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Honest assessment of the CFP 4 Team Playoff era (2014-2023)
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:16 pm
Now that the dust is clear and that era is behind us, what a load of crap. Just the absolute worst. Up until maybe the last 2 years every playoff game was a blowout. It was the same 4 teams rotated every year, maybe the off chance Notre Dame would sneak in and get annihilated. From 2015-2018 was probably the worst period in College football with it being the Alabama & Clemson show. The committee and their nonsense of rotating winning teams around the top 4 just for a ratings ploy. And the worst part about all of it was that a playoff system was the correct call but the powers that be did everything to make it...excuse my language...lame and gay.
Thank the lord we have finally moved past this abortion of an era in College Football. With this 2024 season playing out incredibly so far (most exciting season since 2007) I am glad that it finally seems like we are headed in the right direction (even though conference re-alignment has been ridiculous)
Thank the lord we have finally moved past this abortion of an era in College Football. With this 2024 season playing out incredibly so far (most exciting season since 2007) I am glad that it finally seems like we are headed in the right direction (even though conference re-alignment has been ridiculous)
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Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:27 pm to pevetohead
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From 2015-2018 was probably the worst period in College football with it being the Alabama & Clemson show.
CFB needed a hero, and he saved us all.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:53 pm to Ghost of Colby
LSU 2019: The Last True National Champion
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:03 pm to pevetohead
It was CFB's dead ball era.
Excitement waned, sport regionally shrunk, fans tuned out after the greatest Decade 2000-2010. Realignment has breathed new life, fans no longer feel its a sport for just a few zip codes in the country.
Excitement waned, sport regionally shrunk, fans tuned out after the greatest Decade 2000-2010. Realignment has breathed new life, fans no longer feel its a sport for just a few zip codes in the country.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:15 pm to pevetohead
I hated the fact that all the playoff games were on ESPN. Texas-USC being on ABC played a huge role being as big as it was. It really felt like the world stopped to watch that game. Imagine if that game was on ESPN instead. Yeah, it wouldn't have been the same.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:52 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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It was CFB's dead ball era.
Thanks Les
Saban needed a foil badly in his conference with all the same advantages and the other half of the Game of the Century just wasn’t up to the task…
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:56 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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It was CFB's dead ball era.
Excitement waned, sport regionally shrunk, fans tuned out after the greatest Decade 2000-2010. Realignment has breathed new life, fans no longer feel its a sport for just a few zip codes in the country.
Nah, it's pretty dull the last few years. TP and NIL has kind of ruined it as far as real CFB goes. It's just a new thing now. We'll see how it turns out.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 11:51 pm to theballguy
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TP and NIL has kind of ruined it as far as real CFB goes
I don’t know how anyone can say this with a straight face when there’s more parity now than there ever has been.
I guess you prefer the era of Bama, Ohio St and Clemson rotating as the top 3 in the country?
Posted on 10/16/24 at 12:33 am to pevetohead
It didn't really solve much. Had the same problem as the BCS in that there almost always seemed to be one team more than the field could accommodate (2019 notwithstanding).
The tradeoff was less controversial champion selection, but where's the fun in that? Don't USC and LSU fans, deep down, actually enjoy arguing with each other for something that happened 20+ years ago? Don't PSU fans still get pissed about Nebraska in '94? Or GT with the infamous 5th down Colorado team? We still give BYU shite for their weakass title from 40 years ago. Controversy and casting doubt was half the fun of CFB. It gave people something to talk about for years, and strengthened regional ties. That's all gone now in the service of "settling it on the field".
And it pretty much killed the most unique postseason in sports. A trip to the Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl became a consolation prize in most years, rather than a marquee, season-defining event (as it was for 100+ years prior).
The tradeoff was less controversial champion selection, but where's the fun in that? Don't USC and LSU fans, deep down, actually enjoy arguing with each other for something that happened 20+ years ago? Don't PSU fans still get pissed about Nebraska in '94? Or GT with the infamous 5th down Colorado team? We still give BYU shite for their weakass title from 40 years ago. Controversy and casting doubt was half the fun of CFB. It gave people something to talk about for years, and strengthened regional ties. That's all gone now in the service of "settling it on the field".
And it pretty much killed the most unique postseason in sports. A trip to the Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl became a consolation prize in most years, rather than a marquee, season-defining event (as it was for 100+ years prior).
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:47 am to pevetohead
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Up until maybe the last 2 years every playoff game was a blowout.
Thus proving that a 12 team playoff is idiotic. In the history of CFB there has never been a season when more than 4 teams had a legit claim to playing for a national title. Not once has this happened.
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From 2015-2018 was probably the worst period in College football with it being the Alabama & Clemson show.
They were the best teams.
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a playoff system was the correct call but the powers that be did everything to make it...excuse my language...lame and gay.
It was absolutely the right call and the powers did screw some things up.
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With this 2024 season playing out incredibly so far (most exciting season since 2007) I am glad that it finally seems like we are headed in the right direction
When we hit November we're going solidly see who the best teams are, like every other season. By the end of November we're going to have about 4 teams that deserve to play for the title and when it's all said and done, it's going to clearly be 1 or 2 teams that were a level above the rest. This is how the vast majority of seasons go.
The 12 team format is the dumbest idea in the history of CFB.
They should go back to 4 teams, use the BCS formula, with #4 traveling to #1, #3 traveling to #2, then a title game. Semifinals should be around Dec 15th, title game Jan 1st. Scatter the bowl games in the middle. This new format is basically an NFL schedule, which is absurd for college athletes.
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:54 am to POTUS2024
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Thus proving that a 12 team playoff is idiotic. In the history of CFB there has never been a season when more than 4 teams had a legit claim to playing for a national title. Not once has this happened.
2004.
USC
Oklahoma
Auburn
Utah
Boise St
All finished undefeated
Posted on 10/16/24 at 7:01 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Just say what you mean.
Excitement waned, sport regionally shrunk, fans tuned out after the greatest Decade 2000-2010. Realignment has breathed new life, fans no longer feel it’s a sport for just a few zip codes in the country.
Alabama was so good it ruined your viewing experience.
Posted on 10/16/24 at 7:23 am to theballguy
quote:well get used to it, Bama fan. tDynasty is dead.
Nah, it's pretty dull the last few years.
This post was edited on 10/16/24 at 7:24 am
Posted on 10/16/24 at 8:25 am to POTUS2024
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When we hit November we're going solidly see who the best teams are, like every other season. By the end of November we're going to have about 4 teams that deserve to play for the title and when it's all said and done, it's going to clearly be 1 or 2 teams that were a level above the rest.
Teams are going to play different leading up to a 12 team playoff as opposed to a 2 or 4 team playoff, so the “best” teams may not actually be the best teams
Posted on 10/16/24 at 8:56 am to Bench McElroy
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Imagine if that game was on ESPN instead. Yeah, it wouldn't have been the same.
Wut lol
Posted on 10/16/24 at 8:58 am to theballguy
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Nah, it's pretty dull the last few years. TP and NIL has kind of ruined it as far as real CFB goes. It's just a new thing now. We'll see how it turns out.
Posted on 10/16/24 at 9:05 am to pevetohead
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the worst period in College football with it being the Alabama & Clemson show
You realize this is going to be even worse now? It might not be Alabama/Clemson (probably Georgia tbh) in particular, but whoever is dominating is going to be given even more chances than they already are. You could knock Alabama/Clemson out with two losses, or even one loss under certain conditions. All the expansion is going to do is make sure the "Alabamas" of the future will always get in and probably win it all because they have a lot of experience with the playoff format
Posted on 10/16/24 at 9:13 am to Bama Bird
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You realize this is going to be even worse now? It might not be Alabama/Clemson (probably Georgia tbh) in particular, but whoever is dominating is going to be given even more chances than they already are. You could knock Alabama/Clemson out with two losses, or even one loss under certain conditions. All the expansion is going to do is make sure the "Alabamas" of the future will always get in and probably win it all because they have a lot of experience with the playoff format
+100
these idiots think that the tulanes/fresno st/UNLVs of the world will be able to compete with the big boys after a 12+ game schedule, in which they will no doubt suffer injuries and get beat up, but the big name programs will be MUCH better equipped to win the big games at the end due to their depth
yeah, we may get an occasional boise st type of team upsetting a OU, but those will be rare, and they won't be able to do it multiple times and make a deep run
Posted on 10/16/24 at 9:23 am to pevetohead
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what a load of crap. Just the absolute worst.
the first 9 years of the playoff the committee got it right 100% of the time. Only mouthbreathers that don't understand how they selected are the ones upset. Last year in the final year they did a complete 180 and went against everything they'd ever done up to that point so no arguments frmo me there.
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It was the same 4 teams rotated every year,
that's simply not true, but even if it was what would you want? It's not the commmitee's fault that bama, ohio sate, and clemson keep winning their conference all the time.
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The committee and their nonsense of rotating winning teams around the top 4 just for a ratings ploy
ok..you're clearly unhinged.
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hank the lord we have finally moved past this abortion of an era in College Football. With this 2024 season playing out incredibly so far (most exciting season since 2007) I am glad that it finally seems like we are headed in the right direction (even though conference re-alignment has been ridiculous)
tripling the amount of teams will only ensure that teams that have absolutely no business being there will get in there, and it will only increase the amount of times that you are going to see the teams you jsut got done complaining about.
Posted on 10/16/24 at 9:38 am to pevetohead
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Now that the dust is clear and that era is behind us, what a load of crap. Just the absolute worst. Up until maybe the last 2 years every playoff game was a blowout.
So you think the #1 vs #12 games are going to be so much better than the #1 vs #4 blowouts?
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