College Football Thread

[AZ Hoosier]

42 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47912898/ole-miss-qb-trinidad-chambliss-granted-injunction-judge

Nevermind, this answered my question, but a 6th year on the basis that it will improve his chances at getting a second contract in the NFL?  Whatever. He sat out his second year and got the 5th, but wouldn't that have been the basis for the 5th?  

At this point, there's very little difference between the NCAA's incompetence and their corruption. What happened to "you get 5 years to play 4"? When "everyone" is the exception, there are no rules.

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

At this point, there's very little difference between the NCAA's incompetence and their corruption. What happened to "you get 5 years to play 4"? When "everyone" is the exception, there are no rules.

To me it's not incompetence nor corruption.

It's that the NCAA is a toothless industry organization, without the ability to hold its member institutions accountable. That has occurred through a combination of

1. Member institution indifference to accountability measures, and
2. Court rulings whereby NCAA lawyers are well aware they will not prevail if they push certain issues.

 

[Napleshoosier]

Fine can we get Fisher back?

[Lebowski]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47917988/big-ten-eyes-24-team-cfp-no-league-championship-games

The 24-team format would consist of the 23 best teams and one spot for the Group of 6. There would be no automatic qualifiers, which had been a point of emphasis for the Big Ten in CFP discussions last year. If the field grows to 24, sources have indicated that automatic qualifiers would matter less to the Big Ten.

(According to the document, the breakdown for this field if it had played out in 2025 would have been seven SEC teams, six Big Ten, five Big 12, three ACC, two Group of 6 and Notre Dame.)

The top eight teams would receive byes. There would be eight first-round games on campus and then an extra week of home games with eight second-round games played on campus. That would mean all the top teams would be rewarded with a playoff home game, which has been considered a flaw of the current system. No. 1 Indiana, for example, didn't play a home game in last season's CFP.

[Pagoda]

31 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47917988/big-ten-eyes-24-team-cfp-no-league-championship-games

The 24-team format would consist of the 23 best teams and one spot for the Group of 6. There would be no automatic qualifiers, which had been a point of emphasis for the Big Ten in CFP discussions last year. If the field grows to 24, sources have indicated that automatic qualifiers would matter less to the Big Ten.

(According to the document, the breakdown for this field if it had played out in 2025 would have been seven SEC teams, six Big Ten, five Big 12, three ACC, two Group of 6 and Notre Dame.)

The top eight teams would receive byes. There would be eight first-round games on campus and then an extra week of home games with eight second-round games played on campus. That would mean all the top teams would be rewarded with a playoff home game, which has been considered a flaw of the current system. No. 1 Indiana, for example, didn't play a home game in last season's CFP.

Just thinking out loud here for fun: my only concern with this is if it devalues the regular season.  I’m not sure playing for seeding is valuable enough to make regular season games matter as much as I want them too.

I like the exclusivity of 12 making the playoff — the best team is usually in that group anyways.  Though I would really prefer the quarterfinals to be on campus, campus games rule and there is too much travel to boring NFL stadium neutral sites.  I’d also like campus games to have slightly larger away fan section allocations than usual (like the FA Cup — 1.5-2x the usual seats for visitors).

Maybe I’m wrong.  I know you like this 24 team format and if it happens so be it I won’t be too upset.

For thread reference, below is what the bracket would have been this year.  

[Lebowski]

22 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Just thinking out loud here: my only concern with this is if it devalues the regular season.  I’m not sure playing for seeding is valuable enough to make regular season games matter as much as I want them too.

I like the exclusivity of 12 making the playoff — the best team is usually in that group anyways.  Though I would really prefer the quarterfinals to be on campus.

Maybe I’m wrong.  I know you like this format and if it happens so be it.

For thread reference, below is what the bracket would have been this year.

I see it the opposite. I think it actually increases regular season play. A lot of schools will be fighting for a spot towards the end of the season. Those games are essentially playoff games during the regular season. For example, the Arizona v ASU game was basically a play-in game. Vandy beating Tenn eliminated the Vols. Cal beating SMU eliminated the Stangs. And what happens if Pitt wins vs Miami? 

There's a strong case Miami loses the first round game. The playoff is all about matchups and that's a horrible matchup for them.  

[IUHoosierJoe]

25 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Just thinking out loud here for fun: my only concern with this is if it devalues the regular season.  I’m not sure playing for seeding is valuable enough to make regular season games matter as much as I want them too.

I like the exclusivity of 12 making the playoff — the best team is usually in that group anyways.  Though I would really prefer the quarterfinals to be on campus, campus games rule and there is too much travel to boring NFL stadium neutral sites.  I’d also like campus games to have slightly larger away fan section allocations than usual (like the FA Cup — 1.5-2x the usual seats for visitors).

Maybe I’m wrong.  I know you like this 24 team format and if it happens so be it I won’t be too upset.

For thread reference, below is what the bracket would have been this year.  

I know I’ll be in the minority here, but if you’re gonna have 24 teams in, I think every FBS conference champion should get an automatic bid, just like FCS. Otherwise, you’re gonna have 4- and 5-loss at-large teams getting in sometimes, which I think is ridiculous. 

[jermhoosierfan]

38 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Just thinking out loud here for fun: my only concern with this is if it devalues the regular season.  I’m not sure playing for seeding is valuable enough to make regular season games matter as much as I want them too.

I like the exclusivity of 12 making the playoff — the best team is usually in that group anyways.  Though I would really prefer the quarterfinals to be on campus, campus games rule and there is too much travel to boring NFL stadium neutral sites.  I’d also like campus games to have slightly larger away fan section allocations than usual (like the FA Cup — 1.5-2x the usual seats for visitors).

Maybe I’m wrong.  I know you like this 24 team format and if it happens so be it I won’t be too upset.

For thread reference, below is what the bracket would have been this year.  

Also, the conference championship games will probably need to go bye bye which will not be a popular decision because of the money they bring in.  You can start the playoffs the week after they would happen,  and then have it set up for the Semifinals happen on New Year's Day. 

[Lebowski]

33 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

I know I’ll be in the minority here, but if you’re gonna have 24 teams in, I think every FBS conference champion should get an automatic bid, just like FCS. Otherwise, you’re gonna have 4- and 5-loss at-large teams getting in sometimes, which I think is ridiculous. 

The Dude abides. 

[LIHoosier]

Sacramento St (in California) has joined the Mid American Conference