All 4 teams with a bye in the CFP lost

[torbee]

Yep. Let's stop the cognitive dissonance of amateur college sports. That ended with the portal and NIL a couple of years ago. I don't like it, but will admit I'm a kinda olde and will learn to embrace it.

Start with a sweet 16. No byes, first game at home, then wiggle the bowls on on rotation.

Soon college football will have all the pageantry and excitement of minor league baseball! Yay!

 

[alaskanseminole]

Discuss

"All 4 teams with a bye in the CFP lost"

This is a correct statement.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Yeah, get rid of byes. Robbing all those teams of a home playoff game also. The neutral site bullshit needs to change as well. The only game that should be at a neutral site is the championship game. Everything else is at the higher seeded teams field. Fvck the bowls.

So, for example, ND could come away with:

- Sugar Bowl Trophy
- Orange Bowl Trophy
- CFP Trophy

in a single season

 

[SolarHawk]

The majority of them were objectively more compelling contests - more evenly matched, closer scores. 🤷‍♂️

There’s a lot of closely contested pee wee games every year. Are those games really interesting or compelling unless you have a kid in the game? Bowl games that are not tied to the playoffs are meaningless and outside of the two participating teams fan bases, nobody gives a shit. The playoffs matter.

 

[torbee]

There’s a lot of closely contested pee wee games every year. Are those games really interesting or compelling unless you have a kid in the game? Bowl games that are not tied to the playoffs are meaningless and outside of the two participating teams fan bases, nobody gives a shit. The playoffs matter.

The only reason they are now “meaningless” is because of the farce and greed that is the CFP.

Sport was way better when the bowls were just awesome matchups and then we got to fight over who was best.

This is NFL lite and the equivalent of the AAA playoffs in minor league baseball.

Yawn city.

And the games have almost all been duds.

Failed experiment.

 

[The Tradition]

The only reason they are now “meaningless” is because of the farce and greed that is the CFP.

Sport was way better when the bowls were just awesome matchups and then we got to fight over who was best.

This is NFL lite and the equivalent of the AAA playoffs in minor league baseball.

Yawn city.

And the games have almost all been duds.

Failed experiment.

But you and I are old dudes yelling at clouds....

 

[3boysmom]

There’s a lot of closely contested pee wee games every year. Are those games really interesting or compelling unless you have a kid in the game? Bowl games that are not tied to the playoffs are meaningless and outside of the two participating teams fan bases, nobody gives a shit. The playoffs matter.

The bowls are now basically the NIT with a usually fun location thrown in.

 

[The Tradition]

The bowls are now basically the NIT with a usually fun location thrown in.

Except for the Birmingham Bowl....

 

[3boysmom]

Except for the Birmingham Bowl....

And the Sun Bowl if it still exists. Oh, and whichever one is played in Shreveport. I've not been to Shreveport but I'm assuming.

 

[Pinehawk]

So, all the conference champions are gone now.

 

[The Tradition]

And the Sun Bowl if it still exists. Oh, and whichever one is played in Shreveport. I've not been to Shreveport but I'm assuming.

The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX still exists!

Louisville beat Washington 35-24!

 

[wilson reborn]

Expand it to 16 schools, and keep it away from NFL games. The scheduling has been bad

 

[torbee]

But you and I are old dudes yelling at clouds....

It’s called “wisdom” 🙂

 

[The Tradition]

So, all the conference champions are gone now.

If conference championship games are meaningless, then just fold them into the playoffs.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

The only reason they are now “meaningless” is because of the farce and greed that is the CFP.

Sport was way better when the bowls were just awesome matchups and then we got to fight over who was best.

This is NFL lite and the equivalent of the AAA playoffs in minor league baseball.

Yawn city.

And the games have almost all been duds.

Failed experiment.

I'm gonna disagree. The reason you play the games is to find a champion, not argue over hyperbolic diatribes that would make hrot political threads read civil; with louder voices, seemingly winning the vote, only due to the forum consisting of the majority of dunces.

Play the games and the winner gets the trophy. Socrates would be coughing in his grave over the mental gymnastics of a participation award that consists of espn hacks and message board posts claiming victory with a raised fist out of the earth, holding a leaf of hemlock, yet proclaiming victory.

 

[Igor Stravinsky10]

Dick Van Patten

Thank you hawkifann

 

[wilson reborn]

The only reason they are now “meaningless” is because of the farce and greed that is the CFP.

Sport was way better when the bowls were just awesome matchups and then we got to fight over who was best.

This is NFL lite and the equivalent of the AAA playoffs in minor league baseball.

Yawn city.

And the games have almost all been duds.

Failed experiment.

The key word in your post is greed

 

[torbee]

I'm gonna disagree. The reason you play the games is to find a champion, not argue over hyperbolic diatribes that would make hrot political threads read civil; with louder voices, seemingly winning the vote, only due to the forum consisting of the majority of dunces.

Play the games and the winner gets the trophy. Socrates would be coughing in his grave over the mental gymnastics of a participation award that consists of espn hacks and message board posts claiming victory with a raised fist out of the earth, holding a leaf of hemlock, yet proclaiming victory.

I’d be down for a hybrid.

Don’t let the CFP committee meet until AFTER the traditional bowls are played. Then let them pick the two most deserving teams and have them play for the natty after in the official national championship game.

Let kick ass bowls be auditions to impress the committee.

 

[BonzoFury]

No playoff in any sport should have byes. Play the fvcking games, beat the next team in front of you. Advance. If you can't, you're out and you're not the champ. It's not complicated

 

[SolarHawk]

The only reason they are now “meaningless” is because of the farce and greed that is the CFP.

Sport was way better when the bowls were just awesome matchups and then we got to fight over who was best.

This is NFL lite and the equivalent of the AAA playoffs in minor league baseball.

Yawn city.

And the games have almost all been duds.

Failed experiment.

LOFL, what an ass backwards viewpoint. Thankfully you’re a dying breed. Enjoy the pop tart bowl lol.

 

[The Tradition]

LOFL, what an ass backwards viewpoint. Thankfully you’re a dying breed. Enjoy the pop tart bowl lol.

The Pop-Tarts Bowl was freaking awesome!

FMFFM!

 

[SolarHawk]

I’d be down for a hybrid.

Don’t let the CFP committee meet until AFTER the traditional bowls are played. Then let them pick the two most deserving teams and have them play for the natty after in the official national championship game.

Let kick ass bowls be auditions to impress the committee.

Dumb

 

[The Tradition]

Dumb

I like it.

 

[torbee]

LOFL, what an ass backwards viewpoint. Thankfully you’re a dying breed. Enjoy the pop tart bowl lol.

11 minutes of the PopTart bowl was more compelling TV than about 7 hours of the CFP yawners.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

16. Conference champs get auto bid. This is about 10 years too late.

 

[Gimmered]

So, all the conference champions are gone now.

This makes sense to me. More risk than reward.

 

[SolarHawk]

I like it.

11 minutes of the PopTart bowl was more compelling TV than about 7 hours of the CFP yawners.

Get a room

 

[millah_22]

And the Sun Bowl if it still exists. Oh, and whichever one is played in Shreveport. I've not been to Shreveport but I'm assuming.

They should rename it the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Bowl

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

As far as I can tell, Texas is the only team to lead by no more than one possession at any point after Q2 in both games. Seems like all other games were over, or well in control of the ultimate winner, by halftime. Reduce it to 8 teams with no AQs. There simply aren’t twelve teams of championship caliber in any given year, and shitty conferences don’t deserve a bid simply because they exist.

 

[torbee]

Get a room

You like watching boring football - good for you! 🤷‍♂️

 

[SolarHawk]

As far as I can tell, Texas is the only team to lead by no more than one possession at any point after Q2 in both games. Seems like all other games were over, or well in control of the ultimate winner, by halftime. Reduce it to 8 teams with no AQs. There simply aren’t twelve teams of championship caliber in any given year, and shitty conferences don’t deserve a bid simply because they exist.

lol, you are such a fvcking moron. Look no further than the seeding of the teams and who’s left to completely destroy your argument.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

And the Sun Bowl if it still exists. Oh, and whichever one is played in Shreveport. I've not been to Shreveport but I'm assuming.

Independence Bowl is in Shreveport. Ended up inviting Louisiana Tech (5-7) because Marshall lost too many players to field a team. And don’t worry, you’re not missing anything in Shreveport. Bosier City is pretty nice, though.

 

[TennNole17]

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

lol, you are such a fvcking moron. Look no further than the seeding of the teams and who’s left to completely destroy your argument.

Then they need to do a better job of seeding. BTW, all the AQs are gone, which was part of the seeding, actually reinforces my argument, f.ucking moron.

PS: 🖕🏻

 

[millah_22]

Then they need to do a better job of seeding. BTW, all the AQs are gone, f.ucking moron.

PS: 🖕🏻

I think seeding should be done by who's long snappers can get the most balls into a jumbo dr pepper can.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

I think seeding should be done by who's long snappers can get the most balls into a jumbo dr pepper can.

Makes as much sense as having Boise in the top 4.

 

[13thman]

Make it a survivor season. As soon as you lose, your season is over.😁

 

[millah_22]

Makes as much sense as having Boise in the top 4.

It makes the most sense.

 

[torbee]

I think seeding should be done by who's long snappers can get the most balls into a jumbo dr pepper can.

Better criteria than whatever the CFP committee uses.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

Make it a survivor season. As soon as you lose, your season is over.😁

Texas would join the Sunbelt.