For sure, just like anyone else can or should be able to. Right now it’s just a mess though. Collectives and boosters getting creative with it wouldn’t need to be such a thing. Go do a commercial for the local plumbing company or whatever.
Of course and yet history suggests it is still more likely they drop one than the sum of the odds of them losing any individual game combined. And it could be against any of them. Having a down game somewhere is just normal in the sport.
This is why I think there is huge advantage to playing at home. You may not have a huge talent gap in the first round. We tend to think 3rd/4th teams in the Big or Sec aren’t capable, but they may have 2 losses to top teams early. Maybe they had some injuries or just got beat by a better game plan and have now addressed those issues. This is a season where Bama lost to Vandy on the road. I love the format, because it gives teams chances for redemption. I would just rather play that 1st round game at home, because it would be a much harder task starting your run in Death Valley, Happy Valley, Ann Arbor, or the Shoe. Keep in mind Big 10 honks have been talking about the SEC having a weather advantage in bowls for decades. We are going to see if that is correct. Texas has generally been a passing team under Sark imagine the difference between playing in Austin and Ann Arbor in December. We may see SEC teams play games in the snow in the playoffs
And the later in the year it goes, so does the potential for key injuries to reduce the team gameplay potential.
Best 8-4 team in the country. Or 5-7
Oh I like this format as well. I think it was well thought out by the guys that put it together. I especially the home field/on campus and the bye weeks portion. Makes teams "keep playing" because of where they might land. Either maintaining their spot or trying to get in later in the season. I'd even take it further though. I'd like the 2nd round games on the campuses of the 1-4 seeds. But I'm in the minority and not enamored with bowls like some are. I'm not in love with the auto seeding portion of auto bids. I'd prefer just the top 4 teams. But again, I think I'm in the minority.
Name one sport in all the world that does it that way. One. You can't because it's beyond stupid to have a single loss effectively eliminate a team from playing for a championship. The stupid format we had before made it so that half the teams were eliminated after the first week of the season. It was insanely stupid.
He's a Michigan Man, he's not smart enough to understand that.
That after last week you can say that is hilariously wrong. One of the best weeks in CFB in years. The idea that many of those teams would be eliminated is a joke. If they play again they will still be great games. Only shitty fans think like you.
What? Wait? I thought B1G schools had very high admission standards and only "smart" applicants were accepted. Like Stanford, Rice, Harvard, MIT, Ga Tech, Vandy, etal No?
I said that the minute the format came out - genius. And I don't think the bowls will always be involved that way ... not everyone loves them.
Oh, the horror ... a great game where a top team gets upset ... who in the world would want something exciting like that? You really advocate for less good football and call yourself a fan. LOL.
History would say you are correct:
| Year | B1G | SEC |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 39 | 36 |
Ah, the weather advantage trope. You mean both teams playing under ideal weather - indoors - somehow favors the southern teams? If you need weather to win, just get better at football.
Proven wrong on the Hoop daily.
It used to be college football -- a sport that was better than the rest. Turning it into "the rest" makes it worse, not better.
Literally only Michigan fans make that bogus claim.
it was a great weekend of football, that probably would have been even better if some of those games had elimination on the line. Alabama's was particularly great because not only was the game a back and forth close game with wild turns, but elimination was probably on the line for Alabama.