The expanded College Football Playoff off to a rough start

[SubbaBub]

Ehh whatever Oregon got blown out so they don't have an argument really, people just love to complain it's the American way.

This. The format is working perfectly. Anyone who reasonably had a shot to claim the title got in. No one had an easy path and they settled it on the field.

Last week the complaint was Ohio State and Penn State had to play an extra game.

This week the complaint is the teams given byes should have played earlier even though the matchups would have been effectively similar.

Any other format is just gifting seeded based on reputation and subpar SEC teams getting an easier path that they clearly don't deserve.

Bowl games have blowouts, always have and in fact that has been the norm more than not. We are just used to paying attention to fewer playoff games. Between the layoff, transfers, graduates, now the portal and the extra games. The finalists will play 16/17 games vs the old total of 12/13.

For those interested. Indiana played ND closer that UGA did and ASU as the last bye team was a missed call away from beating the consensus #3 team in Texas.

The seeding doesn't make better games but is does reward winning, so it should be kept as is.

On a UConn related note, Oregon got beat worse than UConn in it's BCS bowl and no one says they didn't belong. UConn also traveled to Phoenix just as well as Penn State did this year. I know because I was at both games.

 

[AllHusky]

Personally I have really enjoyed the smorgasboard of Football games available seemingly around the clock. Every chance I had to grab an hour in front of the tube, I seemed to be able to find a game that was of interest, whether a playoff or just one of the many bowls.

Wondering, did our game being on the mid to late part of the Bowl schedule impair our staffs ability to get out and Portal evaluate and recruit at these games?

 

[ZooCougar]

Personally I have really enjoyed the smorgasboard of Football games available seemingly around the clock. Every chance I had to grab an hour in front of the tube, I seemed to be able to find a game that was of interest, whether a playoff or just one of the many bowls.

Wondering, did our game being on the mid to late part of the Bowl schedule impair our staffs ability to get out and Portal evaluate and recruit at these games?

Probably not.

Nowadays in December the recruits come to you, you either reach the right number or you don’t.