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2024 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

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jarv said:
Anyone else think that, conference championship games included, it's absolutely insane to expect fanbases to potentially fill stadiums all around America for FOUR neutral site games in a row?

Why spend money going to a quarter final game when your team's opponent is weaker and you might make the national championship?

How many fanbases in college football can even realistically fill four neutal site stadiums in six weeks?
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Absolutely.
 
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BB73 said:
That cluster of SEC teams looks like the Committee can’t wait to drop Indiana below Tennessee to get 5 SEC teams and only 3 B1G teams.
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Yep.
I think it goes back to teams that deserve to be in versus teams that get ratings. Indiana is just Indiana, so it's easy to overlook them and drop them down, if ratings are important. But, to date, other than only beating *ichigan by 5, their games have looked pretty good for them. Unless they lose to Ohio State by a bazillion, I think they should be in the playoffs.
But let's just win the game on Saturday, and then win The Game the following Saturday, and let the committee do what the committee is gonna do.
 
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BB73 said:
That cluster of SEC teams looks like the Committee can’t wait to drop Indiana below Tennessee to get 5 SEC teams and only 3 B1G teams.
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Indiana is absolutely going to get screwed if we beat them you can see it coming a mile away.

They even kept Missouri in the top 25, and they will likely finish in the top 20 (theyll beat Arkansas and Miss State and finish 9-3) for more "SEE LOOK HOW TOUGH THE SEC IS!" firepower.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
Agree 100%
Unless Ohio State wins by 28+ they are likely in (as they should be).

Rooting like hell for Army to knock out the Irish this weekend.
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Heh... I have to root for Notre Dame. Dammit. I made a 6-pick parley bet that Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, Georgia, and Texas would all make the playoffs. If one doesn't make it, I lose. It's a small bet, so boo-hoo if I lose. But I like winning bets.
 
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LovelandBuckeye said:
I have been saying this to anyone that says the want all the power teams to shed the Purdue, Baylor, Kentucky weight to create a power league. Buckeyes, Tide, Ducks, etc. are either not used to constant 3-4 loss seasons or don't want to go back to those.
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This is why I think whatever governing body ends up running the show needs to keep something like 80 teams with each conference having 50% cannon fodder teams and 50% top-tier teams. That, and keep conferences small enough so that everyone plays everyone in their conference. The B1G is at a point where maybe it should have some sort of two-conference/one league football schedule. Maybe it could even involve rotating schools between conferences year to year with protected rivalries.
 
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Indiana-Ohio State: Takeaways from Ohio State big win over Indiana

The Hoosiers lost to the Buckeyes in a Big Ten showdown. We have the highlights and breakdown.
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Indiana-Ohio State live: Top plays, best moments, CFP takeaways​

Ohio State Buckeyes 38
VS
Indiana Hoosiers 15

College Football Playoff implications

Ohio State: The Buckeyes left no doubt they were the better team, but the Oct. 12 loss at Oregon will likely keep them at the No. 2 spot on Tuesday night. Ohio State still needs to beat rival Michigan in the regular-season finale to clinch a spot in the Big Ten title game. Assuming Ohio State plays for the Big Ten championship, where it would face Oregon again, the Buckeyes will almost certainly earn a spot in the CFP bracket -- either as a conference champion with a first-round bye, or as one of the seven at-large teams. Whether they would get a first-round home game as the Big Ten runner-up would depend on how they lost the game and how far they dropped. Beating Indiana was a major step, though, in becoming a near lock for the CFP.

Indiana: The one-loss Hoosiers could drop like BYU last week (which sank eight spots) and either fall out of the top 12 entirely or fall into the No. 12 spot and be displaced by the eventual fifth-highest-ranked conference champion. Indiana could land behind No. 11 Tennessee this week, which is the final two-loss SEC team in the committee’s top 12. The bigger question is if the Hoosiers fall below ACC leader SMU and the Big 12’s BYU. IU missed its opportunity to clinch a spot in the Big Ten title, and it might have just played its way out of the playoff. The selection committee pays attention to how games are won -- and lost -- and the lopsided score will be costly because IU doesn’t have anything to compensate for it. IU has no wins against ranked opponents, no wins against ranked teams, and their opponents’ winning percentage ranks No. 116. -- Heather Dinich
 
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Jaxbuck said:
All this pearl clutching about IU....what exactly in the fuck has ND done to deserve a free pass?

Any "good" win they have is offset by a brutal loss.

You shouldn't be able to lose to a MAC team, at home and not pay a price for that.
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They’re both going to coast in…the question is going to be the 12th team.
 
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