Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Again, that's the nature of short 3-point lines and long 1 and done tournaments.
yeah, CBB is going to have more erratic championship outcomes but it's mostly because the NCAA tournament makes the results (unfairly) random, IMO.
The best teams are still the best teams every year. They just have bad shooting nights in the tournament. Randomness in determining a champion shouldn't be viewed as a positive.
Exactly. Neither should bragging about being successful in a sport very few even try in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother:
Pro players get paid so its a level playing field. College players aren't supposed to but a few teams do. College sports are a complete joke for that reason. There is ZERO competitive balance when teams get caught red handed with multiple level 1 infractions yet the NCAA does nothing about it
Lol. I don’t know how you typed that last sentence out with the tears shorting out your keyboard [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Again, that's the nature of short 3-point lines and long 1 and done tournaments.
yeah, CBB is going to have more erratic championship outcomes but it's mostly because the NCAA tournament makes the results (unfairly) random, IMO.
The best teams are still the best teams every year. They just have bad shooting nights in the tournament. Randomness in determining a champion shouldn't be viewed as a positive.
Yeah, so maybe 1 seed dominance versus CFB playoff appearances?
Four teams make up 32% of 1 seed spots since 1979...
UNC, 17
KU, 14
Duke, 14
UK, 12
...and 49 teams have earned a 1 seed.
Four teams make up 61% of CFP appearances...
Bama, 7
Clemson, 6
OSU, 5
OU, 4
Of course, to be more fair, you'd have to only go back ~10 years for CBB, but that's your top 4 teams year in and year out, with quite a bit more diversity in CBB. [Reply]
The College Football National Championship is almost irrelevant nationally.
There was no hype or anticipation leading into yesterday's game because it is the Monday after the NFL season finale when everyone is focused on NFL coaching moves, the upcoming playoffs, etc.
They should move the National Championship Game to the Thursday before NFL Week 18. There is no NFL game that night. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The College Football National Championship is almost irrelevant nationally.
There was no hype or anticipation leading into yesterday's game because it is the Monday after the NFL season finale when everyone is focused on NFL coaching moves, the upcoming playoffs, etc.
They should move the National Championship Game to the Thursday before NFL Week 18. There is no NFL game that night.
There shouldn't be a national championship game at all. The bowl system was fine and changing it caused a cascade of changes that is turning college football to NFL lite. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The College Football National Championship is almost irrelevant nationally.
There was no hype or anticipation leading into yesterday's game because it is the Monday after the NFL season finale when everyone is focused on NFL coaching moves, the upcoming playoffs, etc.
They should move the National Championship Game to the Thursday before NFL Week 18. There is no NFL game that night.
When the ratings come out this comment will look dumb [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The ratings will be in record low territory for yesterday’s game.
Yeah, I can't imagine those ratings will be what they'd hoped.
A matchup with a double digit spread that ended up looking generous a quarter in. TCU has no national following to speak of and UGA sated their championship bloodlust last year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The ratings will be in record low territory for yesterday’s game.
The expanded playoff system that everyone supposedly wanted resulted in a team that was nowhere near the best team in the country getting into the title game.
This is the disadvantage of the ever-expanding playoff formats. It's going to result in more title games like this, not fewer [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
The expanded playoff system that everyone supposedly wanted resulted in a team that was nowhere near the best team in the country getting into the title game.
This is the disadvantage of the ever-expanding playoff formats. It's going to result in more title games like this, not fewer
Yes in the short term, but maybe not in the longer term.
CFB is just so far behind the times and they've made their playoff largely uninteresting and their ancient bowl format largely pointless.
In the short term, more teams also means adding 2 loss SEC teams like Alabama this year, and would hopefully spread the wealth otherwise. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloucesterChief:
There shouldn't be a national championship game at all. The bowl system was fine and changing it caused a cascade of changes that is turning college football to NFL lite.
The system is fine. The committee picking the teams constantly gets it wrong is the problem. [Reply]