CFP … teams in the same conference could meet up as much as 3 times in one season

[JerseyCityHawki]

Not sure what to make if this but wow I think something should be done

We're not going to sort of manipulate how the bracket gets laid out or the seeding," Clark said (h/t On3's Nick Kosko.) "We're not going to manipulate that to avoid rematches. If they happen naturally, they just happen. I imagine we're going to see some of that in this playoff. You could see teams play each other three times.
"They might play each other in the regular season, they might play each other in the conference championship, and then they see each other somewhere in the playoff. So it could happen, but we're not going to change the seeding to avoid those rematches."

CFP Director: Bracket Won't Be Manipulated to Avoid Rematches; It's 'Going to Happen'

The College Football Playoff does not plan to adjust its rankings to avoid rematches in the newly expanded 12-team playoff. In fact, CFP executive director…

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[F5n5]

they're not going to manipulate the bracket?..... they dictate the bracket.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Just do away with f***ing conference championship games.

Problem solved.

In a roundabout way, this is actually closer to the way things were pre-4 team CFP era/everyone needs a CCG era

*insert Oprah "you get a CCG, and you get a CCG".gif

The CCGs are the real outlier here, and are pretty much unnecessary cash-grabs.

Yes, I get that they want the CCGs to have a neat little layout to seed the 5 conf. champs, and the 4 that will get the top seeds/byes, but not having CCGs actually works in the favor of those that want this thing to be loaded with the best of the best.

Again, what was one of the fears coming into the season?

"Is it in Iowa's interest to miss the B10 CCG?"

Remember that question? What-if scenario, say we went 11-1 and missed the B10 CCG, would it have been better to be sitting their at 11-1, or potentially 11-2 with a beatdown in the CCG weighing on our resume?

That was legitimate discussion entering the season.

So if we were to remove the CCGs, that fear is eliminated and we're left with what we all assumed this was gonna be, a glorified and expanded beauty/popularity contest.

Say Indiana, Oregon, and Penn State all go 12-0. Instead of one of those teams then taking a loss in the CFP, and potentially getting f***ed over by the committee so they can get a 2 or 3 loss SEC team in, they'll have to manipulate things so that they leave out another undefeated team from a now-12 team playoff so they can get a f***ing 2 or 3 loss SEC team in, and make the SEC and Greg Sankey look like even bigger pieces of shit than they already do.

In an ideal world without CCGs, all 3 unbeatens would get into the CFP and their seed would be based on resume and rankings.

Yes, the CGG can simplify things, but in this era of the SEC and Big Ten wanting to get as many teams as possible in, why would they risk that by playing an extra game, that could potentially be rematch?

No, the simple solution is to do away with the not-needed cash grabs that are the CCGs, and let the rest of the process take care of itself.

 

[markfromj]

Step by step, we’ve ruined what was a perfect sport.

 

[yrunvs]

Step by step, we’ve ruined what was a perfect sport.

No. They have ruined what was a perfect sport. Just like they are ruining so many other things.

 

[IowaHawk1994]

Not sure what to make if this but wow I think something should be done

We're not going to sort of manipulate how the bracket gets laid out or the seeding," Clark said (h/t On3's Nick Kosko.) "We're not going to manipulate that to avoid rematches. If they happen naturally, they just happen. I imagine we're going to see some of that in this playoff. You could see teams play each other three times.
"They might play each other in the regular season, they might play each other in the conference championship, and then they see each other somewhere in the playoff. So it could happen, but we're not going to change the seeding to avoid those rematches."

CFP Director: Bracket Won't Be Manipulated to Avoid Rematches; It's 'Going to Happen'

The College Football Playoff does not plan to adjust its rankings to avoid rematches in the newly expanded 12-team playoff. In fact, CFP executive director…

bleacherreport.com

Get rid of those stupid conference championship games. Worthless besides the $$$ the Big 10 and NCAA want.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

What ruined it was all the mergers for broadcasting dollars.

The playoff was needed.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

No. They have ruined what was a perfect sport. Just like they are ruining so many other things.

I say we hunt down and beat the crap out of they.

 

[yrunvs]

I say we hunt down and beat the crap out of they.

It may come to that.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

It's never happened, but the possibility of teams playing each other 3 times in one season has existed since 1992, when the SEC invented the conference championship game. The possibility increased in 2014 when they went from the 2-team Coalition/Alliance/BCS/CFP to the 4-team CFP. The 12-team CFP increases the chances significantly, and its sure to happen sometime, but it's not like it was an impossibility until now. I actually don't have a problem with it. If you're going to expand the postseason, why balk about teams matching up multiple times?

The thing that a lot of people don't realize is that, in the end, it's going to fix nothing. The blue-bloods actually have more of a chance of staying "in power" now than they did before. I'm actually going to find it quite funny when this season's national championship game is #7 Notre Dame vs. #8 Alabama.

 

[fezzador]

I say we hunt down and beat the crap out of they.

They = 55+ year old rich white men in three piece suits

 

[BonzoFury]

They = 55+ year old rich white men in three piece suits

You're stealing BeatTheOhioState's schtick.

 

[BonzoFury]

Nothing fundamentally wrong with it. If Oregon and tOSU win out and tOSU wins the conference champ game...they would both deserve a playoff slot at 12-1.
The only "solution" is to do away with conference championship games. FCS has a playoff but no conference championship games.

BTW in college basketball it's possible for teams to play 4 times. It's happened a few times

 

[desihawk]

they're not going to manipulate the bracket?..... they dictate the bracket.

it's hilarious how they say that but to be fair the manipulation starts off within conferences in week one

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

You're stealing BeatTheOhioState's schtick.

Well how old are they, so we have a way of identifying them?........

 

[GarryO37]

I really don’t care that teams have the potential of playing each other three times in any given year.

1) The regular season is a fight to play for the conference championship as well as a spot in the CFP.
2) The conference championship decides who the conference champion is and is a fight for a better seed or first round bye in the CFP.
3) The CFP decides who the best team in college football is and crowns a national champion through somewhat of a stress/endurance test. You have to bring it game after game for potentially four top ten match up games in a row.

Any team that makes it through that is a true undisputed National Champion in my book.

So if someone asks me, “Do you care that Oregon vs Ohio State have played 3 times in the 2024 season?” My answer is going to be, “Absolutely not!” Especially if all three games are just as good as the first game this year.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Nothing fundamentally wrong with it. If Oregon and tOSU win out and tOSU wins the conference champ game...they would both deserve a playoff slot at 12-1.
The only "solution" is to do away with conference championship games. FCS has a playoff but no conference championship games.

BTW in college basketball it's possible for teams to play 4 times. It's happened a few times

I can’t wait to see which major conference is going to say “Ok, we’ll give up our multimillion $ CCG because some people don’t like it.” I’m sure the Indianapolis travel bureau will give full support.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

I can see it both ways.
CCGs are unnecessary with a 12 team playoff.
BUT, if there is a 3 game series between tosu and oregon or bama and georgia like the initial matchups those teams had I would absolutely watch them.
The best teams with the most skilled players making spectacular plays is entertaining. And in the end that's what I want to see.
If Maximus is asking "Are you entertained?", then the answer in the 12 team playoff era would be "F#$k Yes" for that kind of game whether it's the first or fourth time in that season the 2 teams have played.

 

[swihawk]

Any playoff scenario is better than writers and coaches voting a popularity contest every year to pull a mythical national champion out their ass.

 

[BonzoFury]

I really don’t care that teams have the potential of playing each other three times in any given year.

1) The regular season is a fight to play for the conference championship as well as a spot in the CFP.
2) The conference championship decides who the conference champion is and is a fight for a better seed or first round bye in the CFP.
3) The CFP decides who the best team in college football is and crowns a national champion through somewhat of a stress/endurance test. You have to bring it game after game for potentially four top ten match up games in a row.

Any team that makes it through that is a true undisputed National Champion in my book.

So if someone asks me, “Do you care that Oregon vs Ohio State have played 3 times in the 2024 season?” My answer is going to be, “Absolutely not!” Especially if all three games are just as good as the first game this year.

This is why I think there should be no "byes". Unfair advantage to 4 teams. Just go with 16 like the FCS does. Why not? You're already at 4 rounds of games

 

[onlyTheObvious]

This is why I think there should be no "byes". Unfair advantage to 4 teams. Just go with 16 like the FCS does. Why not? You're already at 4 rounds of games

FCS has byes and 24 teams for the last decade or so.

 

[Bishop_71]

FCS has byes and 24 teams for the last decade or so.

Yeah, I swear it's ridiculous how they run it now

 

[BonzoFury]

FCS has byes and 24 teams for the last decade or so.

Those bastards. Still...no byes.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Those bastards

They did it mostly so the non scholarship FCS conferences could have an auto bid. Which is a joke because non scholarship FCS is damn near DIII quality in most cases.

 

[GarryO37]

This is why I think there should be no "byes". Unfair advantage to 4 teams. Just go with 16 like the FCS does. Why not? You're already at 4 rounds of games

Those 4 teams earned it with their regular season and conference championship play. Even with that bye, you’re still winning 3 top ten matchups in a row and deserving of being considered an undisputed national champion. There’s no need for 16 teams. With 12 teams, it means the regular season and conference championship still matter.