot of postseason games. 17 game season for the teams in the final.

Kugmo

11/6/19 3:34pm

IMO a true champion has to win it only by winning. No arbitrary rankings.

mvtoro

11/6/19 9:59am

Find me the team (from past seasons) that wouldn’t be included in

garyfan

11/6/19 3:07pm

Yeah, I agree that this system would be very good at doing at making sure teams were eliminated by losses only. But it

mvtoro

11/6/19 5:09pm

Even if ND had been ahead of UCF, UCF might have gotten

garyfan

11/6/19 5:30pm

UCF was outside the top 11 this system would have taken at the end of the regular season.

mvtoro

11/6/19 5:36pm

I’m just saying they might not have been outside the top-11 if

garyfan

11/6/19 5:45pm

I'll take ANYTHING over the current format. Dumb for only 4 teams to get a shot

CObluezone

11/6/19 10:33am

Not long ago only 2 teams had a shot. #glasshalffull #patience

garyfan

11/6/19 3:08pm

Iowa's head coach's statement made me rethink the expansion

Yiowa

11/6/19 11:19am

I know. We dont need a true champion in sports. There are lots of participation

Ozymandias

11/6/19 11:55am

You're missing the point. When the playoff is big enough

Yiowa

11/6/19 12:07pm

Huh? You play the game to win and, while there can be varying levels of

Ozymandias

11/6/19 12:17pm

Like I said, I'm not against expanding it and I'm certainly not against

Yiowa

11/6/19 12:29pm

Wholeheartedly agree. I think the playoff is bad for college football. I hate it.

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 11:57am

Is the NCAA tournament bad for college basketball?

Cosmodiar

11/6/19 12:01pm

No. Different beasts.

YIsForBrigham

11/6/19 12:27pm

If it’s fed by conference championships rather than rankings, then the regular season is just as important to the end.

mvtoro

11/6/19 12:13pm

There should be no benefit for winning tiny conferences that don't matter.

TCuz

11/6/19 12:22pm

More important: There should be no arbitrary benefit awarded by anything other than wins and losses.

mvtoro

11/6/19 12:46pm

I don't agree with that either. Alabama won (and deserved) the 2017 National Championship

TCuz

11/6/19 12:52pm

And if these rules were in place, how would that have been unfair to Alabama?

mvtoro

11/6/19 12:59pm

UCF still has their argument. They were undefeated and beat the team that beat Alabama.

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:05pm

UCF had no argument. Sorry.

TCuz

11/6/19 1:11pm

Auburn’s starters didnt beat them. What did the computers say would happen?

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:15pm

50+? UCF ended up 5th. 2008 Utah ended 2nd after beating Bama. How many examples do you need before you stop assuming

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:51pm

It shouldn’t be about “awarding” or “deserving”. It needs to be about 1 thing: WINNING

mvtoro

11/6/19 12:49pm

It's not about only winning because schedules people play are so inherently unequal that it's impossible

TCuz

11/6/19 1:02pm

You still want it to be a judgement on “how your year was”. And a “reward” based on that.

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:10pm

Yes, it is judgmental. Absolutely. And that's better than your idea, even if not perfect.

TCuz

11/6/19 1:12pm

Cool. Let’s just go back to polls then and stop pretending. Just don’t call

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:16pm

I would love one extra game. But more deserving teams, most likely from P5 conferences.

TCuz

11/6/19 1:19pm

Who you *think* is more deserving. So for you, adding one more P5 that already has 2 losses would be more fair and is

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:44pm

Yes.

TCuz

11/6/19 1:51pm

Here’s the real problem. Your way doesn’t necessarily reward the best team (Which we could prove on the field). It

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:46pm

It does both.

TCuz

11/6/19 1:52pm

Cuz you assume the team with IYO the best resume is the best. The literal logical-definition of the fallacy of “begging

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:59pm

16 teams all conf champs. It works for March Madness

BYU Grounds

11/6/19 12:16pm

Too many football games for too many teams.

Doogal McCougar

11/6/19 12:49pm

It works just fine in FCS, why is FBS different?

Cosmodiar

11/6/19 1:04pm

Especially now that NCAA is essentially conceding that the best FBS players are essentially professionals anyway.

mvtoro

11/6/19 1:12pm

Not bad. But, adjust so the P5 are each guaranteed a quarterfinal NY6 bowl game

Doogal McCougar

11/6/19 12:47pm

Is this just a subtle way to suggest Notre Dame is not P5?

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11/6/19 9:05pm

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