College football week 15 thread: The Low Sparky of High Heeled Boys

[micropolitan guy]

I do like the byes because even for teams safely in, that's enough of a reward to ensure they go all out in conference title games. And as we saw, it makes it exciting for the leagues that may or will only get a single bid.

At the same time, it does set up a brutal situation where Penn State is now worse off than Indiana and Texas worse off than Tennessee despite finishing higher in the standings. Rolling straight into the first round off a 13th game and less rest is way more punitive than finishing third in an elite conference.

Unfortunately there is no good way to solve for both problems.

Yeah there is, 16 teams, no byes, seed the field after the conference championship games, just like they do for the NCAA basketball tournament.

 

[dixiehack]

Sure. And teams will roll into Atlanta or Indianapolis the first weekend in December with their third string starting. I'm sure it will be great.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

That's one helluva ACC title game. The commissioner couldn't have scripted it better. The committee will have a very hard time keeping SMU out.

Oh no, they'll have a very easy time doing that. The hard part is crafting a competent statement why.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Sure. And teams will roll into Atlanta or Indianapolis the first weekend in December with their third string starting. I'm sure it will be great.

Do college basketball teams not try hard in their conference tournaments? Do they play scrubs? If the seeding is done after the championship games, and winners get home games and losers travel, they play hard.

Or just get rid of the championship games and go straight to the playoffs, like FCS/DII and DIII do.

Some FCS teams must win five games to be national champions. But it's an imposition for FBS to play four?

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

The top-down belief in the Clemson program that they are somehow God's favored is why I hope the Tigers lose every game by 50.

Yes Cade, God was intently watching forking Syracuse last week. STFU.

 

[Chef2]

Oh but they will

No way.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

No way.

They denied an undefeated conference champion last year. They most definitely will, especially since it's a school the blue bloods have been trying to keep down for 40 years.

 

[nickp]

Big day for pac 12 defectors Larry Scott destroyed the conference of champions

 

[BTExpress]

They're clearly not the same team without him.

Yeah, they're better.

 

[qtlaw]

Jeez, if I'm the Manning family I'm wondering how Arch is playing behind Ewers.

 

[Scout]

Jeez, if I'm the Manning family I'm wondering how Arch is playing behind Ewers.

If I'm a Texas alum, I'm wondering why his NIL isn't a handful of gift cards to Chipotle.

 

[Scout]

If Arizona State can keep the head coach, they are going to be good for a long time in the Big 12.

His energy and style is just magnetic for college players.