Originally Posted by roothog66:
I couldn't help bu think last night that without the new playoff structure, neither Oregon or OSU would have had a chance to play for the NC. Yes, I know Oregon was #2, but, in reality, no way would the voters have allowed FSU to slip past #2 in the polls if it meant keeping a defending national champion who is the only undefeated team in the nation out of the NC game. It would have been Alabama and FSU. This works better, especially in a season when there is no notable difference between any of the top 6 or so teams. Now it's time to got o 6 or 8.
Under the old system Florida State would be playing Alabama for the title.
My post from three weeks ago. It would have been the undefeated team against an SEC team the other SEC coaches voted in by bias. It would have been last night's losers.
Several SEC coaches admitted a couple of years ago they rank several SEC teams high due to how tough they believe their league to be. While the best SEC team may have won a bunch of championships they all play mostly cream puff non conference games. The mighty SEC's seven ranked teams went 2-5 in this years bowl games.
I did quite well on my bets last night. I bet even up $20 Oregon would win. I had 2-1 for $20 on Oregon scoring six touchdowns. I had 2-1 for $20 on Oregon winning by two touchdowns.
I didn't bet on the late game. I didn'tI'm tired of the SEC rhetoric. want to pull for Urban Meyer** (and his 44 criminals - not to be confused with CrimiNoles - when he was at Florida) or Alabama. I thought Alabama would win soundly. Cardale, I'm here to major in football not academics Jones played better than expected.
** Meyer is a great coach who is part of what is wrong with the student-athlete-citizen aspect of college sports. Then there's te Ole Miss coach who bragged his team had a 2.57 gpa. Their best ever. Even Vanderbilt brings in questionable recruits. A kid from our high school got a ride to Vandy for his 4.35. That was his forty time, not his gpa. He was dumber than a bag of rocks and on probation for being convicted for assaulting a police officer.
Disclaimer: My rant is only about football.
As four expanding to six or eight teams it needs to be looked at if this year is an outlier. How many years can six teams claim they should have a shot at #1? Normally it's three, sometimes four. But I would like to see the five major conference winners and three wild cards.
