mikethehiker No. 1 Share Posted 12 hours ago If this weekend of games in the first round of the College Football Playoff showed us anything, it’s that teams ranked 9-12 have no business competing for the national championship. What could have been a nice, fitting end to a season in a destination bowl game with more equally matched foes, turned into a death sentence traveling to teams ranked 3-6 in terrible winter conditions and little fan support. And that’s where it ended. No bowl game. No festivities. Not even a Pop Tart. It’s over and none of the games were enjoyable or competitive. Most years felt like 1-2 deserving teams got left out (e.g. Florida St. and Georgia last year), but never 8 deserving teams. I personally think the perfect number would have been the top six ranked teams, rewarding the top two with a first round bye. What do you think? Was 12 still the right number? 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuackyQuack No. 2 Share Posted 12 hours ago There have been plenty of blowouts during the 4 team playoff format and those were not home games on campus. What this showed is home field really matters. Glad we have the 12 team format! 1 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 3 Share Posted 12 hours ago Certainly in hindsight 8 was the right number this year, then again we still have BSU and ASU to prove they belong. Last year 4 was definitely not enough. The other thing we saw is just how big of a deal home field advantage is in the playoffs of a college football game. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grateful Duck No. 4 Share Posted 10 hours ago I enjoyed every game today. I'll never complain about more CFB games. Also, there are blowouts during the regular season, too. Sometimes unexpectedly. Some days it's just not your day.... I wasn't disappointed at all and for the most part, the results were not that surprising given the quality of the teams playing. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 5 Share Posted 10 hours ago 2 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Duck No. 6 Share Posted 10 hours ago The outcome of the games showed that the committee process for ranking the teams worked. When Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas are winners 10 days from now that will again be determined. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 7 Share Posted 9 hours ago On 12/21/2024 at 11:48 PM, Grandpa Duck said: The outcome of the games showed that the committee process for ranking the teams worked. When Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas are winners 10 days from now that will again be determined. I disagree. From nearly everyone who watched...their eye-test showed them that Ohio State was the best team that played today. Thus the No. 1 and No. 2 teams will play in the quarter-finals at the Rose Bowl, and that is wrong. 1 1 5 4 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 8 Share Posted 9 hours ago Sorry, my friends with a beef, I could not disagree more. Playoff games at home stadiums were great. It is disappointing that the next round will not be at the home stadiums of higher-ranked teams. The four home teams won the first-round games. Look at the NFL playoffs, and this is most often the case. Also, 80% of first-round NFL teams with a bye play in the Super Bowl. This is unfair? The problem is not too many teams in the field but the seeding of the teams. Oregon should be playing ASU or Boise at home and not playing a defacto champ game vs. Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. But for this night, hats off to tOSU for shaking off he angst and making a terrific post-Michigan comeback. This is the first time out with this format, which should have and will be fixed with Rankings equating to Seedings, and folks want to blow the entire thing up? 4 Underdogs lost to favorites on the road. What in the heck is suprising about these results that equate to what we usually see in the NFL? Indiana should be out! Tennessee will destroy not SEC Ohio State, And chicken littles, please pile on. I thought the home games were great and CFB should lose the bowl games and play an NFL format from start to finish. Regardless, I have seen nothing in the 1st round to convince me this format, as will be modified and improved, is not a winner. Last evening and this Saturday was as good as a CFB weekend gets, 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 9 Share Posted 9 hours ago On 12/22/2024 at 3:22 AM, Charles Fischer said: I disagree. From nearly everyone who watched...their eye-test showed them that Ohio State was the best team that played today. Thus the No. 1 and No. 2 teams will play in the quarter-finals at the Rose Bowl, and that is wrong. SPOT ON. But this is a format frack up. I do not believe there is a Committee member who thinks ASU and Boise are better than Ohio State. But, with this group of gurus? The format will be fixed in 2026, Meanwhile, Blast the Buckeyes! (Was the Michigan game a PO Rope-A-Dope?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJacksPlaidPants Moderator No. 10 Share Posted 3 hours ago Replace Indiana, SMU, and Clemson with Bama, Ole Miss and USCe and you likely get the same results. All three would lose in all of those environments by at least two scores. Bama and USCe are one-trick ponies. Force their QB’s to throw and it’s game over. Ole Miss has the better QB out of the three but he can barely move the offense in warm weather against average defenses. PSU and ND would shut him down. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketchange No. 11 Share Posted 2 hours ago I like it! I had an extra weekend to hang out with friends, have some good food, a a couple of stout beers. As for the format, we found out the right teams got in and on no earth should a 3 loss team from any conference get in. Any conference has about 2-3 really good teams in their conferences. The two issues I have with the CFP so far is the seeding (I think that subject has already been brought up) and I would rather have had next top team in the B12 in the quarter finals that Tennessee or Indiana. Going forward I would like to see a 3 team cap on the amount of teams a conference can submit to the playoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 12 Share Posted 2 hours ago On 12/22/2024 at 3:23 AM, Jon Joseph said: Indiana should be out! Tennessee will destroy not SEC Ohio State, And chicken littles, please pile on. Penn State and Oregon both played Ohio State tougher than Tennessee. Heck, even Indiana had a similar game against the Buckeyes, so if Indiana shouldn’t have been in the playoffs than neither should have Tennessee. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 13 Share Posted 2 hours ago On 12/22/2024 at 10:52 AM, Pocketchange said: Going forward I would like to see a 3 team cap on the amount of teams a conference can submit to the playoff If the current B1G Conference was in place last year, Michigan, Washington, Oregon and Ohio State would have deserved to be in the college football playoffs. I don’t like the idea of an arbitrary cutoff. The top x number of teams should be in the playoffs and seeded based on the committee’s rankings (like they do in the NCAA basketball tournament). I would reduce the number of teams to 6-8, eliminate the conference championship games and start the playoffs earlier so that they wrap up in early January. (And they should push the transfer portal to start after the playoffs conclude.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 14 Share Posted 2 hours ago MGM Odds of the national champion for the top 6 is +300 both the best and +500 for the worst. I will say the most enjoyable games I watched yesterday were the FCS semi finals. Teams full of ballers with little talent disparity, save the Montana State QB. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 15 Share Posted 1 hour ago On 12/22/2024 at 11:06 AM, Solar said: MGM Odds of the national champion for the top 6 is +300 both the best and +500 for the worst. I will say the most enjoyable games I watched yesterday were the FCS semi finals. Teams full of ballers with little talent disparity, save the Montana State QB. Montana State QB Tommy Mellott who OBD will see in the 2025 opener in Autzen. (Thanks, Rob. PORTLAND STATE?) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Hilarius Moderator No. 16 Share Posted 1 hour ago I thought the games were fun to ponder and then see the results on the field. I love how the strengths of the leagues are no longer theoretical. We have data. The ACC is bad, and the B1G is good. SEC remains to be seen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 17 Share Posted 1 hour ago The FCS semis were definitely more competitive... As should the upcoming semis of the FBS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 18 Share Posted 1 hour ago USA is Spot On IMO. The PO Format Will be Improved. We Had Blow Outs in the BCS. Yes, there are College Football Playoff blowouts in first round. But fans should calm down. WWW.USATODAY.COM The first round of the College Football Playoff wasn't filled with close games. That's OK, despite vociferous criticism from fans and coaches. We have blowouts in every playoff format designed by man. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie No. 19 Share Posted 1 hour ago For those of us who do the work to make Christmas happen, being able to skip parts of the four games to tend to that work was a nice solution. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith72 Moderator No. 20 Share Posted 29 minutes ago On 12/22/2024 at 9:08 AM, Annie said: For those of us who do the work to make Christmas happen, being able to skip parts of the four games to tend to that work was a nice solution. For you and all the others who help make Christmas happen, THANK YOU! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
