ShatteredElysium posted...I don't think you can put them in after they lose to Alabama. They effectively lost their play in game. I heard it mentioned on the broadcast yesterday but part of it is also Alabama earned the right to not have to play Georgia again. They beat them on neutral ground already and at the end of the season.
I think the whole system is flawed. As an OSU fan I'm not deluded enough to think we should have made it because you can't lose a Purdue level team by that much and get in regardless of other results. But on the whole only having 4 slots with 5 Power 5 champions and potentially non P5 teams like ND and UCF in the mix, 4 teams just isn't enough.
My 3 biggest gripes are this
1. Notre Dame not having to play a conference title game isn't remotely fair on the other teams if they aren't going to be penalized for it. They play an ACC schedule, they should have had to play Clemson. (If we are sticking with a 4 team playoff)
2. Subjectivity between P5 conference champions shouldn't come into play. A lot of years it's clear cut the pecking order but some years it isn't. You can't have a true champion if conference champs are being left out based on subjectivity.
3. The entire system blows for the G5 teams. You may as well just outright say they are disqualified from the get go. People can complain all they want about UCF's SOS but the bottom line is they are now unbeaten for 2 years. They can only strengthen their schedule so much, if they had played 3 P5 teams out of conference people would have still used their weak in conference schedule against them. And schedules are set so far ahead of time that it's easier said than done to strength their schedule. They also tried to get into a P5 conference only a few years ago and were denied. So what else can they do? I also don't think the American this year was even that far below the ACC or Pac 12 (if at all).
It has to be an 8 team playoff sooner rather than later. 5x P5 Champions and 3 at large teams. Throw in some sort of disclaimer where an unbeaten G5 team gets a spot (but they have to be unbeaten). You can even throw out a P5 champion if they rack up too many losses (say 3?)
I dont think Confernce Championships should matter for shit.
There is no fucking way Clemson should have ANY sort of tie breaker cause they won the wretched fucking ACC.
It should be treated as just another game for ranking purposes.
Because the fact is if Georgia had the same record same losses but won the SEC last night. They would 100% be in. And thats fucking stupid.
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