Something needs to be done after the garbage first round of playoffs.
- No automatic bye for conference champions seems good.
This article stops short of saying the Big12 and ACC should only get one team in, but I’d support that until proven they aren’t week conferences.
Strength of schedule needs to be a bigger factor, an 11-1 Indiana never deserved a spot. My ideal default would be 6 SEC, 3 Big10, and the other automatic qualifiers.
I don’t know what anyone expected. The bigger you make the playoff, the more blowouts you’re going to get. If you want a more competitive first round, contract the playoffs to 8.
I expected them to use better judgement in including at large teams. Swapping Indiana or SMU for Alabama/Ole Miss/South Carolina would have been better games. Putting Boise State and Arizona State in the first round and giving Texas and Ohio State byes would have better first and second rounds.
6/8 teams playing this week likely had no shot at winning the whole thing anyway, but we could have at least had some more competitive games.
Sec teams? Like Tennessee that got absolutely rocked by OSU?
It’s a super weak argument. Only Sec homers think their conference is the end all, be all. We need less sec favoritism, not more.
Indiana did well- ND was just better. You could put any of those teams you mentioned and they get the same result, if not worse for having to play in the cold.
I’m not even an SEC fan, I just recognize there’s a very real difference in depth there vs the Big10. OSU is the second best Big10 team, it’s not surprising they can beat an SEC team (especially after that embarrassing loss to Michigan). I doubt Penn State or Indiana could have. Maybe the cold really is a major factor, but I think the bigger issue is teams being inflated by soft schedules.
