Bye - “BYES”!…

[EverythingOrange]

CFP committee: Nice “seeding” guys!

All four teams with a 1st-round “BYE” Lost!

Oregon; Arizona State; Boise State; & Georgia.

— Hilarious!

I heard one commentator say: “rest” -vs- “rust”…..

Looks like it didn’t work out well for any of them.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

CFP committee: Nice “seeding” guys!

All four teams with a 1st-round “BYE” Lost!

Oregon; Arizona State; Boise State; & Georgia.

— Hilarious!

I heard one commentator say: “rest” -vs- “rust”…..

Looks like it didn’t work out well for any of them.

They should’ve all had home games instead of bowl sites .

 

[ZZ13]

I heard many college football talk show "experts" predict it during this past week. Wasn't that big of a stretch though since two of the top four weren't top four on the field at all. And Ohio State looked great against us. And UGA playing a backup QB.

 

[Zues1]

So we gonna eliminate regular season byes as well.

 

[stolitonic]

They should’ve all had home games instead of bowl sites .

Disagree. They should do away with the home games even for the first round. A home game in late December is just an obstacle few can overcome.

Make them all neutral site or bowl games so at least there is more of a level playing field.

For the late December games-maybe play them in places that do not have major bowls

Maybe one at the Bengals stadium. One in DC. One in the 49ers stadium, and since Nash is getting a new stadium in the near future plant one there.

 

[Buzzbait]

Disagree. They should do away with the home games even for the first round. A home game in late December is just an obstacle few can overcome.

Make them all neutral site or bowl games so at least there is more of a level playing field.

For the late December games-maybe play them in places that do not have major bowls

Maybe one at the Bengals stadium. One in DC. One in the 49ers stadium, and since Nash is getting a new stadium in the near future plant one there.

Agree except for the outdoor neutral sites in northern states. I would think Indy, Detroit, Minneapolis, St Louis, San Antonio, Houston and Las Vegas would jump at hosting 1st round games in their domes.

 

[stolitonic]

Agree except for the outdoor neutral sites in northern states. I would think Indy, Detroit, Minneapolis, St Louis, San Antonio, Houston and Las Vegas would jump at hosting 1st round games in their domes.

Yes I am sure those cities would jump at the chance.

I was trying to go for cities where there are no major colleges close by to avoid the potential for inadvertently giving someone essentially a home game.


Cincy, DC, Santa Clara, and Nash are not.really homes to any teams I see making the playoffs routinely. I mean Cincy made it once, but I doubt they can win the B12. Stanford could resurrect itself again and win the ACC, but that's gonna be a while.

Most of the schools in the DC area don't even play football and I don't see Candy making the playoffs anytime soon in Nashville either.

The places you list have multiple teams playing fairly close by who could conceivably make the playoffs regularly.
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Houston and San Antonio with all the Texas schools.

Detroit with Michigan,etc

Vegas is 4 hours from the LA schools and 5 from AZ St. U of Zona a bit further

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Disagree. They should do away with the home games even for the first round. A home game in late December is just an obstacle few can overcome.

Make them all neutral site or bowl games so at least there is more of a level playing field.

For the late December games-maybe play them in places that do not have major bowls

Maybe one at the Bengals stadium. One in DC. One in the 49ers stadium, and since Nash is getting a new stadium in the near future plant one there.

I disagree. The incentive for playing well in the regular season is being rewarded with a home playoff game. It’s taken until 2024 for the highest level of college football to do what every other level football has been doing for years. I don’t think we need to have neutral site games because the first weekend wasn’t as good as we hoped it would be. I think reseeding the CFP will make a huge difference . I already think it’s asking way too much of fans to travel to 3, potentially 4 games for the CFP, an additional trip a major metropolitan city during the holidays would be overkill IMO.

 

[LouderVol]

I think there is some Rust vs Rest argument to be made. but I think the first fix is the seeding. winning a conference shouldn't be enough to guarantee a bye.

when half of the higher ranked teams are double digit underdogs there is something wrong with the system.

Oregon is really the only case of "rust", but also OSU is just playing at a different level than anyone. even the other teams in the semis.

 

[KTrain]

So we gonna eliminate regular season byes as well.

We certainly havent played very well coming off a bye.

 

[volfan102455]

Two of the losses were related to the "seeding". If the seeding had been based on the "ranking" different matchups and more than likely different results.

 

[volfan102455]

I think there is some Rust vs Rest argument to be made. but I think the first fix is the seeding. winning a conference shouldn't be enough to guarantee a bye.

when half of the higher ranked teams are double digit underdogs there is something wrong with the system.

Oregon is really the only case of "rust", but also OSU is just playing at a different level than anyone. even the other teams in the semis.

Agree with this - it is the seeding. It is also UGA losing its starting QB. Most downplayed it, but it did make a difference.

And for Oregon vs OSU - the revenge factor also came into play for that game.

Most predicted ASU and Boise State to lose even though they were seeded 3 and 4. No amount of rest (or no rest) was going to change those results. If anything they would have exited with the first round.

 

[GVF]

I heard many college football talk show "experts" predict it during this past week. Wasn't that big of a stretch though since two of the top four weren't top four on the field at all. And Ohio State looked great against us. And UGA playing a backup QB.

Pretty sure that back-up QB did not cost GA that game. GA only had 3 points when he took over in the SEC game against TX. Against ND in his first ever start, being a CFP game at that, He threw for near 240 with a TD and 0 INT. He did lose a fumbe in the 1st half, but so did Etienne.

ND run defense, and UGA's 'let them run' defense cost them that game.

 

[LouderVol]

Agree with this - it is the seeding. It is also UGA losing its starting QB. Most downplayed it, but it did make a difference.

And for Oregon vs OSU - the revenge factor also came into play for that game.

Most predicted ASU and Boise State to lose even though they were seeded 3 and 4. No amount of rest (or no rest) was going to change those results. If anything they would have exited with the first round.

ASU put up a good game. took Texas to overtime.

I don't think having Beck back there would have made a difference. The biggest issue with Georgia's passing game is their WR's dropping multiple balls, regardless of the qb.

 

[Fatman Photos]

Suggestion: Make it a 16 team playoff, no Byes, Seed by Rankings, 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 etc... Higher ranked gets first round home game, other rounds use the Bowl Games and DO NOT open the Transfer Portal UNTIL THE LAST GAME IS PLAYED.