2025-26 College Football

[cpalmer2k]

I Pray this NEVER happens ....
Do you really think the 32nd or 64th team is capable of winning the whole thing ?

That would take about 2 months of playoffs, remember this isn't basketball where you can play 2 or 3 games a week.

I KNOW the local team (generally one of the top teams in the MAC would have NO prayer in playing against the Big Boys for 4 games ... maybe 1, they do win thier share of the games against the Top division .... howevr if they had to play games against them every week, it would Never happen.

What Should happen is the Group of 5 schools should have thier own playoff system, this way they have a fair chance at a Championship.

You never know what can happen until you try it. Every year there are smaller schools that upset the "big boys" in those pay to show up games. Is it likely? Probably not, but I'd rather see that go on than watch all these bowl games we have now with the opt outs, etc. The majority of the spots would still come from the Group of 5 and it wouldn't take that much longer than what we do now.

If you eliminated the Conference Championships you would start out the first weekend in December, in this case, December 5th/6th. If you started with 32 teams you'd have a slate of 16 total games airing across the usual networks. Next weekend would've been 16 teams remaining, so another 8 games and so on. Playing every week (depending on where Christmas actually falls) you could have the entire thing done earlier than when the National Championship is played now..

 

[Jimbo]

You never know what can happen until you try it. Every year there are smaller schools that upset the "big boys" in those pay to show up games. Is it likely? Probably not, but I'd rather see that go on than watch all these bowl games we have now with the opt outs, etc. The majority of the spots would still come from the Group of 5 and it wouldn't take that much longer than what we do now.

If you eliminated the Conference Championships you would start out the first weekend in December, in this case, December 5th/6th. If you started with 32 teams you'd have a slate of 16 total games airing across the usual networks. Next weekend would've been 16 teams remaining, so another 8 games and so on. Playing every week (depending on where Christmas actually falls) you could have the entire thing done earlier than when the National Championship is played now..

32 teams waters down from the Elite to the just being there with no chance teams ...
Then again, I didn't want 12 teams, definitely not 16 or more unfortunately, they will continue to water the season down and add more teams ...

I would have been ok with 8 teams, at least 8 teams actually have a chance to win it all.

Typically theres only a hand ful of teams that have a realistic chance anyways ... occasionally you have a teams get good and take the place of another ...
2 years ago, if I said Indiana would be ranked #1, you'd have laughed at me ... Vanderbilt in the top 20 ?

The fact that you have teams playing that will play and hope to come out of the game with no devastating injuries, thats what happens when Group of 5 teams play the big boys ... MAC schools and other smaller schools that step up and play the Big Boys on occasion ... they ONLY play them for the Pay check.

 

[osu1991]

That was then, this is now. NIL and transfer portal have changed the playing field.

 

[Jimbo]

That was then, this is now. NIL and transfer portal have changed the playing field.

Your right, now any very good players playing for Group of 5 teams transfer to Power 5 schools.

How many times do you see players leaving a Power 5 school for lack of breaking the starting line up and dropping down to a G5 schools ?
Very rare .... they move from P5 to P5 normally.

 

[madmadworld]

No matter the sport there are never anymore than 8 teams that are worthy of being in a playoff system. anymore is just about $$$$$$$$$$$. and 8 is a stretch.

 

[osu1991]

View: https://youtu.be/_rOVZMpAYxw?si=_apDG95KAWmTgjZ8

 

[Foxbat]

The best part is the last 45 seconds…

 

[Yespage]

Well, I bet 15 cents that James Madison would make the playoffs so I'm not a quadrillionaire.

I'm really not certain about this whole Indiana thing. My brain keeps on crashing when it sees Indiana is #1.

Otherwise 7 teams earned the playoffs while the remainder get to be in the playoffs for one reason or another. Can't wait for the final some time in what... June?

 

[osu1991]

View: https://youtu.be/q4kAZpCwDr8?si=sJ0CImI-4fklq0kB

 

[Yespage]

Sounds like the University of Michigan Head Coach was caught offside. Then things might have gotten a bit heated as a result. Fired and in police custody now.

 

[osu1991]

View: https://youtu.be/5dN73QObPDc?si=ZtFSkxpqlukgQvLD

 

[cpalmer2k]

Rough night for Ohio State. They're now 1-3 all time against the ACC in the CFP. They're 6-1 against all other conferences. The ACC has their number for some reason.

 

[Derwin0]

Rough night for Ohio State. They're now 1-3 all time against the ACC in the CFP. They're 6-1 against all other conferences. The ACC has their number for some reason.

SEC owns them as well (going back to the BCS era).

That's what happens when you play in a conference with only 1 or 2 good teams.

This is why the Big Ten wanted to get 4 guaranteed bids, they knew they couldn't earn that many.

 

[Yespage]

Well, as anyone would have expected at the start of the season, Indiana thrashed Alabama, allowing only 3 points to be scored against them. The win helps dull the pain of OSU losing to Miami last night for the Big Ten or so. The SEC is struggling this year, 3-7 so far in the Bowl season. Yeah, 10 games and it is so far. Big Ten or so are 9-4 so far, with Indiana demonstrating their national ranking wasn't a fluke. Historic Big 10 or so powerhouse Oregon beat Texas Tech (I have no idea what conference they play in... maybe Conference USA or the Big East... Big West Sky?) leaving a pair of SEC teams left (I assume) to fill out the semi-final bracket.

The bracket is justifying it's existence as we get more and more evidence that College Football ranking is a terrible way to determine national champions.

 

[madmadworld]

What other sport takes a month off then starts the playoffs ?
Just wrong

 

[meStevo]

Hey look, an actual competitive game.

 

[Yespage]

Bad weekend for legacy teams. Great weekend for the bracket.

 

[Jimbo]

SEC owns them as well (going back to the BCS era).

That's what happens when you play in a conference with only 1 or 2 good teams.

This is why the Big Ten wanted to get 4 guaranteed bids, they knew they couldn't earn that many.

Hmmm, they've won the last 2 championships and have a Good chance to Win a 3rd straight ... with 3 different teams.

 

[Jimbo]

And in 2 years, Indiana is the First team in the Top 4 (those who have a Bye week, and 20+ days before your next game) to Win.
This year, the Buckeyes, Texas Tech (or was it A&M ) and Georgia all lost with the long lay off.

Last year, all 4 teams lost iirc.

Several things need to change ...
If they are going to continue with the Bye week for the Top 4, they need to have a bye week and PLAY the next week.
They really should change to the first 2 rounds to being at the Home teams field.

They can't have the Portal opening in the middle of the playoffs.
They currently have the Portal open when the Top teams are playing in thier Playoffs

They should make it so coaches can't change teams until a week after the Championship game.

 

[Jimbo]

While watching these playoff games I'm watching Kickers trot out to make 50-60 yard FGs, and they make them every time ....

Still wondering why Ohio State hasn't had a reliable kicker since 2004.

They have cost them dearly in the last few years.

Theres a Great Kicker right down the street from me, local High School Liberty Center Ohio, he will kick for someone next year ....