BigRedBuster Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Just an FYI.... Sean Callahan @Sean_Callahan 18m 18 minutes ago RT @Hlas: Last night's college football game had an 18.5 rating. Game 7 of the 2014 World Series had a 13.7. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Clay Travis @ClayTravisBGID · 1h 1 hour ago Yes, I believe Alabama would beat Ohio State if they played again next week. Vegas agrees with me. I guess we have to make it double-elimination now!! 3 Quote Link to comment
beorach Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 This thread is getting pretty long. What's the argument against just taking the P5 conference champs and maybe adding a qualified independent (or two...or three?) from the rest of the 128-team FBS teams? A team that can't win its conference doesn't deserve to play for a national title. A smaller team shouldn't be left out if its deserving. An undefeated Boise State should get a chance to play for all the marbles, too, for example. If we're going to have a system like that, the power 5 teams should break away from the rest of the FBS (or Division 1 or whatever we're supposed to refer to it as anymore). Considering the number of new Texas teams alone, the break makes more sense every year. p.s. - I like to fool with stats and determine spreads from them. I had the winner right, using this method, for every CFP game. If I put TCU up against the playoff teams, the only one they wouldn't be favored against (in terms of my spread calculation) is Ohio State BUT that would have been the smallest spread of all the potential Ohio State games. If I put Baylor against them all, the result was the same but the spread in favor of Ohio State would have been slightly greater. This is not to say that the two Big XII teams that were left out were the legitimate #2 and #3 teams in the nation but that's just how it looks on paper to me. To pick on my method, in hopes of showing it's a bit silly, I'll take this a step farther. If we just wanted to throw out records and take the teams that posted the best numbers, one from each P5 conference and one at-large team from outside the P5, the playoff would have included these teams (in descending order): Michigan State TCU Georgia Memphis Clemson Oregon That's without weighting any stats nor applying any factor to account for strength of schedule. It's just the result of a straight evaluation of all the figures posted within nine categories - pass d/o, rush d/o, scoring d/o, total d/o, and turnover margin. The top 25, by the rationale described above, is as follows: Michigan State Ohio State TCU Wisconsin Baylor Georgia Mississippi State Alabama Memphis Marshall Boise State Kansas State Oklahoma Clemson Louisiana Tech Houston East Carolina Ole Miss Nebraska Auburn Louisville Oregon Colorado State San Diego State Georgia Tech Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I have never liked Urban Meyer but he called a great game. It was possibly the best game plan I have seen to stop a prolific offense since 1995. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Sean Callahan retweeted Joel Klatt @joelklatt 5m5 minutes ago CFB has never been stronger!! Who says the playoff hurts the bowl system? Via @slmandel Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Chikafil must be thrilled that he bought his way into the NY6 and almost beat the Music City Bowl. Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 ND Joe is just upset that the Notre Dame can't win a conference championship, strong weight in playoff committee consideration. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 JC Shurburtt @jcshurburtt now15 seconds ago According to Art Briles, the vote was 8-4 #Buckeyes over #Baylor for final playoff spot http://bit.ly/1J9w9KY Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 JC Shurburtt @jcshurburtt now15 seconds ago According to Art Briles, the vote was 8-4 #Buckeyes over #Baylor for final playoff spot http://bit.ly/1J9w9KY What would have happened if it was 6-6? Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 JC Shurburtt @jcshurburtt now15 seconds ago According to Art Briles, the vote was 8-4 #Buckeyes over #Baylor for final playoff spot http://bit.ly/1J9w9KY What would have happened if it was 6-6? They would have kept voting. Quote Link to comment
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