4 Team College Football Playoff

[Pete]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't. 

[AppleJack]

TCU ain't getting in.

[Mr Bread]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't.

BITB has no point.  Nine means something in the Big 12 because there are only ten teams.  Everybody plays everybody else.  Nine doesn't mean crap in 14-team leagues.  You still aren't playing everyone else.  8 or 9 big whoop.

The Big 12 can yell about it, but I don't think anyone else will give a eff.         

[DOD Take 2]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't.

BITB has no point.  Nine means something in the Big 12 because there are only ten teams.  Everybody plays everybody else.  Nine doesn't mean crap in 14-team leagues.  You still aren't playing everyone else.  8 or 9 big whoop.

The Big 12 can yell about it, but I don't think anyone else will give a eff.         

It means that we automatically play 9 teams from P5 leagues where other teams only play 8 unless they schedule one in non-con...that seems important for SOS reasons

[MakeItRain]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't.

He should have been doing those interviews the last month, the committee was done last night.

[Mr Bread]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't.

BITB has no point.  Nine means something in the Big 12 because there are only ten teams.  Everybody  plays everybody else.  Nine doesn't mean crap in 14-team leagues.  You still aren't playing everyone else.  8 or 9 big whoop.

The Big 12 can yell about it, but I don't think anyone else will give a eff.         

It means that we automatically play 9 teams from P5 leagues where other teams only play 8 unless they schedule one in non-con...that seems important for SOS reasons

The championship game teams all play nine too dipshit.  Also, the schedules of the teams in playoff contention aren't viewed generically like that.  The committee knows who the eff each team played specifically.  That nine power conference opponent guarantee is nonsense.  If a team played a weaker schedule they get penalized.  See Baylor.  It's a stupid talking point.         

[catzacker]

Ohio State isn't getting penalized for their crap loss.

[GoodForAnother]

guys, the dumbass fans and media don't run the committee. it's gonna be fine. yeesh

[Pete]

Bob Bowlsby should be doing a marathon of TV interviews right now talking about the 9 game conference season in the Big 12 versus the 8 game in the SEC. 

BITB brought this up the other day and I agree, the Big 12 should be screaming at the top of their lungs that we'll go to a conference championship when all other leagues go to a 9 game schedule like the Big 12.

Really beat the talking point to death....you want that to be "common knowledge" amongst fans of college football....and right now, it isn't.

BITB has no point.  Nine means something in the Big 12 because there are only ten teams.  Everybody  plays everybody else.  Nine doesn't mean crap in 14-team leagues.  You still aren't playing everyone else.  8 or 9 big whoop.

The Big 12 can yell about it, but I don't think anyone else will give a eff.         

It means that we automatically play 9 teams from P5 leagues where other teams only play 8 unless they schedule one in non-con...that seems important for SOS reasons

The championship game teams all play nine too dipshit. Also, the schedules of the teams in playoff contention aren't viewed generically like that.  The committee knows who the eff each team played specifically.  That nine power conference opponent guarantee is nonsense.  If a team played a weaker schedule they get penalized.  See Baylor.  It's a stupid talking point.         

That's exactly the point, you literally made my rough ridin' point right there, dumb dumb ....the Big 12 champ played just as many conference games as every other league...THEY ARE THE SAME.  Until the SEC plays 9 conference games, their stupid championship game talking point means dick...same number of conference games.  Until they play 9, then play a 10th game in the championship they are no rough ridin' better.

[Pete]

The point is that championship games as a an argument to differentiate teams is rough ridin' dumb in an 8 game league.

[catzacker]

I'd put Kansas up against Illinois any day of the week.  ISU beat rough ridin' Iowa.  I mean, ISU couldn't even win a game in this league.

[Mr Bread]

Ohio State isn't getting penalized for their crap loss.

Better excuses and recency/primacy?  Lost a superstar QB right before the season starts.  Early loss with a brand new QB and o-line.  It's like it barely even happened.  Now they have an experienced o-line and another new QB and look what they did just did.  Wow! Two different teams offensively. 

More importantly of course, it's Ohio State vs. Baylor and TCU.  The money wants them there.         

[catzacker]

Ohio State isn't getting penalized for their crap loss.

Better excuses and recency/primacy?  Lost a superstar QB right before the season starts.  Early loss with a brand new QB and o-line.  It's like it barely even happened.  Now they have an experienced o-line and another new QB and look what they did just did.  Wow! Two different teams offensively. 

More importantly of course, it's Ohio State vs. Baylor and TCU.  The money wants them there.         

Jesus.  Baylor lost Petty for a while too you dumbfuck (no offense).  And it's Virginia Tech...at home.  Quit making excuses for it.  Saying how shitty you thought a team was doesn't mean when they aren't that's like some reason for why they are good.

[MixBerryCrunch]

Lol...the committee just said if you aren't a big name you won't get in no matter what.

[BackPayne]

STFU, Kirk. You are such a dumbfuck. 

[Mr Bread]

The point is that championship games as a an argument to differentiate teams is rough ridin' dumb in an 8 game league.

I didn't watch any of the stumping last night or this morning, but does it come into play that it's a 13th game vs. only 12 for the Big 12?  That is actually a distinction and not every non-Big 12 team played a crap ooc schedule or faced all the cream puffs in their league.  There have to be circumstances where it actually does make a difference.  Then the Big 12 doesn't have crap to complain about.   

[Pete]

....Ya, how does this committee move TCU from 3rd to 6th in 5 days, while TCU won in dominating fashion during those 5 days.

5 days, 3rd to 6th.

[8manpick]

Lolololololololol

[Pete]

Look, at the end of day I think we all need to focus on the positive, and that's that if you could ever choose two teams from the Big 12 to get completely mumped, you couldn't have a more perfect scenario than this.

I TSC as much as the next guy, but I mean, I have to laugh at myself for even caring for a minute that those two piece of crap schools got mumped. 

[Katpappy]

Ohio State isn't getting penalized for their crap loss.

Better excuses and recency/primacy?  Lost a superstar QB right before the season starts.  Early loss with a brand new QB and o-line.  It's like it barely even happened.  Now they have an experienced o-line and another new QB and look what they did just did.  Wow! Two different teams offensively. 

More importantly of course, it's Ohio State vs. Baylor and TCU.  The money wants them there.         

It was discussing that a big name will win out getting in the big bowl games, due to ABC looking at eyes watching the games.  Guess what, rough ridin' ABC has the rights to the CFP and they are going to take the big names. 

[CHONGS]

I believe I said it earlier this year: the only way KSU can get in the playoffs is to go undefeated (this is likely for any Big 12 team).

[catzacker]

if we're really a conference, we should be outraged.  imagine if this was Alabama and lsu getting mumped.  the south would be set afire right now. 

[catzacker]

I believe I said it earlier this year: the only way KSU can get in the playoffs is to go undefeated (this is likely for any Big 12 team).

not for OU or UT.  hell, OU can lose a big 12 championship game and still get into the national championship game.

[Mr Bread]

That's exactly the point, you literally made my rough ridin' point right there, dumb dumb ....the Big 12 champ played just as many conference games as every other league...THEY ARE THE SAME.  Until the SEC plays 9 conference games, their stupid championship game talking point means dick...same number of conference games.  Until they play 9, then play a 10th game in the championship they are no rough ridin' better.

Yes, but the Big 12 is the one acting small timey and complaining about fair treatment.  None of the others are going to change, they don't have to.  They're getting the benefit of the doubt.  They play
that 13th "championship" game and that has an impact, justified or not, that playing KU or ISU during the regular season doesn't for that magical 9th game.  The Big 12 will never win that perception battle.

Also, as I pointed out above there are scenarios where that 13th game could actually make the difference in SoS/resume.  It isn't just a con by all the other conferences.  It can be, but isn't always.     

[Katpappy]

Look, at the end of day I think we all need to focus on the positive, and that's that if you could ever choose two teams from the Big 12 to get completely mumped, you couldn't have a more perfect scenario than this.

I TSC as much as the next guy, but I mean, I have to laugh at myself for even caring for a minute that those two piece of crap schools got mumped.

If it was Texas or Oklahoma we wouldn't be having this discussion.