39 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

So are they just gonna declare the team with the best record in each conference the “conference champion”?

Uh yea! What metric would you suggest?

Guess we need to win the SEC this year. Let's go!

I've come around on it.

Stop talking about CCG games. What about rivalry games? Texas/A&M, Iron Bowl, The Game.

You have a team locked in for a playoff bid they’re going to sit players and these rivalry games just lost meaning. Need to move these to first conference game moving forward

The first National Championship from the 24-team playoff will be in New Orleans,.

Just now, CJ Vogel said:

As they should be. Reward the teams that earned the higher seeds, and keep fan engagement as high as possible. To hell with traveling to Birmingham, or Atlanta, or Jacksonville or even Dallas for these games before they in the final 8.

“Financial Motivation” and home field advantage to win games, love it.

1 minute ago, Chop said:

Stop talking about CCG games. What about rivalry games? Texas/A&M, Iron Bowl, The Game.

You have a team locked in for a playoff bid they’re going to sit players and these rivalry games just lost meaning. Need to move these to first conference game moving forward

Seeding motivation

Just now, Chop said:

Stop talking about CCG games. What about rivalry games? Texas/A&M, Iron Bowl, The Game.

You have a team locked in for a playoff bid they’re going to sit players and these rivalry games just lost meaning. Need to move these to first conference game moving forward

Did A&M sit all of their best players a year ago against Texas when they were 11–0 and a lock for the CFP?

Or did Georgia when they were 10–1 facing off against Georgia Tech?

How how about Ohio State when they played Michigan on the road while already 11–0?

1 hour ago, Hank South said:

Hell yes!!!

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

My hope is that they keep 1st and 2nd round CFP games on college campuses. We saw in 2024 just how electric that environment could get, both at Texas and around the country. The minute they move those games to ridiculous C-tier level bowl sites, they have lost me.

This. Plus, it reduces travel for fans during the holiday season.

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

Did A&M sit all of their best players a year ago against Texas when they were 11–0 and a lock for the CFP?

Or did Georgia when they were 10–1 facing off against Georgia Tech?

How how about Ohio State when they played Michigan on the road while already 11–0?

Preach Cadillac!! This is going to give us better match ups and more teams to play for something at the end of the year. Rivalries are going to continue to be important but eliminating CCG is huge especially if it essentially turns that time into “play-in” games. I’m pumped and glad that we’ll get more meaningful football instead of pointless bowls. Plus these guys want to play in the NFL this is what the NFL does.

This was needed, as was the elimination of the CCGs. They were glorified Bowl games once the a true playoff engine starting working. It will never happen, but I would love to see conference contraction to move back towards the original intent of the conferences. If you split the P4 back into 8x8, with 3 OOC P4 games and 1 non-FCS OOC game, you could really get a good cross-section of teams for the playoffs with real regional buyin.

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I don’t mind it but I wish they kept conference title games. Just feels like they’re ruining the sport.

Just now, QuanCosbysBurner said:

I don’t mind it but I wish they kept conference title games. Just feels like they’re ruining the sport.

There will be way more interest now... I've been hearing for years the sport is ruined. First it was NIL, then Portal, then 12 team playoff and now this.... Yet stadiums are full and more people than ever are watching on TV.

I love that this will keep half the country fully engaged and hopeful until the very end. It makes even more regular season games meaningful. It also means that roster depth will become more critical than ever.

4 minutes ago, QuanCosbysBurner said:

I don’t mind it but I wish they kept conference title games. Just feels like they’re ruining the sport.

Conference championship game are useless. Just get in the playoffs.

10 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Did A&M sit all of their best players a year ago against Texas when they were 11–0 and a lock for the CFP?

Or did Georgia when they were 10–1 facing off against Georgia Tech?

How how about Ohio State when they played Michigan on the road while already 11–0?

+ the fact that it's in the $ contracts for players to play the game/be available for the game unless they're hurt.

Boosters and athletic admin would be losing their minds if a HC tried to be like "I know we're paying this star running back over a million dollars and he makes over $100k a month, but I think we're gonna rest him a bit this week. We're 11-0, a lock for the CFP, and I think it's worth saving his legs for the CFP instead of risking injury vs. our biggest rival who is 8-3 and is in a win and in situation for the 24 team CFP." It would take serious stones for a HC to do that and it'd have to be a situation like Cignetti at IU where he's basically untouchable. That would blow up for the other 99% of programs who don't have an untouchable coach.

There are some things I don't like about the 24 team CFP but the pros outweigh the cons when compared to 12 team CFP that has a bunch of stooges making decisions on who gets in when the power conferences are not on the same level and the non-con scheduling is too inconsistent across the board. The dummies on the committee will still be around for the 24 team CFP, but they have a smaller chance of screwing it up with 24 teams than 12. There's a larger margin for error for both the committee and Texas with 24.

I assume moving to 24 teams means Texas plays ND now

I just realized this means it will go down in history that A&M has never played for an SEC championship 😭

This could open the door to playing Aggy and OU twice in one year someday. Imagine playing OU at DKR.

39 minutes ago, Chop said:

Stop talking about CCG games. What about rivalry games? Texas/A&M, Iron Bowl, The Game.

You have a team locked in for a playoff bid they’re going to sit players and these rivalry games just lost meaning. Need to move these to first conference game moving forward

lol

1 hour ago, HonkEm said:

People keep saying nobody wants to watch an 8-4 team in the playoff. Funny, because every year millions of people watch those same 8-4 teams play in bowls that mean absolutely nothing. 😆

Yes, and bowls are dead end games, whereas you might just have a team that gets hot, or figures things out at the end of the year that can make a run . Also, teams that might get players back from injury could make a run. Way better TV .

53 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Did A&M sit all of their best players a year ago against Texas when they were 11–0 and a lock for the CFP?

Or did Georgia when they were 10–1 facing off against Georgia Tech?

How how about Ohio State when they played Michigan on the road while already 11–0?

Those are good points. I’m just assuming it will go the way of the NFL or players sitting out for non-important bowl games

23 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

They got this right.