Re: If Ohio State and Oklahoma both win big and

I just don't like this new concept that we're going start suddenly discounting going undefeated against a major conference schedule (and make no doubt they played a major conference level schedule).

Right now we have the same record, if we beat Pitt this weekend we will only be doing something they did as well. Is our schedule at that point really so much better?

The only logical argument to me is if the CFP committee somehow wants to make a point about them having to join a conference, but I just don't see this ND team being left out. If you say they are eligible to get in at the start of the season, and then they win every game, how do you leave them out?

I don't like the idea that you can play football in a division of football in which even if you win every single game you can't win the title. That just seems off to me (and I ditto that with UCF).

So unless we make it a rule that ND isn't eligible because they aren't in a conference, I just hate the idea of leaving them out to put in a team who has lost.

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Nov 26, 2018, 2:52 PM

I REALLY dislike ND. Especially living up here in Indiana. But I just don't see how you can argue that they should be left out going undefeated.

And I openly advocate for an 8 team tournament with the P5 champs and then the silly/nebulous "best" argument used to fill the rest of the field. Max 2 teams per conference. At least one spot will be filled by an available undefeated non P5 team including independents (if they exist).

Round one played 2 weeks after conference championships at the home of the higher seed (or a field of their choosing as available) so there's a bye week between conf champ game, round 1, and round 2.

It gives a weight to opinions on scheduling and performance as it gives seeding an even greater importance than now, but it gives every team (or at least every P5 team and most every non P5 team) a chance to win their way to the title no matter how the other teams on their schedule perform.

At least 30% of tickets made available to visiting team (and distributed back to home team if not claimed by visiting team within a week)

This year it might look like this:

1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) ND
4) Ohio State
5) Oklahoma
6) UGA
7) UCF
8) Washington

So, On December 15th


1) Alabama     vs  8) Washington
2) Clemson     vs  7) UCF
3) ND          vs  6) UGA
4) Ohio State  vs  5) Oklahoma

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If Ohio State and Oklahoma both win big and

As funny as that would be...

Re: As funny as that would be...

I would love to see it...

And honestly, they SHOULD be in

They have arguably played a comparable schedule to ours

I've been a proponent of a 6 team or 8 team playoff.

On that we agree

Re: If Ohio State and Oklahoma both win big and

MAYBE if the bucknuts hadn't lost to Purdue by 26. As it is

Re: If Ohio State and Oklahoma both win big and

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