Kain1633 t1_iyyayda wrote on December 5, 2022 at 2:08 AM

Reply to comment by just57572 in Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio St. picked for CFP by Nuonorp

Okay but what about everyone that's not at the top of the sec and then Ohio state and Michigan?

When everyone else is disqualified by a single loss, it makes the majority of the country care less as there's no chance a strong finish is rewarded

ChocoboCloud69 t1_iyyhjsy wrote on December 5, 2022 at 3:01 AM

That's not necessarily true. In fact more teams will be rewarded for having a strong finish by having a shot in the playoffs to pull off some upsets. Perfect examples of teams capable of this would be Utah and South Carolina this year. It may also incentivise big programs to schedule stronger non conference opponents during the regular season if one loss doesn't jeopardize their chances at a championship.

Edit: Read wrong, my bad. Points still stand even if response isn't necessarily contextually relevant though

Kain1633 t1_iyyhymd wrote on December 5, 2022 at 3:04 AM

So we are both pro expanded playoff then

just57572 t1_iyyexfc wrote on December 5, 2022 at 2:39 AM

Good point. I just think that a lot of people are tuning in to these games because they ARE essentially playoff games. If we expand to a 12 team playoff we are missing out on some of what makes CFB great.

saucyjay91 t1_iyyf41s wrote on December 5, 2022 at 2:41 AM

Or we could have ACTUAL playoff games!

just57572 t1_iyymoi9 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 3:44 AM

Sure. But then you have to wait till the end of the season to get that. Right now most weeks have a game that for all intents and purposes, is a playoff game.

saucyjay91 t1_iyyor89 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 4:01 AM

Conference championships will mean more if they’re an auto-bid for the playoffs. As we saw this past weekend, didn’t even matter for TCU. KSU would’ve had a shot to play for a natty in a future iteration.

Regular season games will still matter. Yes, they won’t matter quite as much, and as someone that loves college football, that’s a bummer. But as someone who is a fan of a team who would make the final 4 probably never, now I feel my team will have a shot to make an expanded playoff. Anything can happen in a real playoff.

Game on