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  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #81

    I'll give you the FCS thing. But the 9-game schedule is irrelevant.

  • I'll give you the FCS thing. But the 9-game schedule is irrelevant.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #82

    @wargograw said:

    I'll give you the FCS thing. But the 9-game schedule is irrelevant.

    Point is that the is what the other conferences are all doing.    But instead of the extra conference games...the SEC has another donut.  If they were taking that extra game and scheduling against a P5 opponent....that would be one thing....but they are not.

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #83

    The SEC isn't the only league with an 8-game conference schedule.

  • Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by
    #84

    I’ll just leave this here. . .

    Power 5 Bowl standings after today:

    @B1Gfootball 5-0
    @Big12Conference 4-2
    @ACCFootball 4-3
    @pac12 1-7
    @SEC 0-3

  • Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by
    #85

    B1G making a statement.

    4-0 PAC 12
    1-0 SEC
    2-0 ACC
    Have beaten 4 current top 20 teams including 3 in the top 11.

    Not bad at all.

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by wargograw
    #86

    If we just all agree that the Big 12 should be banned from the playoff then Ohio State could have had that spot today. They're a joke. OU is head and shoulders better than anyone else in the Big 12 and they lost. Meanwhile, the SEC has 2 other teams this year on par with its champion (stupid games against UCF notwithstanding). Big 10 had a solid group of teams at the top too. Really solid. The Big 12 sucks.

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #87

    Just expand the playoffs to 8.   Include the winners of the 5 P5 conferences, plus 3 wildcards. Then it would be fair to have more than 1 team in from 1 conference...plus you could include an outlier like Central Florida...and see how they could really matchup.

    It is so absurdly simple....and will happen.  Just when?

  • Just expand the playoffs to 8.   Include the winners of the 5 P5 conferences, plus 3 wildcards. Then it would be fair to have more than 1 team in from 1 conference...plus you could include an outlier like Central Florida...and see how they could really matchup.

    It is so absurdly simple....and will happen.  Just when?

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #88

    @the-gipper said:

    Just expand the playoffs to 8.   Include the winners of the 5 P5 conferences, plus 3 wildcards. Then it would be fair to have more than 1 team in from 1 conference...plus you could include an outlier like Central Florida...and see how they could really matchup.

    It is so absurdly simple....and will happen.  Just when?

    It would be so easy to do and is being called for by more media outlets, from SB Nation:

    Here’s what an eight-team playoff might look like in 2017, if all the conference title game favorites win this coming weekend:

    • 8 UCF (G5 rep) at 1 Clemson (ACC champ)
    • 5 Ohio State (Big Ten champ) at 4 Alabama (at-large)
    • 6 USC (Pac-12 champ) at 3 Auburn (SEC champ)
    • 7 Wisconsin (at-large) at 2 Oklahoma (Big 12 champ)

    You could make a case for including Penn State or even a two-loss Georgia over Wisconsin, but we’ll go with this.

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #89

    Should be 16 to rival Match Madness. 

  • Should be 16 to rival Match Madness. 

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #90

    @wargograw said:

    Should be 16 to rival Match Madness. 

    Yes instead of 40 bowl games with 20-30 basically not that interesting and half empty make some the early round playoff games like the Sweet 16......and every other brand of football from the pros down to high school.

    A no brainer!

  • @the-gipper said:

    Just expand the playoffs to 8.   Include the winners of the 5 P5 conferences, plus 3 wildcards. Then it would be fair to have more than 1 team in from 1 conference...plus you could include an outlier like Central Florida...and see how they could really matchup.

    It is so absurdly simple....and will happen.  Just when?

    It would be so easy to do and is being called for by more media outlets, from SB Nation:

    Here’s what an eight-team playoff might look like in 2017, if all the conference title game favorites win this coming weekend:

    • 8 UCF (G5 rep) at 1 Clemson (ACC champ)
    • 5 Ohio State (Big Ten champ) at 4 Alabama (at-large)
    • 6 USC (Pac-12 champ) at 3 Auburn (SEC champ)
    • 7 Wisconsin (at-large) at 2 Oklahoma (Big 12 champ)

    You could make a case for including Penn State or even a two-loss Georgia over Wisconsin, but we’ll go with this.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #91

    @mjp28 said:

    It would be so easy to do and is being called for by more media outlets, from SB Nation:

    Here’s what an eight-team playoff might look like in 2017, if all the conference title game favorites win this coming weekend:

    • 8 UCF (G5 rep) at 1 Clemson (ACC champ)
    • 5 Ohio State (Big Ten champ) at 4 Alabama (at-large)
    • 6 USC (Pac-12 champ) at 3 Auburn (SEC champ)
    • 7 Wisconsin (at-large) at 2 Oklahoma (Big 12 champ)

    You could make a case for including Penn State or even a two-loss Georgia over Wisconsin, but we’ll go with this.

    Considering that Georgia was SEC champ...I think you may revise this.

    And NO...no home games.   Continue to use the neutral site bowl games for these first rounds.  They are useless anyway...so incorporate them into this.

  • @mjp28 said:

    It would be so easy to do and is being called for by more media outlets, from SB Nation:

    Here’s what an eight-team playoff might look like in 2017, if all the conference title game favorites win this coming weekend:

    • 8 UCF (G5 rep) at 1 Clemson (ACC champ)
    • 5 Ohio State (Big Ten champ) at 4 Alabama (at-large)
    • 6 USC (Pac-12 champ) at 3 Auburn (SEC champ)
    • 7 Wisconsin (at-large) at 2 Oklahoma (Big 12 champ)

    You could make a case for including Penn State or even a two-loss Georgia over Wisconsin, but we’ll go with this.

    Considering that Georgia was SEC champ...I think you may revise this.

    And NO...no home games.   Continue to use the neutral site bowl games for these first rounds.  They are useless anyway...so incorporate them into this.

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #92

    @the-gipper said:

    Considering that Georgia was SEC champ...I think you may revise this.

    And NO...no home games.   Continue to use the neutral site bowl games for these first rounds.  They are useless anyway...so incorporate them into this.

    That was just a convenient example I found from SB. And the "at" designation can be the home team even at neutral sites.....which is preferred. Ironically the national championship game will be in ALABAMA this year vs Georgia. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    Considering that Georgia was SEC champ...I think you may revise this.

    And NO...no home games.   Continue to use the neutral site bowl games for these first rounds.  They are useless anyway...so incorporate them into this.

    That was just a convenient example I found from SB. And the "at" designation can be the home team even at neutral sites.....which is preferred. Ironically the national championship game will be in ALABAMA this year vs Georgia. 

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #93

    @mjp28 said:

    That was just a convenient example I found from SB. And the "at" designation can be the home team even at neutral sites.....which is preferred. Ironically the national championship game will be in ALABAMA this year vs Georgia. 

    Actually...it will be in Georgia...in Atlanta, vs. Alabama.     Are you getting dyslexic?

  • @mjp28 said:

    That was just a convenient example I found from SB. And the "at" designation can be the home team even at neutral sites.....which is preferred. Ironically the national championship game will be in ALABAMA this year vs Georgia. 

    Actually...it will be in Georgia...in Atlanta, vs. Alabama.     Are you getting dyslexic?

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #94

    @the-gipper said:

    Actually...it will be in Georgia...in Atlanta, vs. Alabama.     Are you getting dyslexic?

    D'OH, I only heard it 100 times, good Georgia will have a better shot.......maybe. Maybe not. And no I'm definitely not dlyselxic.

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #95

    Bama's going to blow them out. Bet the farm on the Tide.

  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by mjp28
    #96

    THE NCAA D-1AA and D-1AA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.....from vegasinsider.com 

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    AS YOU SEE BOTH ND ST and ALA are currently the consensus -4 favorites. Both opened as -4 1/2 point favorites. 

    ALA is only a -3 1/2 point favorite at a few books shown here.

  • Bama's going to blow them out. Bet the farm on the Tide.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #97

    @wargograw said:

    Bama's going to blow them out. Bet the farm on the Tide.

    How about we just bet your house on it....since you are so confident.😮

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #98

    I'm poor though.

  • W wargograw wrote on last edited by
    #99

    Wrong on the blowout. Still got the win.

  • Wrong on the blowout. Still got the win.

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on last edited by

    @wargograw said:

    Wrong on the blowout. Still got the win.

    One blown coverage from the win for Ga. As my son said that safety was not responsible for the other side of the field and should never have been pulled over by the QBs eyes. He ended up not being in position to pick up his responsibility on the deep R side of the D. Safety 101 class for dummies.