The Official 2016-2017 college football thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by 520, Mar 18, 2016.

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  1. GoT

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    Big Eleventy Three Champion not worthy of playing for the National Championship... I agree.


    WORST Conference EVER !


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  2. GoT

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  3. The Playmaker

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    Washington runs a pro-style offense, they done goofed.
     
  4. GrayGhost1951

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  5. 8and8

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    Double OT vs #3 Michigan is a little different than double OT with a team who has only been in the FBS for 3 years when you're ranked 9th in the country.

    Having said that, they are both still better than losing by 39 points.
     
  6. The Playmaker

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    Doesn't matter anymore, we know now that they would have. I don't think you have to win your conference to make the playoff but this also sets a precedent going forward that conference championships don't matter when it comes to the playoff. Of course every team wants to win their conference championship but when do contenders start taking the game easier now and maybe resting starters or even pulling guys early on to avoid injury?

    Hell, Alabama lost one of their starting LBs for the rest of the season in a meaningless game.

    The playoff was pretty much born because of the rematch between LSU-Alabama in 2011. It only took until the 3rd year for a non-conference title winner to make it to the playoff.

    What also worries me is this. If you flip Ohio State's and Penn State's seasons, would Ohio State still get in? Of course. Are we going for the best teams? Most deserving? Or something else? "Fairness" will always be argued no matter what.
     
  7. 8and8

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    There's always going to be a debate to be had. I don't know that if you flipped the teams whether OSU would have got in. I think the two losses were the kicker regardless of the team. If it weren't, PSU probably should have got in over Washington.

    Interestingly enough the BCS would have had Bama vs Ohio State.

    Here's What This Year's Final BCS Standings Would Have Looked Like

    In another article about the BCS, it showed that the BCS has had all of the playoff teams in the top 4 in its final rankings in each year of the playoff.
     
  8. 10ACTyrant

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    bama got the nagurski and butkus awards with separate players in the same class. that defense is so absurd
     
  9. The Playmaker

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    and yet Jabrill Peppers will be at the Heisman ceremony
     
  10. The Playmaker

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    Yeah someone mentioned that BCS stat to me over the week, this is why I was never pro-playoff. It all comes back to that "fairness" word. We'll eventually go to 8 teams because people will continue to whine and then all of a sudden you'll start hearing about "well what about that 3-loss darkhorse that had injury issues the beginning of the year?"

    It'll never stop, we opened the floodgates to continue to change college football every couple of years.
     
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