ADVERTISEMENT

This Could Be Fun for The CFPlayoff Committee

PittFamily2

PittFamily2

Sophomore
Mar 11, 2018
2,244
1,006
113
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...-playoff-committee/ar-BBXOIZU?ocid=spartandhp

1 chaotic scenario that would be a nightmare for the College Football Playoff committee
Michelle R. Martinelli
4 hrs ago

If PITT doesn't get to a great bowl, or as usual they get screwed I turn my attention to other things like Chaos for the CFPlayoff committee.

I want to see the worst, hardest scenario, so when they get down selecting the teams noones happy.

This is a good one!
 
PittFamily2 said:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...-playoff-committee/ar-BBXOIZU?ocid=spartandhp

1 chaotic scenario that would be a nightmare for the College Football Playoff committee
Michelle R. Martinelli
4 hrs ago

If PITT doesn't get to a great bowl, or as usual they get screwed I turn my attention to other things like Chaos for the CFPlayoff committee.

I want to see the worst, hardest scenario, so when they get down selecting the teams noones happy.

This is a good one!
Click to expand...
There is no chaos in that scenario.
LSU - Lock
OSU - Lock
Clemson Wins - Lock
Georgia Wins - Lock
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ski11585
I'm rooting for chaos myself. I hope Clemson, LSU and OSU all lose. It is certainly possible. Then you have a bunch of one loss teams, including conference champs Georgia, Utah and Oklahoma or Baylor. The only true lock in that scenario would be Georgia. I think it's very possible that the committee would decide to emphasize winning the conference championship game and give the nod to Utah and/or Oklahoma. This is why an 8 team playoff would work much better.
 
HailtoPitt said:
I'm rooting for chaos myself. I hope Clemson, LSU and OSU all lose. It is certainly possible. Then you have a bunch of one loss teams, including conference champs Georgia, Utah and Oklahoma or Baylor. The only true lock in that scenario would be Georgia. I think it's very possible that the committee would decide to emphasize winning the conference championship game and give the nod to Utah and/or Oklahoma. This is why an 8 team playoff would work much better.
Click to expand...
There is no chaos scenario. The current system works just fine. If you must, then make it 6 teams and reward the 2 highest seeds with a bye.

OSU and LSU are Locks - LSU went undefeated in the best conference and OSU already smashed Wisky. The rest will sort itself out.
 
  • Like
Reactions: pittdan77, Ski11585 and PA_Panther
TheSpecialSauce said:
There is no chaos scenario. The current system works just fine. If you must, then make it 6 teams and reward the 2 highest seeds with a bye.

OSU and LSU are Locks - LSU went undefeated in the best conference and OSU already smashed Wisky. The rest will sort itself out.
Click to expand...

If LSU wins then there are two one loss conference champs with the committee getting to pick #4. The system does not work fine.
 
Agree with the notion that LSU and Ohio State are locks. LSU has defeated Florida, Auburn, and Alabama. Ohio has beat Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Who the hell has Utah beat all year? Answer: Absolutely nobody. So you're at Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, and Clemson in their scenario. Very simple.

And if Clemson would also lose, then I think the fourth spot would be taken from them and given to the winner of Oklahoma and Baylor (you could also argue for Utah, but that's not the way I'd go).
 
TheSpecialSauce said:
There is no chaos in that scenario.
LSU - Lock
OSU - Lock
Clemson Wins - Lock
Georgia Wins - Lock
Click to expand...
They said if the undefeated all lose. A lot of scenarios including the same 4 teams getting in. My guess would be Clemson gets ousted and Utah or the OK/ Baylor winner gets in. LSU, tOSU and Georgia stay put.
 
TheSpecialSauce said:
Baylor and Utah control their own schedules. Play tougher non conference opponents.
Click to expand...
No one controls their conference schedule. Everyone controls their OOC schedule, not just Baylor and Utah. And just about everyone can stand to play a tougher OOC schedule, not just Baylor and Utah.

I was thinking while watching this week’s ACC vs B10 matchups in BB. Wouldn’t it be great if they did that in FB. Take one of those early weeks of the season when everyone is playing their ‘necessary’ home game against some nondescript rent-a-win team and change it to an ACC vs B10 (or other P5 conference) challenge week. Sure would be a lot more interesting than the current setup. And it might help to settle some of these end-of-season debates about which team is more deserving of a playoff spot.

Of course, something like the above will never occur, just like the logical expansion to an 8-team playoff hasn’t happened (yet).
 
TheSpecialSauce said:
Baylor and Utah control their own schedules. Play tougher non conference opponents.
Click to expand...


Wait, are you trying to tell me that it's possible to play a better non-conference schedule than Stone Cold Stephen F Austin (3-9), UTSA (4-8) and Rice(3-9)? Someone should alert the Baylor AD!

At least Utah played at BYU, who is decent and a rivalry game.
 
This woman is an idiot with her scenario, guessing she is no more than a casual fan.

LSU and Ohio St are in no matter what happens, they are both playing for the right to avoid #3 Clemson.

If Clemson somehow loses they drop behind both Utah or Oklahoma if they win, as good as they are playing now Clemson would have the weakest resume of any 1 loss team.

The only way you get any kind of chaos is if Clemson, Oklahoma, and Utah all lose. In that case the committee holds its nose and votes in Baylor as #4 and watches them lose by 30 to either Ohio St or LSU.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ski11585
BFo8 said:
This woman is an idiot with her scenario, guessing she is no more than a casual fan.

LSU and Ohio St are in no matter what happens, they are both playing for the right to avoid #3 Clemson.

If Clemson somehow loses they drop behind both Utah or Oklahoma if they win, as good as they are playing now Clemson would have the weakest resume of any 1 loss team.

The only way you get any kind of chaos is if Clemson, Oklahoma, and Utah all lose. In that case the committee holds its nose and votes in Baylor as #4 and watches them lose by 30 to either Ohio St or LSU.
Click to expand...

They are mostly locks, but the perception would be a committee of people selecting deserving teams from a group of one loss programs. I believe in the past they stressed the need to win one's conference championship game, and it will be interesting if LSU or OSU lost and get in over conference champs with the same record.
 
I think tOSU, LSU, and Clemson are all locks, even if they lose. I think it would be interesting to see what happens if both Utah & Oklahoma lose. The only nightmare for the committee is having to make a decision on Baylor. There are a boatload of 2 loss teams that would walk the dog on Baylor. I don't even want to think about what one of the Top 3 would do to the Bears.
 
If Ohio St loses 59-0 to Wiscy they are in the playoff. If LSU loses 59-0 to UGA they are in the playoff. Literally.
 
TheSpecialSauce said:
There is no chaos in that scenario.
LSU - Lock
OSU - Lock
Clemson Wins - Lock
Georgia Wins - Lock
Click to expand...
Really? This is why I hate this playoff and CFB in general. This whole idea of picking the 4 "best teams", by calling your optometrist and EYE TESTING, makes it OK, to have these teams LOSE THE ACTUAL FRIGGIN CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OF THEIR CONFERENCES ON A FIELD, IN AN ACTUAL GAME and then be HANDED WELFARE and given a 2nd chance and vaulted to the Final 4, ahead of teams THAT WON CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN AN ACTUAL GAME PLAYED ON A FIELD! It's laughable! And so many of you look at this and think it's the right thing to do! LOL
 
  • Like
Reactions: Chaos and Slick Manager of Champs
Pitt79 said:
So if that would happen, you agree that it's right?
Click to expand...
Yep. It’s a 4 team playoff (meaning that 4 MUST be selected). Who else gets in over them? Both teams have been dominant pretty much every single week. There is nothing that OU, Baylor, or Utah could do to pass them by. The conference championship game isn’t and shouldn’t be THAT important. Should it be used in event of tiebreaker scenarios? Yeah, I can get behind that.
 
And another thing...the XII has the only legit conference championship game because it’s the 2 best teams (and ironically, it’s the one league that already settles it on the field in regular season because all teams play each other). Other leagues have CCG based on dumb aspects like geography or legends or leaders (I fully realize the B1G is also based on geography but still felt the need to laugh at this designation) or other trivial reasons. These conferences will experience a notable degree of growth and maturation when they realize that divisions in a conference is dumb and not necessary. Have no problem if you want to schedule according to geography. There’s been CCG where one of the teams was like 8-4 and the other was 12-0 or 11-1. Just dumb. Both teams should be very good to great if the game wants to be taken seriously.
 
Last edited:
WVUinColumbus said:
The conference championship game isn’t and shouldn’t be THAT important. Should it be used in event of tiebreaker scenarios? Yeah, I can get behind that.
Click to expand...
It should be that important, at the very least if 2 teams have the same record, and one won it's CCG and the other didn't that should be the tie breaker. OR ELSE IT ISN'T EVEN A REAL SPORT, it's devolved into a beauty contest.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Chaos and Slick Manager of Champs
What it should be at a minimum is an 8 team playoff, the 5 P5 conference champs, WHOEVER THEY ARE, even if they are an 8-4 team that upset a 12-0 team in the CCG, then the best G5 team, plus pick 2 wild cards among THE LOSERS, meaning the eye test beauty queens who couldn't deliver ON THE FIELD.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Chaos and PantherO
Pitt79 said:
What it should be at a minimum is an 8 team playoff, the 5 P5 conference champs, WHOEVER THEY ARE, even if they are an 8-4 team that upset a 12-0 team in the CCG, then the best G5 team, plus pick 2 wild cards among THE LOSERS, meaning the eye test beauty queens who couldn't deliver ON THE FIELD.
Click to expand...

I was going to type the exact same thing. But will add I would like to see guidelines for picking the 2 wild cards. Hate the eye test crap.

The team with the most talent or best record doesn't always win the championship. That is what is great about the other sports. I was getting tired of Alabama / Clemson every year. If there is a lot of chaos in the championship games, I wouldn't be surprised if Alabama didn't sneak back in.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pitt79
PantherO said:
I was going to type the exact same thing. But will add I would like to see guidelines for picking the 2 wild cards. Hate the eye test crap.

The team with the most talent or best record doesn't always win the championship. That is what is great about the other sports. I was getting tired of Alabama / Clemson every year. If there is a lot of chaos in the championship games, I wouldn't be surprised if Alabama didn't sneak back in.
Click to expand...

I keep saying it, many DON'T GET IT, but the truth is...

CHAMPION has nothing to do with BEST TEAM, those two things are mutually exclusive, one has nothing to do with the other.

Sometimes the best team wins the championship, sometimes like Villanova over Georgetown 1985 or NYG over Patriots 2007, some unlikely underdog beats the BEST TEAM and ends up as the legit CHAMPION who won the title on the field.

The way some of these people see it, you could cancel every season and have Alabama vs. Clemson every Labor Day for the championship.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Chaos and PantherO
And the truth is, when the so called "undeserving" team rises up and smites the GOLIATH a/k/a "best team", those are the greatest most memorable moments in sports history! Nobody remembers when Alabama met Clemson for the 3rd straight year, but nobody ever forgets when the Jets beat the Colts in Super Bowl III or Valvano's NC State over Houston in 1983 NCAA Hoops.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Chaos
PittPanther44 said:
I tended to root for calm this year to prevent the small chance of the Nitters slipping in. Now that that is off the table, chaos sounds good
Click to expand...
That's always my first concern are the Nitters getting in.
If yes I support any team that will keep them out Go Buckeyes.
Go Michigan
Go Iowa
Go Mich St
Go any ?
 
Toughest job this year for the committee might actually be the New Years Six spot from the group of five.

Boise will probably beat Hawaii (where Rolovich has done a wonderful job.) Memphis or Cincinnati will win the AAC. Who do you pick then?

I hope the Bearcats aren't penalized by having two losses when that is exactly because they were willing to travel to Columbus to play Ohio State. Boise has no opponent of that quality. I actually hate Cinci as a program, but I don't want the committee to just look at a loss total and make a kneejerk decision.
 
TheSpecialSauce said:
If UGA wins, then they will have beaten LSU, Auburn, Florida, and ND. Not even a debate. How many different Top 15 teams did Oklahoma and Baylor beat?
Click to expand...

Depends on how today plays out. If Oklahoma has only one loss and it's by 7 points to an 8-4 team, they will have a better resume at the bottom than LSU and LSU will have a better one at the top. And depends how the committee views two wins over Baylor and one over Oklahoma State.

Baylor is another story, I don't think their resume would be in Georgia's ball park. At least OU tried a reasonable schedule by having UCLA and Houston plus their nine conference games, Baylor's was a joke.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

UPitt '89

There will be more people mad at the committee this year than in any other year

Replies
12
Views
511
Center Court at the Pete
ThunderPittRoad
T
rgross83

Hamlin would like to play for the Steelers

Replies
15
Views
809
Between Fifth And Forbes
Zeldas Open Roof
Zeldas Open Roof
C

We're #1

Replies
6
Views
1K
Football Board
pittpsu
P
RaleighPittFan

Judge's ruling could lead to billions in damages as 'worst-case scenario' rears head for NCAA

Replies
0
Views
450
Football Board
RaleighPittFan
RaleighPittFan
D

FWIW according Athletica…

Replies
17
Views
1K
Between Fifth And Forbes
Pitt4Life34
P
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest posts

ADVERTISEMENT
Top Bottom
Back