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If Tennessee don't win this, I'd love to see Clemson/SMU in the championship just because that would be hilarious.
Final 12 prediction.
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Well, America has won with Alabama correctly being left out. America's next rallying point regardless of your favorite team is to look for Notre dame to get absolutely blasted. If we're going to let them play no body and be immune to conference championship games then every team should just abandon their conference. We all must unite in hatred of ND
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Do you think these teams would have agreed to a 12 game playoff system if it was structured so that 100 of the teams would never qualify? It's seems to me that at least a couple spots out if the 12 are compromise spots. Only about 8 of the teams, at best are teams who are really entitled to a spot. The others not so much.
I agree. The automatic bids for winning your conference can screw teams ranked above them. Clemson just proved that. They're #17 going into the championship game and now get a bye. That makes zero sense. I'm just glad it was bama not making it.
EDIT: Clemson does not get a bye.
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Therein lies the problem. How do we determine the 12 best teams? Wins? SOS? Good losses? Conference champs? QB getting hurt at the end of season? Obviously head to head SHOULD matter, but usually doesn't.
Again I get it, but at least make one of the qualifying factors a win over a top 25 team. Indiana plays in the Big 10, who have they beat? Played one ranked opponent and got absolutely hammered. Notre Dame signature win is Army. I understand there has to be some hope but Geeze these are not the 12 best teams in the country , which is what I thought people wanted to see. Again I am not losing sleep the Vols are in but I just don't agree with rewarding teams for playing weak schedules. I am guessing they will tweak this as it goes but they will absolutely never satisfy everyone no matter what they do. Ultimately some of the teams that didn't get in have great wins but have some bad losses that should not have happened so they can only blame themselves for that.
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As much as folks complain about SEC bias, I'm convinced having the Michigan AD on the selection panel is a bad idea. I think that's also the reason OSU has a home playoff game.
Tennessee plays OSU, then the number one team in the second round. NCAA flipping Tennessee birds. I hope they run the table.
You are absolutely correct, my friend. Like I said a week ago, anyone that doesn't see the anti-Tennessee bias just doesn't want to see it.
Bamamonts
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I think all should factor in. I think the goal should be to get the 12 best teams over the course of the season and all of those would factor in the equation.
Bamamonts
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I think Oregon is getting the worst bracket. They will have to beat UT/Ohio St then Texas most likely. All before the championship game.
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That was inevitable for whoever ended the season #1. Oregon has that locked since they're the only undefeated team. Texas got hooked up woth the 5 seed. Oregon should have lost on purpose.
I think Notre Dame should have never been ranked as high as they were which kind of locked them in; Penn State should have dropped farther after losing to Oregon. Ohio State and UT both got the shaft.
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I feel like ND has been permanently ranked number 5. Seems like the pollsters spend most the season trying to find a justification to put them there.
I didn't want to be the one to point out the obvious, but......
President Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and already America is winning.
President Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and already America is winning.
deerhunter10
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They technically got it right. If your going to have conference games especially with automatic bids with them. They can't be diminished by losing the extra game. This is the first year of it. And I do think changes are coming.
If I'm not mistaken I think the only way the acc and big 12 signed off on the playoffs were automatic bids but that is what has screwed it up honestly.
At the end of the day alabama and their fans need to be pissed that they got absolutely embarrassed at Oklahoma. They cost themselves the chance. Tn got lucky the Arkansas loss didn't bit them in the butt as well.
If I'm not mistaken I think the only way the acc and big 12 signed off on the playoffs were automatic bids but that is what has screwed it up honestly.
At the end of the day alabama and their fans need to be pissed that they got absolutely embarrassed at Oklahoma. They cost themselves the chance. Tn got lucky the Arkansas loss didn't bit them in the butt as well.
We need some kinda computer system to run all the numbers and determine it?
Why has nobody ever thought of that????We need some kinda computer system to run all the numbers and determine it?
