Charles Fischer

My solution? Go to 16 teams with NO BYES. It is four weeks with No. 1 playing No. 16 in week one, and the they play No. 8, then No. 4 and then No. 2. You know, like a normal bracket. Conference champions are automatically in the Playoff, but all are seeded with no byes or special privileges. So if a team who is No. 22 wins the conference championship via an upset or weird tiebreaker rules, then that team would be seeded No. 16 in the Playoff, but not given a bye or anything. And with 16 teams--nobody who could actually win the 'Natty gets left out. Although a home game on December 20th at Autzen would be chilly and wet!

Below is what Stewart Mandel wrote about Oregon's Seeding in the Playoff: ------------------------------------------------------------- Question: Did the Ducks get an absolutely brutal route to the final, or is that just me? It seems like a clear flaw that they have such a brutal path but are the No. 1 seed. — Asher S. SM: No question, No. 1 seed Oregon got the tougher side of the bracket. And for that you can blame what I believe to be the only notable flaw in the format: Manipulating the seedings to reward conference champs with byes. Oregon drew the winner of an 8 vs. 9 matchup of Ohio State–Tennessee, but those teams are ranked No. 6 and No. 7 by the committee. If the seedings matched the rankings, the Ducks would get the winner of Indiana–Boise State, which I’m sure they’d prefer. Then it would be the winner of No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Notre Dame in the semifinal. Whereas currently, they could get No. 3 Texas. Meanwhile, No. 2 Georgia’s three possible semifinal opponents are the No. 6 (Penn State), No. 9 (Boise State) and No. 11 (SMU) teams in the country. That’s bizarre. In the basketball tournament, the No. 2 seed would play either the No. 3 (in this case Texas), No. 6 and No. 11 teams. So not only does this format allow teams ranked well below No. 4, like Boise and Arizona State, to earn a bye, but also the ripple effect messes with the integrity of the bracket. I don’t think they should run out and change anything after one season of data, but my guess is the current format doesn’t make it to Year 3, when the new CFP contract begins. But of course, the Big Ten and SEC will try to strong-arm their way to something much worse. Like a 14-team tournament where each of their leagues gets four automatic berths and their champs get the only two byes. This, of course, would be far more destructive to the CFP’s credibility than whether Boise State is the No. 3 or No. 4 seed. ----------------------------------------- Let's see, would I prefer the winner of Indiana-Boise State, or the current Tennessee-Ohio State? Or later get the winner of Notre Dame-Penn State or the current probable Texas? No brainer. Hosed again. Now nobody did not MEAN to hose us...but the fact remains that the loser of the B1G Championship game has a much easier bracket than the No. 1 Seed and that is WRONG.

Once you enter the portal--he can only get a scholarship back from Tulane if they offer it to him.

Amen. He is directly responsible for recruiting two the Rivals 5-Stars to the Ducks this year. Not easily replaceable...

Oh Yeah! And Chip Kelly TOO!

All the star ratings do is give us higher percentages of success as we go up the star scale. But 5-Stars are not 100%, and some just don't work out. I hope he gets a degree, and has great success in his life outside of football.

No Pressure! Do you think Chip Kelly is telling him.... "Just Win the Day"

And we thought that Ohio State fans traveled well? Too Funny!

Wow...who knew?

Yep, the strategy of a small percentage of 20-something year old women is called, "the starter marriage." (Lots of videos about it by women advising other women) Find someone with resources, divorce his rear after enough years, get half the assets and set up guaranteed income for quite some time. If there are children, then outrageous child support if the man is affluent. (Like $20,000 a month that Tom Cruise was paying) From there she has her base of assets and income, and can then begin to set the bait for the next simp-sucker. Family law rewards this behavior, and the statues are certainly stacked in one direction. But hey--don't pay any attention to someone recently divorced.

Let me see if I got this right.....they traded a 73 year old coach in Mac Brown... For a 72 year old coach? Nice Trade!

Naw, she's too old. She's 24...

Whew!

The perfect Christmas gift at TONS of schools! I know one school in particular... Speaking of Psychotic?

This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.... ...wait, is it dumb or delusional?

For those reading this thread who do not know what we are referring to...I list the number of Blue-Chip players going to each of the B1G schools in the article, and it is quite the eye-opener.

I've decided that I like it...when Oregon is one of those at the top!

I am stunned at how badly most teams did in the B1G...I mean Northwestern does not sign a SINGLE Blue-Chip player? Whew!

He gave us a new word... Cliff Harris coins the term 'Natty': Throwback Thursday WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Cliff Harris coined the term "Natty" back in 2010 and the term has stuck with Ducks fans ever since -- like it or not.