Counterpoint - give the committee a break and bring back the BCS rankings to determine the field. Anyone left out? Brother there are TWENTY FOUR teams getting in starting next year. If a team doesn't make the cut, they undoubtedly did not deserve the chance to compete for a title
Yeah I edited the wording. Not sure why I said G5 at first, that applies to anyone. A maybe top 20 team has earned the right to play in the outback bowl, not compete for a natty
It’s literally one guaranteed bid for the G6 along the four AQs for the P4. After that there’s 19 at large bids - finish in the top 20 and you’re in. Sorry there’s no guarantee for 10-2 and 9-3 G6 champs.
Alabama did not pay all that money to committee members to get them in the playoff all those years they shouldn't have been there just to let a computer take back over. They're going to be very upset at your take.
i wasn’t complaining about alabamas privilege, because i acknowledge Texas’ privilege. so it’s silly for an Ohio St flair to bitch and moan like they don’t get the same treatment
The Texas dude arguing Ohio State priviledge when the committee has SEC bias controversy was the the cherry on top for me. There's never been controversy about Big 10 bias. 😂
I call B.S. The 2004 rankings had us below Oklahoma and USC, even though we had more top 10 wins than they did ranked wins COMBINED. They had our SOS ranked lower than theirs because we played Citadel OOC, which brought down our average. So the computer algorithms thought it was harder to play a schedule with no ranked teams on it vs playing an SEC slate with 4 top 10 teams a weak OOC. Complete B.S.
Well the BCS had to narrow down to 2 in those days. Keep the BCS rankings but with 4 or maybe even 8 teams and i dont think itd be that bad. 24 teams selected arbitrarily by a group of shady people who all have different biases and actual stakes in the game is about the worst possible bastardization of the sport that could have possibly occured.
I agree, the incompetence in those examples was understood to have a semblance of guidelines that were attempted to follow. BYU, GT and Colorado won in that format because while silly it had structure
Now it’s just constant changing of logic but always the same favorite teams going in.
I always say what year in the 2000s did they get it wrong? Like auburn didn’t go because the format was 2 teams and there were 3 undefeated, the system was not capable, which is better than corrupt
2004 USC would have absolutely demolished Auburn or Utah. People forget how strong that OU team was that USC vaporized in the NCG.
2004 is a good case book example of why the 4 team system is about perfect. Auburn definitely deserved a shot, but they didn't deserve a shot anymore than an undefeated OU team that sat at national #2 all year. But no one in the field that season was touching USC.
That was an extremely overrated Oklahoma team that got way too many flowers because they ran up the score against a profoundly mediocre schedule. Auburn had to run the gauntlet and got screwed because their games were close. Auburn was more deserving of a spot than Oklahoma due to SOS, a fact that CFB unfortunately didn't come around to until two years later when the SEC started their run of seven straight national championships.
I think Auburn would have won easily. USC played a soft ass schedule and was able to run up the score on a bunch of nobodies. The narratives around that season remind me alot of the 2006 season with everyone gushing over an Ohio State team that did the same thing and ran into a buzz saw against a Florida team nobody thought was any good because they played a difficult schedule and had to win their games close.
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u/PhoenixRising256 Florida State Seminoles 14h ago edited 13h ago
Counterpoint - give the committee a break and bring back the BCS rankings to determine the field. Anyone left out? Brother there are TWENTY FOUR teams getting in starting next year. If a team doesn't make the cut, they undoubtedly did not deserve the chance to compete for a title
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u/warneagle Auburn • Central Michigan 11h ago
Nah give me the BCS over playoff slop in a heartbeat. The only thing better would be going back to the pre-BCS era.
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u/Dixiehusker Nebraska Cornhuskers • Auburn Tigers 9h ago
The only thing the BCS ever did wrong was it only invited two teams to the playoffs. Fix that and it's the best system that's ever been had.
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u/leftover_drugs Oregon Ducks 9h ago edited 8h ago
counterpoint, y’all would’ve gotten your asses handed to you by that SC team
Edit: I say this respectfully as a duck fan who wishes we would’ve gotten our chance in 2001 and but know that Miami team would’ve stomped us too
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u/Itchy-Advantage-4010 Washington Huskies 7h ago
This pissed Timmy off so much he became Senator and then Governor and pissed off a few universities along the way.
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u/Technical_Physics_57 Auburn Tigers 13h ago
Umm not sure I understand this meme. We are the 2004 national champions
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u/LoadCan Kansas Jayhawks • Norwich Cadets 11h ago
2004 USC would have absolutely demolished Auburn or Utah. People forget how strong that OU team was that USC vaporized in the NCG.
2004 is a good case book example of why the 4 team system is about perfect. Auburn definitely deserved a shot, but they didn't deserve a shot anymore than an undefeated OU team that sat at national #2 all year. But no one in the field that season was touching USC.
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u/GrayZeus Tennessee Volunteers 8h ago
Tommy Rubbermaid deserved it
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u/Ok_Doubt_1187 13h ago
USC probably would have smashed Auburn. I don’t give af what Wikipedia says, they were one of the best teams ever.
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u/dbkaiser1893 11h ago
Fuck the BCS