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The College Football Playoff needs to expand

Why do people insist on taking college football, the greatest sports category in existence, built on being unique. Built on having a regular season that matters. And try to change it into something that resembles a lesser sport? The nfl sucks. The nfl has 32 teams. The nfl has parity. Those things don’t exist in college football. There is no way to make college football resemble the nfl in format. And we shouldn’t want it to. The debates, controversy and flawed system have made college football what it is. Stop trying to change it and embrace it. Everything they’ve done has made it worse. 12 teams is stupid. Oregon already beat Ohio State, Penn state and Boise. Georgia already beat Texas. End this. Give us Georgia vs Oregon, winner take all. Make the regular season great again.
Ive never understood it either.

“Hey! This college football stuff is great and unique! Lets change it.”
 
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Ohio state already lost to Oregon. Why do they get another shot? If you’re better, win the first time. Rematches in college football are stupid. Who did Ohio state play that Oregon didn’t? Indiana? Pft. Who cares? Make the regular season matter. They already played. Oregon won. You shouldn’t get a do over. Add to that Oregon is undefeated. Beat 3 quarter final teams. And Ohio state lost to Michigan. They blew it. I don’t care who would be favored in a single game. I care about who showed up every week and handled their business. Oregon did. Ohio state didn’t. This system of 12 teams does little to reward that.
Exactly. Had ohio state beat michigan, oregon would have had to beat ohio state three times possibly to win the natty. Absolutely stupid.
 
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That wasn’t your model, imbecile.
dumb ass, the B1G and sec need to sheet, piss or get off the pot...this slow grind to 2 conferances is foul at best...if you want the 2 conferance mini nfl...then do it allready....and save all the beeecthing...and wasting folks time...
 
dumb ass, the B1G and sec need to sheet, piss or get off the pot...this slow grind to 2 conferances is foul at best...if you want the 2 conferance mini nfl...then do it allready....and save all the beeecthing...and wasting folks time...
Your incoherent, subliterate rambling is tiresome. You’re arguing with your own submoronic imagination.
 
12 was stupid but it was clearly just to "get it started"

These first round games were amazing even though they sucked. They are going to go to 16, it is going to be ****ing awesome and it is going to become a huge gambling thing like March Madness.
It's gonna blow. It's gonna be for casuals and gambling degenerates.
 
most years, college football only needs two teams. Oregon vs Georgia is all we needed this year.
There is a very good chance neither of those teams makes it past the next round, especially Georgia. The playoff is working even if there are some early blowouts and the seeding needs to be based on the final ranking, not conf championships.
I would expand it to 16 teams with no byes, and quite honestly we ought to just drop conf championship games. The teams with the best record in their massive conferences are the champions. Why do we need to potentially see Georgia-Texas a third time, and Georgia's starting QB was injured playing in a conf championship. With the playoff in place those extra games just do more harm than good
 
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Why did Penn State have to play Nebraska again in the Final Four? Penn State beat them 3-1 a few weeks ago, did they really need to have a rematch?

After the Final Four was set, Nebraska should had to forfeit since they already lost to Penn State. Sorry, you lost at their place, you don't get a rematch at a neutral site when the stakes are higher.
If you are talking about reducing the number of teams that get into the volleyball tournament and changing the selection process then your logic would make sense. But as it is you are comparing apples to oranges.
 
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Conferences all want the chance to get a taste of playoff dough. Most years the last 3-4 teams aren’t going to be particularly competitive, but they can hang a playoff banner. The expanded playoff number plus the reality of the transfer portal should produce more competitive play in these first games in the coming years. It’s just going to be harder for the top teams to hoard talent.
 
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I have always thought 8 was the right amount of teams. Either that or 16 because teams having a bye while the other team plays a top caliber opponent is an unfair advantage. The reason I think 8 is better than 16 is because realistically, there aren't 16 teams with a chance to win in it all. Usually on 3 or 4 but if you start with 8 you could still have the conference champions, whether its 4 or when it was 5, plus have room for a couple of at large bids for a Cinderella and those excellent teams. The seedings this year were completely stupid. Does anyone really believe that Boise or ASU are deserving of a top seed and bye in the first round?
 
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Conferences all want the chance to get a taste of playoff dough. Most years the last 3-4 teams aren’t going to be particularly competitive, but they can hang a playoff banner. The expanded playoff number plus the reality of the transfer portal should produce more competitive play in these first games in the coming years. It’s just going to be harder for the top teams to hoard talent.
For some reason i get the feeling that the rich will get richer they will find away around the 105 and hoard more top players
 
So it takes 3 weeks for the NCAA basketball tournament to finish..

It’s going to take 4 weeks to finish the CFP. Football has more game planning from one opponent to the next not to mention the physicality of the game alone..

Basketball tournament plays two games with in 4 days and there is one day to prepare for the next game.

Expanding CFP is ridiculous.
 
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So it takes 3 weeks for the NCAA basketball tournament to finish..

It’s going to take 4 weeks to finish the CFP. Football has more game planning from one opponent to the next not to mention the physicality of the game alone..

Basketball tournament plays two games with in 4 days and there is one day to prepare for the next game.

Expanding CFP is ridiculous.
Going from 12 to 16 won’t add another round/week

Anything more than that obviously will
 
Going from 12 to 16 won’t add another round/week

Anything more than that obviously will
Still takes a month to play it, more games more of a chance for key players getting injury’s making more difficult to move on winning the championship.

16 teams would allow more 3 loss teams involved that DEI.
Reason why the regular season should mean something..

Just because the NFL has 9-8 team making the playoffs doesn’t mean CPF needs 16 teams.
 
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Do people realize they don't have to watch the first round? What is the downside to an extra weekend of meaningful CFB?
Right?

People posting that it will "blow" are insane. Just don't watch it???

For instance, I could not care at all about volleyball or girls basketball, guess what I do, I don't watch it.

Also, to all the people that think it will blow, but you still post here, guess what, you are going to watch all the first round games.
 
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Still takes a month to play it, more games more of a chance for key players getting injury’s making more difficult to move on winning the championship.

16 teams would allow more 3 loss teams involved that DEI.
Reason why the regular season should mean something..

Just because the NFL has 9-8 team making the playoffs doesn’t mean CPF needs 16 teams.
This is an interesting take and the opposite of how I look at it. This season, if there were no playoffs or if there was just the 4 teamer, well, the season the was effectively over for about all but 6 teams by week 9/10.

This year, the season was still up in the air for about 20 teams even going into week 10/11, for me, I feel like that makes the season mean more, not less.

I get your point though and it also makes sense. With that said, I think the Irish would have been "eliminated" after week 2/3 this season.
 
Right?

People posting that it will "blow" are insane. Just don't watch it???

For instance, I could not care at all about volleyball or girls basketball, guess what I do, I don't watch it.

Also, to all the people that think it will blow, but you still post here, guess what, you are going to watch all the first round games.
Not to mention a 12 team playoff gives us a chance to play for something. Top 2, not a chance. Top 4? No way. Big ten gets 4 in we can at least hope for an Indiana like season.
 
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Traditionalists. Using emotions rather than logic.

The game has changed. Transfer and NIL means there aren’t just 3 teams that can win it. There’s probably 8-12 each year.
And according to you, 9 of them are from one conference.
 
The ONLY reason Cfb has increased in popularity is due to technology and streaming. If we would have had the coverage in 93 when ND handled FSU at home to only see them lose on a walk off to BC a week later with those implications, there would be a lot more excitement for the sport than we have right now. Everyone thought Nebraska didn't belong on that field and that it should have been a rematch. Vegas had FSU as 17 1/2 point favorites. They made it because they went undefeated and proved they belonged. It used to be on merit. What did you do? Did you lose? If so to who and where? Now everyone gets a participation trophy. It's so bad, people are pissed that a 3 loss team that lost to a 21 point underdog by 21 points and also lost to a team that lost to a 3 win Georgia St the week prior. Another 3 loss team lost to Kentucky and Florida. And people are pissed because they want to take the spirit out of competition. They want to be entertained. Go watch the Bachelor, gays.
 
Do people realize they don't have to watch the first round? What is the downside to an extra weekend of meaningful CFB?
It's the money, networks and gatekeepers at ESPN who is ruining it. I was willing to give it a shot for the campus site first round alone, but when they start campaigning because SMU can't go to Penn St in December I see the writing on the wall. This is gonna be the NFL in a few years and it's going to suck. Once the SEC and Big Ten go to 24 and kill the other 2 conferences, I'm gonna find a different team outside that bullshit.
 
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