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2017 College Football Playoffs (and Other Bowl Games)

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OhioState001 said:
Instead of expanding to 8 teams they should just change the criteria for choosing the 4 and make it a little less subjective.

1.) The four teams must be a champion of a power conference unless....

a.) one of the conference champions has 3 losses
b.) Another team has 3 top ten victories
c.) a conference champion has not beaten a ranked opponent.

This would be great. Brings importance back to winning your conference, and can only be overtaken when another team has really been impressive.
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5 P5 champions and 3 at large bids.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
that basically means the committee has to hope OSU doesn't look very good against USC.
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So the committee is/are hoping the Buckeyes look like they did against Wisky. USC is hoping also.

Actually, once the committee makes their decision, they probably don't care. Joel Klatt, myself and many here agree neither 'bama nor the Buckeyes deserved #4, but they had to put someone there.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
5 P5 champions and 3 at large bids.
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2012 the Buckeyes and ped were on probation and Wisky won the B1G at 8-5. IOW some years certain conferences are gonna suck! Another thing Klatt mentioned today having talked to all 5 P5 commissioners, expansion isn't even up for discussion. Have mentioned a couple times even if all P5 champions are 13-0 and add ND at 12-0 they still will be reluctant to expand. Too many games already w/more chance for injuries and most player families can't afford to attend one playoff game, let alone (3). Plus they probably don't have the time as well.

Current CFP contract ends 2025.

Why an 8-team College Football Playoff feels further away than ever
 
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The problem with trying to turn a regional sport that used to be about winning your region (conference) into a national sport where it's "NC or bust", is selecting from 130 teams who mostly do not play each other. Pick any formula you like, make it 4 teams, 8 teams, or even 16, and you'll never have a system that makes the majority happy.

I've changed my mind about a playoff. Four teams are more than enough. We've already seen 2 years in a row how conference championships don't mean as much - with the younger generation they don't seem to mean much of anything. Beating your rival should matter. Winning your conference should matter. Now it's become almost entirely about "impressing" a committee, to the point where winning THE GAME and the B1G is seen as a disappointment to some.
 
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“Booger” is a joke. Fits right in with the unintelligible nonsense spewed from the SEC chest thumpers. With all this talk about “Bama would never lose by —“ talk, I’m waiting for them to get absolutely ape fucked.

LSU is hot garbage. I fully expect Bama to get obliterated.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
November 17, 2007 (less than 11 years ago, for those scoring at home)

Louisiana Monroe (6-6) 21 Alabama 14

Remind me.... what 6-6 mid major has Ohio State lost to in that same time frame?
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Well, just used this in the basketball thread vs TTUN, but it’s still appropriate here:

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