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Post by beuycek on Jan 21, 2024 7:49:24 GMT -5
Told you so about what? The playoff system, as broken as it may be, is still better than the poll system and light years better than the BCS.
Look at the NFL, the NBA, whatever hockey is called, etc. Two teams with 9-8 records in the NFL playoffs.I don't understand the jump from 4 to 12 as 8 always seemed like the right number to me but it is still a heck of a lot better than computers picking two teams essentially out of a hat (since they never disclosed the computer criteria fully) or a group of biased reporters and coaches picking a winner after bowl games that don't involve the best teams playing each other. That's not to say the current system doesn't have faults, it's just better to me because the winner is decided on the field. |
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Post by beuycek on Jan 21, 2024 7:53:26 GMT -5
Told you so about what? The playoff system, as broken as it may be, is still better than the poll system and light years better than the BCS. In YOUR opinion...yet you're here bitching about the conditions today that THAT system kicked off... One, I am not bitching about anything. I chuckled at the idea that NIL simply made the practice of paying players to play at a certain school more visible and accepted. Two, how did moving to a playoff create NIL and the transfer portal? Those conditions are ruining the game at a much faster rate than playoff games are. |
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Post by mscott59 on Jan 21, 2024 12:21:16 GMT -5
A 12 team playoff means there could easily be a 3 loss team playing for the NC. With this expansion from 4to 12, we see the beginning of further expansion. Soon it will be 16 teams. As streaming takes over and we have to pay for each playoff game, more games will be added.
Look at the NFL, the NBA, whatever hockey is called, etc. Two teams with 9-8 records in the NFL playoffs. I don't understand the jump from 4 to 12 as 8 always seemed like the right number to me but it is still a heck of a lot better than computers picking two teams essentially out of a hat (since they never disclosed the computer criteria fully) or a group of biased reporters and coaches picking a winner after bowl games that don't involve the best teams playing each other. That's not to say the current system doesn't have faults, it's just better to me because the winner is decided on the field. a larger playoff format was inevitable. there’s just too much $$ involved in cfb now. and that $$ that everyone’s been making off cfb except the kids who actually play the game has made it inevitable that they somehow share in the profits. and imho the nfl should be one of the investors in the sport, since for nearly a century it’s served as a minor league training ground for the shield, the only professional sports league in the us w/o any kind of owned development system. there’s enough greed to be spread around in term of fault for cfb becoming a more formal pro football, but the nfl so far has escaped blame. it shouldn’t imho. one thing the nfl does do well is create a level playing field for its franchises, something cfb now desperately needs, because the canyon divide between the haves and have nots is growing wider and wider, and that is not good for the future of the sport. lord knows the ncaa has its share of issues, but if it’s members are decide that ncaa is unavailable to provide guidance and guard rails for the sport, the league commissioners and university leaders have to rise above looking out only in their individual best interests and agree on a governing format. otherwise we’ll just see the courts, or god help us, congress, get more involved. ugh. |
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Post by Walter on Jan 21, 2024 13:06:09 GMT -5
I don't understand the jump from 4 to 12 as 8 always seemed like the right number to me but it is still a heck of a lot better than computers picking two teams essentially out of a hat (since they never disclosed the computer criteria fully) or a group of biased reporters and coaches picking a winner after bowl games that don't involve the best teams playing each other. That's not to say the current system doesn't have faults, it's just better to me because the winner is decided on the field. a larger playoff format was inevitable. there’s just too much $$ involved in cfb now. and that $$ that everyone’s been making off cfb except the kids who actually play the game has made it inevitable that they somehow share in the profits. and imho the nfl should be one of the investors in the sport, since for nearly a century it’s served as a minor league training ground for the shield, the only professional sports league in the us w/o any kind of owned development system. there’s enough greed to be spread around in term of fault for cfb becoming a more formal pro football, but the nfl so far has escaped blame. it shouldn’t imho. one thing the nfl does do well is create a level playing field for its franchises, something cfb now desperately needs, because the canyon divide between the haves and have nots is growing wider and wider, and that is not good for the future of the sport. lord knows the ncaa has its share of issues, but if it’s members are decide that ncaa is unavailable to provide guidance and guard rails for the sport, the league commissioners and university leaders have to rise above looking out only in their individual best interests and agree on a governing format. otherwise we’ll just see the courts, or god help us, congress, get more involved. ugh. All good points. Unfortunately, my first reaction is the visual of cowboys herding cats. We have witnessed nearly three decades of complete ineptitude in any attempt at rational governance. I cannot see anything today that gives me hope that salvation is on the horizon. |
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