This is the year

[michaeljordan_fan]

My comment was made against the assumption that Oregon is locked into a bye. I would bet large amounts against them winning a conference championship game, if they make it there.

No one besides OD is claiming Oregon is locked into a bye.

There's plenty for both teams to play for

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Be a shame if something happened to your midget QB

Got a 5* backup.

We'll be fine

 

[Wizardhawk]

You were really hoping it would come last night, weren't you?

I mean obviously I hope the ducks lose every week no matter who they are playing, just as you do UW.

Are you still actively drinking this morning? lol

 

[duckboy33]

I mean obviously I hope the ducks lose every week no matter who they are playing, just as you do UW.

Are you still actively drinking this morning? lol

I'm not sure I would call it "actively" but what does that have to do with anything?

 

[Wizardhawk]

No one besides OD is claiming Oregon is locked into a bye.

There's plenty for both teams to play for

Uh duckboy is on that same wagon this morning. So, OD has found others to join his larping club.

 

[duckboy33]

Uh duckboy is on that same wagon this morning. So, OD has found others to join his larping club.

When did I say we are locked into a bye? I just said we're natty

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Uh duckboy is on that same wagon this morning. So, OD has found others to join his larping club.

He isn't really a duck fan. He meant to type a different letter next to the d when creating his sn, but was too lazy to fix it

 

[duckboy33]

He isn't really a duck fan. He meant to type a different letter next to the d when creating his sn, but was too lazy to fix it

I got a degree from Springfield HS that says otherwise A-hole.

 

[DayButtAssMans’s]

No one holds a altruism on the view of this new age of football.

It does look like the old paradigm of 2-3 programs being miles ahead of everyone else is diminishing. NIL is robbing just enough from those elite programs to at minimum take away depth and giving that second tier more ammo to be more of a threat.

If parity at all costs is your goal it seems it is heading that way. At least adding 2-3 more to the mix.

I don't believe that goal fits everyone. Seeing those elite machines and the quality of football they played will be missed by some even if it means more fans of middling teams feel more engaged.

I don't mind more upsets, but I do miss seeing teams that played college football at its top most capability.

Nailed it. I get wanting to hang onto the old way, and was right there 10-15 years ago. not having a legitimate playoff just doesn’t make sense with where the game’s going. It works for literally every other major sport, it will work for college football.

I was glued to the end of the Kraken game yesterday, and it’s their second game of the season for fucks sake, and itching to flip back to the end of OSU/oregon. The importance and excitement of the regular season seems alive and well, all around.

 

[duckboy33]

Nailed it. I get wanting to hang onto the old way, and was right there 10-15 years ago. not having a legitimate playoff just doesn’t make sense with where the game’s going. It works for literally every other major sport, it will work for college football.

I was glued to the end of the Kraken game yesterday, and it’s their second game of the season for fucks sake, and itching to flip back to the end of OSU/oregon. The importance and excitement of the regular season seems alive and well, all around.

I actually think the sport will be better in the long run without 2-3 teams that are way better than everyone else. NIL has ironically been an equalizer in a lot of ways.

 

[DayButtAssMans’s]

I actually think the sport will be better in the long run without 2-3 teams that are way better than everyone else. NIL has ironically been an equalizer in a lot of ways.

Agreed.

 

[Wizardhawk]

Nailed it. I get wanting to hang onto the old way, and was right there 10-15 years ago. not having a legitimate playoff just doesn’t make sense with where the game’s going. It works for literally every other major sport, it will work for college football.

I was glued to the end of the Kraken game yesterday, and it’s their second game of the season for fucks sake, and itching to flip back to the end of OSU/oregon. The importance and excitement of the regular season seems alive and well, all around.

My comments were more about the state of college football programs due to transfers and NIL than the depth of playoff field.

I'd live with a 12 team playoff if we still had college ball where most kids stayed at their schools and developed behind the older talent in front of them and we saw that cycle that kept us personally interested.

Going through the near yearly rent a QB with no ties and no real fucks to give over rivalries and whatnot doesn't mean as much now as a fan.

Happy the kids are getting paid, but really don't care for the full yearly roster turnover we are seeing far too often across the whole sport now.

 

[SoonerC]

I actually think the sport will be better in the long run without 2-3 teams that are way better than everyone else. NIL has ironically been an equalizer in a lot of ways.

I agree for sure, but contracts are inevitable and will serve to help the programs that can most generate long term money. The players have the best of all worlds right now. It can’t last.

 

[Deep Creek]

Just my opinion, but I think Big 10 and SEC will get a minimum of 3 teams in the playoffs the vast majority of the time. You don’t want to be that 3rd team though. There is a 100% chance you have to play an extra playoff game to win it all and a decent chance you open on the road

I do too. Which was the reason I asked. And from reading the articles concerning their joint meeting in Nashville, they are going to be sure that happens in the future if the CFP committee doesn't take care of it anyway. Which, like you say, I think they will.

 

[Deep Creek]

You will be lucky if you get to play a second game in College Station, and you will like it!

Vandy's going to beat your aggies in the CCG. That's where the road ends.

 

[DayButtAssMans’s]

My comments were more about the state of college football programs due to transfers and NIL than the depth of playoff field.

I'd live with a 12 team playoff if we still had college ball where most kids stayed at their schools and developed behind the older talent in front of them and we saw that cycle that kept us personally interested.

Going through the near yearly rent a QB with no ties and no real fucks to give over rivalries and whatnot doesn't mean as much now as a fan.

Happy the kids are getting paid, but really don't care for the full yearly roster turnover we are seeing far too often across the whole sport now.

The transfer portal coming along with NIL was pretty much the perfect shit storm, but what do you do now? The NCAA refused to get in front of that shit and modernize, and they had decades to figure it out.

Only way to address I’ve heard that can combat it, that makes any kind of sense anyway, is do away with that weird gray area where NIL is separate from the actual institution, and have players sign proper contracts about it. They can have buyout options like coaches if they want to transfer.

 

[SoonerC]

Just my opinion, but I think Big 10 and SEC will get a minimum of 3 teams in the playoffs the vast majority of the time. You don’t want to be that 3rd team though. There is a 100% chance you have to play an extra playoff game to win it all and a decent chance you open on the road

It’s already out there that the Big and Sec are compiling ratings data in anticipation of demanding 4 teams every year.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

The transfer portal coming along with NIL was pretty much the perfect shit storm, but what do you do now? The NCAA refused to get in front of that shit and modernize, and they had decades to figure it out.

Only way to address I’ve heard that can combat it, that makes any kind of sense anyway, is do away with that weird gray area where NIL is separate from the actual institution, and have players sign proper contracts about it. They can have buyout options like coaches if they want to transfer.

You're treating this as pay-for-play, which is fine, but players will still be able to do deals outside of that to make money on name, image, likeness.

 

[Wizardhawk]

The transfer portal coming along with NIL was pretty much the perfect shit storm, but what do you do now? The NCAA refused to get in front of that shit and modernize, and they had decades to figure it out.

Only way to address I’ve heard that can combat it, that makes any kind of sense anyway, is do away with that weird gray area where NIL is separate from the actual institution, and have players sign proper contracts about it. They can have buyout options like coaches if they want to transfer.

Yes, we've been saying that since this started. It's dumb that the early format allowed kids to say they were coming for x dollars and could grab that and jump right back in later. There's nothing to stop contracts other than kids opting to go to schools without them even for lower money than those trying to push it for program stability.

You need the sport to fully change at this point. The old-school conference alignments that pair with other sports and are ruled by the NCAA has to die.

This is a semi pro league now running under an amateur ruling body on antiquated rules and are still too beholden to networks that for sure do not have the best interest of the programs they cover at heart.

Major college football has to break off to survive long-term.

 

[Deep Creek]

Ducks will be favored in all of the rest of their games,

Hell, they should be. Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Wisconsin, Washington.