Arena 2023-24 NCAA Football Discussion

Texas - Mizz is pretty solid though

 

Pretty sure Texas has a contract out there with the NCAA that they can’t play Texas A&M until Texas is good again.


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Bummed how the bracket filled out BUT hard to be angry-- got to cheer on the Bucks these past 2 weekends in a pair of awesome games! xblackout DarthIntegral Force Smuggler Bardan_Jusik




As much as I wanted to **** on the whole state, the stadium was beautiful and the tailgating a blast (helps we hung with some TTUN friends)



He called me lil nut lol







Included the statue in the last one for you ma_petite lol

 

Looks like you had an awesome time.

I can't be too upset (though i am of course disappointed) with the Buckeyes being left out of the playoff. They did it to themselves by ******* the bed against Iowa. I don't think they would have stood much chance against Clemson anyway, though Oklahoma is my pick to win it all.

 

At least we'll get the rubber match between Alabama and Clemson.

 

At least it won't be the championship game for the third year in a row. We'll get some variety.

 

Was anyone actually clamoring for this?

Without Watson, it's not really a rubber match, imo

 

I'm glad there's alot of controversy with the selection for the final four, as it most likely lead to an 8 team playoffs system down the road.

 

I really don't want the playoff to expand to eight teams.

Because this year, Oklahoma came to Columbus, and that game mattered. If Ohio State had won, they would be in, no questions asked. Because Oklahoma won, they are in. Just like last year, when Ohio State made it because they won in Norman.

You expand the playoff field to eight, and now that game doesn't matter. Sure. It's fun to see Oklahoma in Columbus and Ohio State in Norman. But that game would now have the exact same impact as Ohio State vs USC in the Cotton Bowl - none. And when you have games with no stakes, you lose the one thing that really makes college football unique and superior.

Imagine a world where all five conference champions are in the playoff automatically. Now, even conference games lose their meaning and importance. Georgia locked up the East with a game to play. In an eight team playoff, they could rest players against Kentucky, lose that game, and be in the playoff. Wisconsin could have done the same against Minnesota.

And, if you're not going to give automatic bids to conference champions, and keep the fully subjective "best eight" committee approach, I don't think that solves anything either. Assuming the committee wouldn't change approach, the SEC gets three teams into an eight team field this year, despite 11 teams in that conference ranging in quality from absolute garbage to mediocre to worse than Troy.

The ONLY advantage I see to an eight team playoff field is quarterfinals being held I campus. Ohio State at Alabama on Christmas? Sign me up.

Other than that? No thanks.

 

If they expand, I think that they would go to a 6 team playoff first with the top two teams getting byes and then 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 to decide who faces the top two. That would have given us Alabama vs. Ohio State and Georgia vs. Wisconsin, which would then be at least a better system then currently.

 

Do you think Kevin Sumlin will go to Oregon? Either he turned down UCF or they decided he wasn't right for them.

 

Phil Knight is probably working on creating his on college football tournament like he did for basketball.

 

I suppose I'm in favor--we have looked pretty weak on offense in recent weeks.

But it also depends on who his replacement is going to be.

 

Would that be the case with 3 at-larges though? Given how the rankings ended up, Georgia could've lost the SEC title and still been in an 8-team field at 11-2 (not so much if they had a Kentucky loss as well). Wisconsin DID lose and would still get in, but likely not if they had also lost to Minny.

I hear that it might take away some of that "we took down the big dogs" stakes of beating a ranked conference opponent, but crucially 1) Those losses *currently* don't automatically dash title hopes (I doubt Syracuse is less stoked about their upset b/c Clemson still ended up #1), and 2) Like heels said, it gives those programs (and mid-majors) a shot at hanging their hat not just on an upset, but potentially a run to a national championship. Suddenly an upset in early November could mean you're playing not just in your conference title game but also on New Year's Day, and that could heighten the stakes for those athletes on the other side of the ledger.

At the end of the day I think Power 5 + 3 at-large would be fun as hell and still preserve the resume debates for those final 3 spots. I'd just much rather have an 8-team playoff with three SEC teams but also Ohio State/Wisconsin/USC to match them up than a 4-game playoff with two.

 

Easy to do (forget about the Heisman Award, that is) with the number of problems that have been publicized with the game in the last several years. Plus there doesn't seem to be that one person that the media falls head over heels in love with as the front - runner in at least the last couple of years.