2024 College Football Playoffs

[GATTACA!]

OSU is the sleeping giant IMO. Woulda could a shoulda beat Oregon and then did some dumb shit against UM.... Which will probably just feed the beast. I love that side of the bracket, but I fully expect OSU to come out on top of that side.

I think Will Howard sucks and they're going to struggle to beat any team that can punch them in the mouth.

 

[Kingbish01]

I think Will Howard sucks and they're going to struggle to beat any team that can punch them in the mouth.

I think Howard sucks too, but he has enough good people around him to make him look good at times. He's like a 2002 Ken Dorsey

 

[china423]

 

[greyhammer90]

They're going to ruin this sport because two spoiled kids don't get every single concession.

 

[DillonHall]

They're going to ruin this sport because two spoiled kids don't get every single concession.

Anything that devalues conference championships is good for ND

 

[JamIrish]

Notre Dame has dropped down to +700 to win the title(which is a good thing). They also released hypothetical odds for the potential quarter finals and ND would be a slight favorite over Georgia.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Sorry I can't. OSU is my number one most despised team.

They need to learn how to lose.

TBH, they are ready for it this year. If you go on their fans' pages, they kinda want the loss so they can fire Day.

What would be awesome is to see them lose in the first round, but Day NOT get fired.

 

[Irish du Nord]

What do you think about Oregons skill positions relative to USCs?

Better, but USCs are really good and we beat them by 21 (minus 7 garbage time points)

 

[dankgesang]

Listen....I'm so stoked that Bama had 3 losses this year and missed the playoffs. Couldn't be happier! But I'm not a fool....if Bama played those 3 teams 100 times, it would play out something like this:

Boise St would win 6 games out of 100.
SMU would win 7 at most.
Indiana would win 2 or 3.

Now if Bama played the top teams 100 times, I think it would go like this.

Oregon- Bama beats them 43 times.
UGA - Bama beats them 55 times.
Texas - Bama beats them 35 times
ND - Bama beats them 40 times.

My point is, just because NIU beat Bama and made them look silly doesn't mean they aren't better than the Clemson's (they'd win 10 times) of the world. Sometimes a team just gets caught slipping.

PS ..excuse me, I meant OU not NIU but I left it because it helps my point.

Respectfully this contains some of the wrongest shit ever on here. Going off of sp+ the neutral field Alabama lines for BSU, SMU, and Indiana would be about 14, 5, and 3 points respectively. Which historically would give you about 20, 30, and 40 wins out of 100.

You can debate the margins there and of course Alabama's better than the teams you mentioned, but not anywhere near 94 wins out of 100 better, which is more like what you'd get out of a 30 point spread.

 

[wizards8507]

Super random but does anyone know if the home games have a title sponsor? Or is it just going to default to Dr. Pepper?

 

[Irish#1]

Oregon should scare us a little. I saw the same thing with PSU running power at them, but they're really good and really really well coached.

Plus I live in Eugene so I would be watching alone in an underground bunker if we played them.

If we won I wouldn't come out for a week. If we lost... I wouldn't come out.

You have my sympathy.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Saw an article saying the selection committee is already eyeing first round bye selection process and adding 2 more teams by 2026.

🤣. SEC babies are upset by not getting first round byes and also need two more spots.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Fine with re-working the playoff so that conference championships don't necessarily mean first round byes. But f*ck auto-qualifiers with a 50-foot pole. Guaranteeing the SEC and B10 four spots each would effectively stop making it a playoff, but instead make it a conference invitational with some consolation spots offered to the rest of college football.

The best teams should qualify, period. If you want to weigh schedule and toughness of opponents, that's up to the Committee; teams shouldn't be getting in simply on the previous reputation of their conference.

Talk about taking a good thing and breaking it for no reason other than "because we think we're better than everyone." Show it on the field.

 

[NDFAN2008]

You can't expand to 14 or 16 teams, you'll end up with both teams limping into the championship with back up QB's

 

[TracyGraham]

You can't expand to 14 or 16 teams, you'll end up with both teams limping into the championship with back up QB's

I already expect teams to limp in with backup qbs in the current 4 game format.

 

[PNW Irishman]

You can't expand to 14 or 16 teams, you'll end up with both teams limping into the championship with back up QB's

It would mean 4 games to win it for every team or 10/12 teams instead of the current 4 games to win it for 8/12 teams. Not much difference.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

It would mean 4 games to win it for every team or 10/12 teams instead of the current 4 games to win it for 8/12 teams. Not much difference.

More games also favors teams with quality depth over those without. Wonder what teams that might work out best for?

 

[Kingbish01]

Respectfully this contains some of the wrongest shit ever on here. Going off of sp+ the neutral field Alabama lines for BSU, SMU, and Indiana would be about 14, 5, and 3 points respectively. Which historically would give you about 20, 30, and 40 wins out of 100.

You can debate the margins there and of course Alabama's better than the teams you mentioned, but not anywhere near 94 wins out of 100 better, which is more like what you'd get out of a 30 point spread.

Sounds about right, as Georgia/TCU and Bama/Cincy keep popping in my head. I don't care how good Ashton Jeanty is...BSU is not lining up man for man and beating Bama but maaaybe a handful of times out of 100. Seriously...if you look at Boise, SMU or IU rosters how many players outside of maybe AJ are you benching a Bama starter for?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Saw an article saying the selection committee is already eyeing first round bye selection process and adding 2 more teams by 2026.

🤣. SEC babies are upset by not getting first round byes and also need two more spots.

There really was an inevitability to this. They picked each other apart with expansion. All the P4 ended up doing so. Only Oregon was left unscathed.

I-AA was 16 teams for years. They expanded the field. It's inevitable that at some point it's going to look like a HS state playoff. They'll have 16 teams and 8 byes eventually in our lifetime.

None of the SEC went unbeaten in conference play or overall, they all sucked on the road other than Texas and Scar and their brigade of 3 and 4 loss teams got left out of a 12 team playoff.

I think actually winning games in your conference should mean more than simply belonging to one. The entire "SEC" bit has been played out for years. They wanted Mizzou, TAMU, Texas and OU. They got it.

 

[IrishLion]

 

[BleedBlueGold]

I have an idea for expansion:

All SEC teams get in!! We'll divide them into East and West subdivisions and make them play each other. The top two from each division gets a shot at the championship. The winner is crowned champion. It will be perfect, and no one can complain they didn't have a chance to win said championship.

Oh, wait...

 

[jprue24]

Saw an article saying the selection committee is already eyeing first round bye selection process and adding 2 more teams by 2026.

🤣. SEC babies are upset by not getting first round byes and also need two more spots.

I heard 14 then 16 teams is coming. 14 for sure.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

I don't care how many teams they expand it to at this point. But they absolutely HAVE TO get rid of conference affiliations for football. It's causing way too much bias, which is ridiculous given the realignment.

Take the Top 40 each year, with options for relegation and promotion. Divide them into 4 divisions. Schedule division play like the NFL does. Establish playoff rankings as objectively as possible given the results on the field. Seed the teams according to their respective rankings.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I absolutely (initially) thought it was a SEC dude on the committee that leaked the SMU over Alabama before the announcement. lol

 

[IrishLion]

I absolutely (initially) thought it was a SEC dude on the committee that leaked the SMU over Alabama before the announcement. lol

It had to have been... they were hoping leaking it and causing a scene would help make the committe scramble at the 11th hour, or at least laid down the "here's what happens when you go against the Two Families" thing

 

[irish4ever]

Yes - should clarify that our title odds were at +1200 when the bracket first dropped. Significant movement but generally still a harder path than most.

I'm not much of a gambler, but I do enjoy playing a few parlays most weeks throughout the CFB year. I did put a nominal bet down on ND to win it all before the start of the season and it was +1800 at that time. After the NIU loss I was about ready to throw my betting slip away.

 

[wizards8507]

I don't care how many teams they expand it to at this point. But they absolutely HAVE TO get rid of conference affiliations for football. It's causing way too much bias, which is ridiculous given the realignment.

Take the Top 40 each year, with options for relegation and promotion. Divide them into 4 divisions. Schedule division play like the NFL does. Establish playoff rankings as objectively as possible given the results on the field. Seed the teams according to their respective rankings.

Yeah get rid of the conferences and set up divisions like the NFL does.

We can call them things like the Pacific Division, the Atlantic Coast Division, the Southeastern Division, the Southwest Division, the M1dw0st Division, the Mountain West Division, and the Big East Division.

Even the CFP bros know that the old conference affiliations ruled. That's why they manipulated the rankings to set up OG Pac-12 versus Big 10 in the Rose Bowl.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Yeah get rid of the conferences and set up divisions like the NFL does.

We can call them things like the Pacific Division, the Atlantic Coast Division, the Southeastern Division, the Southwest Division, the M1dw0st Division, the Mountain West Division, and the Big East Division.

Even the CFP bros know that the old conference affiliations ruled. That's why they manipulated the rankings to set up OG Pac-12 versus Big 10 in the Rose Bowl.

I hear you, trust me. I'd prefer to keep conferences affiliations and maintain their respective rivalries, but I think CFP expansion and realignment forced everyone's hand. What are we even doing having teams like Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington join a midwest conference? Or Stanford joining an Atlantic conference? College football needs a hard reset. Is it even possible to go back to pre-realignment and bring back those respective conferences? Idk. I'm sure everyone would prefer that. I just know if it's an option.


Good to have ya back, btw. Have you been on hiatus or something? Haven't seen you in the political threads yet. You and Whiskey need to bring some sense back in those discussions. Lol

 

[Kingbish01]

I'm not much of a gambler, but I do enjoy playing a few parlays most weeks throughout the CFB year. I did put a nominal bet down on ND to win it all before the start of the season and it was +1800 at that time. After the NIU loss I was about ready to throw my betting slip away.

I have a $50 parlay I placed maybe 5/6 weeks ago. It's for the Steelers to win the SB AND ND to win the Natty. It pays like 24k

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I heard 14 then 16 teams is coming. 14 for sure.

This makes no sense to me, but that's probably why it'll happen. Just go to 16 and call it a day.