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A 16 team playoff would only have two more playoff games than a 14 team playoff. If you got rid of conference championship games with the 16 team format, we would effectively have two less games overall compared to a 14 team playoff + CCGs (+2 playoff games, -4 CCGs). And that’s just counting the P4 CCGs

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This is exactly my point, and why I think we should never go to 16 teams. The sport is better with conference championship games. It is part of the CFB tradition, pageantry and connection to history. These things are a large part of what make college football great. The CFP is a necessary, corporate evil. We are gradually throwing pieces of what make CFB great in the trash. We are introducing some new exciting things, like championship hopes lasting longer into the season. However, there should be a line in the sand for us to retain the classics while improving on them.

If it was a 14 team playoff with 2 byes, this is literally the way it would work 99.999% of the time. Right now, the top 4 conference champions get the bye. The top 2 conference champions will almost always, if not always, be the Big10 and SEC champs. So if there were 2 byes, they would almost invariably go to Big10 and SEC champs.

Still don’t like it. I think 14 teams with top 2 getting byes is better than this.

I don’t think that provides any room for any teams to have byes. No bye = zero incentive for conference championships. The incentive for conference championships is already a point of debate with the 12 team CFP. I like the idea of having 14 teams with Top 2 getting byes or, at max, 15 teams with the top team getting the only bye.

There is something you can tell about players even if they are essentially playing against air. I saw him step into the pocket and throw a hell of a pass downfield vs LsU and that’s when I posted this. my personal prediction is that he’s gonna be good.

I can see Arch vs Lagway being the battle of the best SEC QBs next year

Really the only unlikely domino that needs to fall is Army beating ND. BYU could easily lose @ ASU and CU could even easily lose vs Kansas. IF Army beats ND, they’ll have a better quality win compared to the Big12 champion regardless of what else happens.

1. BYU loses one of their final games (say @ ASU) 2. #2 Big12 team upsets BYU in the championship game (maybe Colorado?) 3. Army wins out (including win over ND) 4. Boise State wins out In this scenario, it’s conceivable that Army and BSU could rank higher in the CFP than the Big12 champs and the Big12 would lose their autobid. However, it be highly controversial and against media interests to exclude Colorado if they win out and win the Big12 championship. However, if the Big12 champ is someone other than Colorado (having won out) or one loss BYU, I could see it. I’m rooting for it!

I do think this was the best Quinn’s looked since Michigan, personally. He threw some nice over the shoulder balls that I think have been missing. And he looked like he was more willing to step into throws.

If we come to a 3 way tie between 11-1 UGA, 11-1 Texas and 10-2 TAMU, the dumb SEC three way tiebreaker rules will boil down to cumulative conference win percentage of the tied teams’ conference opponents. Even if we have the head to head over TAMU. Our conference opponents are significantly weaker in wins than UGA and TAMU, so I highly doubt we stand a chance if it comes to this tiebreaker. Between UGA and TAMU, it will essentially come down to unique opponents between the two: Tennessee+Bama+Ole Miss+Kentucky for UGA vs LSU+Mizzou+Arkansas+SC for TAMU. Likely 18 wins for UGA’s slate: 6-2 Tennessee, 6-2 Bama, 5-3 Ole Miss, 1-7 Kentucky Likely 18 wins for TAMU’s slate: 6-2 LSU, 6-2 Mizzou, 3-5 Arkansas, 3-5 SC UGA and TAMU will tie for first place and beat out Texas at this stage and UGA and TAMU will advance to the SEC championship game. We need UGA to win this tiebreaker outright if it comes to this situation.

Our ranking right now has us over TAMU, meaning AP voters think we’re better. Do you still think they’ll think we’re better if we lose the head to head? For the integrity of the game, I hope not. If Texas loses to TAMU and Bama wins out, Bama will be the more impressive 2 loss team. The margin of the Tennessee/UGA game will be important. If Tennessee loses less ugly to UGA, they will have the Bama win and arguably still a better resume than Texas (with a TAMU loss). Tennessee also has the opportunity to cap the season with a win over Vandy. So with 11-1 UGA, 11-1 TAMU, 10-2 Texas/Bama/Tenn, the top 4 out of the SEC will arguably be the 4 other than Texas. Alabama would get in on the merit of their resume + media love/respect based on Bama. Tennessee then holds a trump card of “if Bama is in, we should be in”. Similar to what we had last season.

If the facemask is hit and not grabbed it is not a facemask penalty. Have you watched football before?

Should be a fun weekend to root for chaos, especially since Texas is on the couch