Running CFB playoff thread

They really don’t. No one is getting a competitive leg up by increasing the take from a playoff.

 

It would be so funny if he wins the natty and they fire him anyway.

 

It would cost them $37,000,000. I agree it would be a remarkable statement of what they really value. But I don't think anybody's going to pull the trigger on that degree of a buyout before they have a handle on the true cost of fielding a championship team in the institutional compensation era.

 

they know the cost — they spent 20 mil this season

 

That's without direct institutional payments. Going forward, there will still be no limit on what the collectives can provide. But on top of that, schools will have ~ $22 million each to dole out across their sports. The trick will be knowing how much to devote to Lord God Football.

 

Please, do not call a low seed playing a high seed a “Cinderella.” That’s for basketball.

Call them a Rudy if you must.

And if you don’t like Rudy, come up with something better. I’m sure there is. I just couldn’t think of it.

 

Good lord, they shot about a year's production budget with this one.

 

It makes me laugh hearing the SEC teams talking about "scheduling down" now. They only play eight conference games, maybe each team plays one legit P4 school in non-con. They can't get much softer in the non-con. Now maybe Sankey evens out the schedule So your bellcows only play 2 or 3 others a season - what the SEC really needs to do is bring in some more middling or worse teams.

 

Chiming in late since I've been off the grid most of the weekend, but I think they absolutely got this right. If you're putting 11-1 SMU that went unbeaten in conference play up against 9-3 Alabama that lost two very questionable road games in conference play, SMU is the choice, 100 percent. SMU wasn't -- and shouldn't have been -- punished for playing in its conference championship game. If Ole Miss doesn't lose to Kentucky, it's probably in. If Alabama doesn't lose to Oklahoma, it's probably in. But those games happened and can't be ignored. I could have completely bought both schools' arguments against 11-1 SMU or 11-1 Indiana, but not with three losses.

 

The Penn State gag is understated brilliance.

 

“Bama needs Finebaum air support” might be their best line of the season.

 

Alabama played Wisconsin, USF, Mercer and Western Kentucky....I'm sure that took a LOT out of them.