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2021 CFB Playoff Discussion

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5 STAR U-G-A said:
Say what you want about Georgia fans (actually no need to because I'm sure it wouldn't be anything nice).
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Great fan base. They took over Wrigley Field the night before their game in South Bend. I think the north siders thought the Mason Dixon line was like the Berlin Wall and would keep this element out of their neighborhood. LOL! It was glorious!
 
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Bucklion said:
How exactly does any result in any of those games “help” (or hurt, for that matter) the Buckeyes?
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tsun getting jail sexed can hopefully be interpreted by recruits as a very lucky team being exposed. Continuing to live and die by the 2 TE, man ball offense hurts their skill position recruiting. These are two possible wins/helps OSU.

tsun doing well in the playoff or, Woody forbid winning, does zero for OSU. It only hurts.

Cinci has been tilting at this "a good tsun is good for OSU" windmill forever. It's his schtick. It's as flawed now as it was when he first started it.
 
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BigJim said:
They would vote for Utah.

I agree with the point though that opening it up to 12 actually INCREASES the odds that the most deserving team does not end up winning the whole thing. It's why I think the sweet spot is 6 with a home game for the first round (keeping as much value as possible on the regular season). Stakes of the OSU/Michigan game would never be lessened (i.e. if OSU would still make the playoffs regardless of The Game's outcome) like some of the expansion scenarios would lead to.
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8 is perfect. A bye based on espin commentators opinion is shit.
Anything over 8 and you’re correct. Very rarely is the March madness winner the best team that year.
 
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ScarletInMyVeins said:
The only way to make this "playoff" remotely fair is to only have conference champs in it. Done deal. You don't win your conference? You're out.
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Auto-bids for conference champs instantly put all the emphasis on the CCG and threaten rivalry games. I want no part of anything that diminishes the rivalry games and regular season any more than it already has.
 
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Gatorubet said:
I hope Day shows the 2009 Sugar Bowl to the team. Bama was undefeated save for Tebow and Urbs beating them in the closer-than-the-score-showed SECCG.

Utes beat Nick 31-17. If you show up cocky or unenthused against a motivated Utah, bad things can happen.
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Oh, we remember. Those were the days when I often heard "A Big Ten schedule doesn't prepare you for the SEC". After that Utah/Bammer game some internet wag produced a "An SEC schedule doesn't prepare you for Utah"
 
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ScarletInMyVeins said:
You can't be the best team in the nation if you aren't the best in your conference. End of story.
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How many wild card winners in the Super Bowl/World Series are we up to now?

It doesn’t really matter. You are focused on some sort of “fair” when the thing you are talking about is built to make money.

I’m talking about stopping the money grab before it destroys the regular season. We can’t really stop it but being cognizant of the real issue would be a good start.
 
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Bucklion said:
How exactly does any result in any of those games “help” (or hurt, for that matter) the Buckeyes?
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Let's go through the posts for this past season and see how many times someone on here posts about how (insert any Power 5 team) doesn't play anybody 'cause the (insert any conference) is shit. Let's look at how much bitching is done because the SEC gets two teams in the playoffs, or how the polls always favor (insert SEC team here) because a loss is a win. You want the Buckeyes to get the loss is a win boost? Let's see a Big Ten win the CFP more than once in 7 years. Conference does matter. Just ask all the teams that left the Big 12.
 
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