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[Titty Meat]

Bowl games have been pretty entertaining to watch so far. I think Indiana vs Notre Dame tomorrow *could* be an upset game

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by New World Order

It’s ****ing stupid.

Every game is a blowout. There are no upsets.

And how the hell do you put Ohio st in as an 8th seed. Oregon and Ohio st two best teams imo

I don't get why some people are so upset about the format.

If it was just the top 4, it's not like the frauds like Indiana and Tennessee just disappear... Notre Dame/Indiana could have easily been a NYD bowl blowout. Ohio State vs Tennessee could have easily been a bowl game. What's the difference besides players opting out of those games?

And if people want to only watch the top 4 teams go at it.... uh, just wait and watch the games in a week and a half?

Yeah, they over-expanded, which is crazy given how long they've clutched the dumb bowl system. And yeah, the conference champs bye thing is dumb.

But, at least teams are advancing instead of beating the shit out of Indiana and then having nothing else to play for?

[KC_Connection]

How is that not OPI on PSU

[smithandrew051]

If that’s not textbook OPI, then I’m not sure what is.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I don't get why some people are so upset about the format.

If it was just the top 4, it's not like the frauds like Indiana and Tennessee just disappear... Notre Dame/Indiana could have easily been a NYD bowl blowout. Ohio State vs Tennessee could have easily been a bowl game. What's the difference besides players opting out of those games?

And if people want to only watch the top 4 teams go at it.... uh, just wait and watch the games in a week and a half?

Yeah, they over-expanded, which is crazy given how long they've clutched the dumb bowl system. And yeah, the conference champs bye thing is dumb.

But, at least teams are advancing instead of beating the shit out of Indiana and then having nothing else to play for?

I don’t think it’s a format issue or whatever. It’s the fact that the CFP has watered down the regular season. Top 4 BCS was perfect, because you always had that deserving third seed left out.

Now if they lose a game during the ref season, so what. Two loss teams will still get in, maybe 3 loss teams.

Give me the old BCS back

[KC_Connection]

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

How is that not OPI on PSU

Crazy. If that's the db doing that it's a flag you have to imagine.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by New World Order

I don’t think it’s a format issue or whatever. It’s the fact that the CFP has watered down the regular season. Top 4 BCS was perfect, because you always had that deserving third seed left out.

Now if they lose a game during the ref season, so what. Two loss teams will still get in, maybe 3 loss teams.

Give me the old BCS back

I don't mind 2-loss teams, because IMO a larger playoff format removes a lot of questions with SoS and different conferences, etc (I've personally thought 8 was more than enough for that purpose).

This year would have been really interesting with only 4 teams... Oregon, obviously. Georgia. Then you're either picking Notre Dame or one or two 2-loss teams.

[smithandrew051]

Smart to go for that

[DCTwister]

And of course now Penn State gets bailed out by DPI (which it was)

[Shields68]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I don't mind 2-loss teams, because IMO a larger playoff format removes a lot of questions with SoS and different conferences, etc (I've personally thought 8 was more than enough for that purpose).

This year would have been really interesting with only 4 teams... Oregon, obviously. Georgia. Then you're either picking Notre Dame or one or two 2-loss teams.

The problem is giving ASU and Boise byes and being 10 point dogs.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by Shields68

The problem is giving ASU and Boise byes and being 10 point dogs.

The seeding will be fixed next year.

This new format is way better than the four team CFP.

It makes for more meaningful games at the end of the regular season, whereas 99% of teams were eliminated from a realistic CFP opportunity when it was just four teams.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Shields68

The problem is giving ASU and Boise byes and being 10 point dogs.

Yep, they could really use games like SMU/Boise State in the first round, it would be far closer to play-in games... and yeah, they might still get destroyed the next round, but at least it's not across multiple games in multiple weekends.

Granted, there was also a B1G/SEC blowout, too.

Something like...
Indiana/SMU
Boise State/ASU
Clemson/Tennessee
Notre Dame/OSU

And then the byes would have been Oregon, Georgia, Texas, Penn State

Maybe more competitive the first weekend? Even if the winner of the first two or even 3 games all get destroyed the following week.

[FloridaMan88]

More than he’ll likely make in the NFL next season…

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[KC_Connection]

Bowl game audiences are breaking decades-old records for ESPN https://t.co/dtTcLk1GJn

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 1, 2025

Obviously, bowl games are peak entertainment.

[Bearcat]

Did I miss something re: PSU no longer running the ball?

Andy Reid, is that you?