Advantage for Oregon If They Finish the CFP Rankings No.1?

[kirklandduck]

https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/first-college-football-playoff-bracket-unveiled-with-a-great-bonus-for-the-ducks

 

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Moments ago the College Football Playoff Committee released its first bracket, and the layout of the 12-team playoff features a key advantage for the Ducks.
 

If they hold on to their position as the #1-seed, they'll play their quarterfinal game as the home team in the Rose Bowl.

I didn't stop to think about this but if OBD finishes as the #1 seed then they get another bye week then play on pretty close to a home field.  To me that's even better than the #5 seed to play against the G5 rep (likely BSU) at home.

 

[Charles Fischer]

Good gosh...to be able to play in the Rose Bowl...for our fans and players?

 

 

Pretty good incentive to win out and win the B1G Championship game!

[30Duck]

Okay, for a while I thought that finishing No.5 and starting off with a home game might be a "good and good" type of deal. But no. Being No.1 when this starts and being No.1 when it's over, is the only option. 

[kirklandduck]

If the season were to end today then Oregon would be playing the winner of Indiana vs Tennessee, either team would make for a great game against the Ducks!

[Jon Joseph]

On 11/6/2024 at 6:38 PM, kirklandduck said:

https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/first-college-football-playoff-bracket-unveiled-with-a-great-bonus-for-the-ducks

 

I didn't stop to think about this but if OBD finishes as the #1 seed then they get another bye week then play on pretty close to a home field.  To me that's even better than the #5 seed to play against the G5 rep (likely BSU) at home.

 

 

And time for Tez, Marcus, etc. to get healthy.  The opening 1st round game will be played on 12/19 with the other 3 played on the 20th. 

 

Having a bye means your team is off from the champ game on 12/7/24 to 1/1/25. So 24 days off before playing in Pasadena and added time to prepare for the first PO opponent and game.  How about an Old School matchup against Big Ten Indiana? 

[30Duck]

One of these teams is NOT like the others, one of them just doesn't BELONG!

 

College Football Playoff TIERS | Oregon, Texas Georgia, Miami Top Tier? | Tennessee, LSU Pushing!

[Jon Joseph]

On 11/6/2024 at 8:34 PM, 30Duck said:

One of these teams is NOT like the others, one of them just doesn't BELONG!

 

College Football Playoff TIERS | Oregon, Texas Georgia, Miami Top Tier? | Tennessee, LSU Pushing!

 

Thanks, 30. As I have posted before, I think Miami is Missouri in waiting. Texas was blown out by Georgia and its two 'signature wins came against a team that likely won't go bowling, Oklahoma, and a team not yet bowl-eligible, Michigan. The Horns had a close call at Vandy, and have not ranked opponents in Florida, a road game at Arkansas, Kentucky, and versus an A+M team in College Station that was blown out by South Carolina, remaining.

 

Texas has one of the easier SEC conference schedules that but for venues will be repeated next season. I have no idea why the Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State ADs bought into this rinse-and-repeat instead of going to nine conference games. 

 

LSU? Looked lost in the second half versus A+M. Tennessee is another SEC team with an easy conference schedule that especially with a bad loss at Arkansas, should not be ahead of a BYU team with wins over No. 13 SMU on the road and a blowout of No. 19 K State in Logan.

 

Tennessee did beat a No. 11 Bama team that self-destructed in Knoxville. Left on the Vols schedule, Mississippi State, at Georgia, UTEP , and Vandy in Nashville. Good luck in Athens and Vandy on the road will not be a pushover. A number of the 2 loss-ranked SEC teams will have 3 losses before 12/8/24. One of Bama/LSU will have 3 losses after Saturday's game. Will a 3-loss SEC team make the playoff?