Running CFB playoff thread

Michael_ Gee · Nov 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM

Triple the number of teams in the playoff, stands to reason you wull also increase the number of meaningful (to at least one team) games in the stretch weeks of the season.

Batman · Nov 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM

dixiehack said: ↑

I think the Big 12 should lean into the “everybody’s good, nobody’s great” thing and start having all their games on Black Friday, which they can then promote as Big Friday. Hold the matchup times as late as possible before announcing and work to get the best games into prime windows. Between Fox, FS1 and all the ESPN options there’s room to make it work. I think you could draw a lot of the casuals who don’t have a game for their team that day and you avoid getting lost in the Rivalry Saturday noise.
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The Black Friday schedule is pretty stocked already, though. There are 13 games on the major TV outlets, including two with the Big 12. The primetime window is light (only three games) and there are no late night games, but it's not like they have the entire day wide open to themselves.

Batman · Nov 27, 2024 at 9:21 PM

Cosmo said: ↑

The nice thing about the playoff is that it's given us a lot of games that really matter in the national picture this weekend. Wouldn't have been the case just a year ago.

- Memphis at Tulane -- Green Wave has an outside shot of sneaking into the playoff if Boise stumbles. This game would have been meaningless otherwise, since Tulane is already in the American championship game.
- Oregon State at Boise State -- Broncos still in the hunt for a playoff bye and can't afford any loss and still make the playoff
- Georgia Tech at Georgia -- Every game left is an elimination game for the Bulldogs
- Michigan at Ohio State -- Always a big game, but the playoff adds another layer. What if Michigan pulls the upset?
- Tennessee at Vanderbilt -- UT would have no shot at the old playoff but can essentially seal a spot in the new one with a win
- South Carolina at Clemson -- De facto at-large play-in game?
- Maryland at Penn State -- Lions can't afford an upset
- Notre Dame at USC -- Playoff play-in for the Irish
- Miami at Syracuse -- ACC title game spot on the line, Miami definitely out of the playoff with a loss
- Cal at SMU -- There's a world where the Ponies get in at 11-2, but not if that '2' includes a loss to Cal
- Arizona State at Arizona -- Big 12 title game play-in for the Devils
- Purdue at Indiana -- Hoosiers need to kill their rivals for style points
- Texas at Texas A&M -- SEC championship play-in
- Kansas State at Iowa State -- Big 12 play-in for the Cyclones

I think the week-to-week is giving us a snapshot of what games really matter. That's great.
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Add the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl to those as well. Alabama and Ole Miss are lurking at Nos. 13 and 14 and ready to scoot by on the inside if there's a car crash in front of them.

DanOregon · Nov 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM

This is also the time of the year when teams magically drop in the polls because they didn't win convincingly enough - while a BigTimeU moves up off a bye week. I expect we'll see some manipulation of the final rankings to discourage conference rematches in the first round, protect SEC and Big 10 teams and set up highest potential TV ratings. I am looking forward to seeing an SEC team or Arizona State head to Boise or Happy Valley in December.

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