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A_B wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 5:55 pm
brian wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 4:17 pm There’s five rounds in FCS and Division III.
And two less regular season games. Good luck getting the big schools to forfeit two homes games of revenue.

And actually it isn’t he big teams. It’s the teams like Kentucky with no real championship aspirations who would balk at less revenue.
Think the regular season could be cut down to 11 games and get rid of conference championship games (most of the revenue for which goes to the conferences and not the schools anyway) and there you are. Most perennial Top 25 type teams would love to trade one less home game every other year for the opportunity to host several playoff games, sometimes multiple ones in a year. There would be at least 16 teams every year that get at least one playoff game. The revenue for which in most cases would probably be double a typical home game, maybe more.

In my plan, the schools would probably go for it, but the conferences wouldn't since it could eat into their TV revenue.
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Yeah. I just disagree. There are 6-8 teams who would likely be guaranteed in every year. So yes for them it’s probably net positive. But again for teams like Kentucky, who this year would have a shot at a bid, it’s a once in a decade at best. So even if you double it one year you lose out nine years.
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A_B wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:01 pm Yeah. I just disagree. There are 6-8 teams who would likely be guaranteed in every year. So yes for them it’s probably net positive. But again for teams like Kentucky, who this year would have a shot at a bid, it’s a once in a decade at best. So even if you double it one year you lose out nine years.
Except Kentucky will have a chance to play for a national title on the regular (assuming the program continues trending up) whereas now they don't have a chance unless they win the SEC.
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I mean, I'm not arguing for arguing's sake. There's holes in any plan. I just tend to want to be more on the inclusive side. It's pretty ridiculous that only four teams get to play for a national title every year and it took 150 years just to get that.
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And my plan also leans more towards the side of getting to watch a shitton more games after the season is over.

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That’s what I’m saying. There are only 6-8 teams who realistically could say they are likely to be in top -6 EVERY year. For rest it’s a crapshoot.

Bama
Florida
Ohio state
Michigan
Clemson
Oklahoma
Maybe LSU
Maybe Notre Dame
Maybe Georgia

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A_B wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:06 pm That’s what I’m saying. There are only 6-8 teams who realistically could say they are likely to be in top -6 EVERY year. For rest it’s a crapshoot.

Bama
Florida
Ohio state
Michigan
Clemson
Oklahoma
Maybe LSU
Maybe Notre Dame
Maybe Georgia

Right?
The absence of USC, or any other Pac-12 teams, from that list shows how far the conference has fallen.
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While I would enjoy the tournament tremendously it would just gut the regular season. Fans of every team on that list wouldnt care until November. Losses would be pretty much meaningless. 4-4 sec teams would still get in. On the plus side you would probably see some terrific interconference scheduling. If losses don't hurt then teams would probably schedule elite nonconference games just to get ready for November. 24 is way too much but it is getting boring to see the same games every year.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:50 pm
A_B wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:06 pm That’s what I’m saying. There are only 6-8 teams who realistically could say they are likely to be in top -6 EVERY year. For rest it’s a crapshoot.

Bama
Florida
Ohio state
Michigan
Clemson
Oklahoma
Maybe LSU
Maybe Notre Dame
Maybe Georgia

Right?
The absence of USC, or any other Pac-12 teams, from that list shows how far the conference has fallen.
Yeah usc should be on the list for sure but yeah.
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HaulCitgo wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 8:32 pm While I would enjoy the tournament tremendously it would just gut the regular season. Fans of every team on that list wouldnt care until November. Losses would be pretty much meaningless. 4-4 sec teams would still get in. On the plus side you would probably see some terrific interconference scheduling. If losses don't hurt then teams would probably schedule elite nonconference games just to get ready for November. 24 is way too much but it is getting boring to see the same games every year.
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florida state should be on that list as well
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Points need to be given to Oklahoma for having a comically bad defense for a national semi finalist.
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brian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:14 pm Points need to be given to Oklahoma for having a comically bad defense for a national semi finalist.
I cant believe they didn't take the ball first.
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They need to contract the playoffs back to 2!
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Can we bring Georgia back?
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I thought Bama looked invincible earlier this season when Tua was 100% healthy. He looked to be banged up for at least a few games even before they played UGA. Now that he got his ankle fixed they look ridiculous again.
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I'm not sure OU could defend the Swamp offense.
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I haven’t seen an Oklahoma team down this much since The Grapes of Wrath.
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degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:57 pm I'm not sure OU could defend the Swamp offense.
I would think that myself and SL could design a decent offense
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Nice to see Oklahoma really started talking shit down 21-0 in the first quarter. Usually, that is a winning strategy.
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Imagine if Dabo Sweeney and Nick Saban coached bad teams. They would lose their shit.
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As much as the statistics folks promote going on 4th down that was a truly terrible choice by OU in the first.
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degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:48 pm Imagine if Dabo Sweeney and Nick Saban coached bad teams. They would lose their shit.
Are you familiar with how coaching works?
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A_B wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:48 pm Imagine if Dabo Sweeney and Nick Saban coached bad teams. They would lose their shit.
Are you familiar with how coaching works?
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That game played out pretty much exactly how every one figured it would. Kyler was impressive after the first quarter but Oklahoma’s defense is soooo bad.
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Brontoburglar wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:57 pm I'm not sure OU could defend the Swamp offense.
I would think that myself and SL could design a decent offense
im pushing 6'6 with very very good hands. i have to at least be a workable redzone target
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TT2.0 wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 2:02 am
Brontoburglar wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:57 pm I'm not sure OU could defend the Swamp offense.
I would think that myself and SL could design a decent offense
im pushing 6'6 with very very good hands. i have to at least be a workable redzone target
At 6'6" and 95 lbs would you get off the line?
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Tired of listening to fans whine about how bad the games were. I look at it the other way and thank heavens there is a 4-team playoff at least because can you imagine the whining from Notre Dame fans if they were left out of a two-team playoff while undefeated? My god, we’d be hearing about that until Kingdom Come.
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brian wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:34 pm Tired of listening to fans whine about how bad the games were. I look at it the other way and thank heavens there is a 4-team playoff at least because can you imagine the whining from Notre Dame fans if they were left out of a two-team playoff while undefeated? My god, we’d be hearing about that until Kingdom Come.
I don’t even think the Bama-OU game was that bad. It wasn’t a talent mismatch in the sense of Clemson-ND but OU’s offense just played a bad first quarter which they couldn’t afford. The three times Bama and Clemson have played in the final it’s been a 1 v. 2 matchup where they both cruised in the semis. But the other two years the 4-seed won the title, so I think the 4-team playoff definitely adds value. It’s easy to say that OSU or UGA would’ve been better picks than ND, but ND beat enough decent opponents that there was no way they should’ve gotten the UCF treatment.
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Second half was entertaining watching the OU QB against the Bama D
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:19 am
TT2.0 wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 2:02 am
Brontoburglar wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:57 pm I'm not sure OU could defend the Swamp offense.
I would think that myself and SL could design a decent offense
im pushing 6'6 with very very good hands. i have to at least be a workable redzone target
At 6'6" and 95 lbs would you get off the line?
i weigh 142 :(
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Lots of hatred in this LSU-UCF game. Lots of cheap shots and taunting, 3 ejections, a broken headset and a knocked down cameraman pregame.
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I'm busy watching the fighting AB's collapse. C'mon bluegrassers!
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 4:15 pm I'm busy watching the fighting AB's collapse. C'mon bluegrassers!
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I’m exhausted.
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I'll bet. You guys were in complete control when I turned it on, (just prior to going up 27-7) then it was all PSU. Nice work holding them off.
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I will never tire of watching Bevo go after Uga

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That eagle getting loose was crazy also. About time to end bringing animals to stadiums
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HaulCitgo wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:26 pm That eagle getting loose was crazy also. About time to end bringing animals to stadiums
I mean, seriously. If you really think about it the whole thing of having a fucking tiger or a bull on the sidelines is nuts.
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