Did Cincinatti belong in the college football playoff?
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Not really. They weren't the 4th best team in the country. But the same probably could be said for Michigan after UGA destroyed them. But it was bound to happen. And this year provided the perfect setup to stop the non power 5 schools from crying after one of their teams goes undefeated, but mostly against a schedule of 10-11 JV type games, yet doesn't get in.
OSU would have scored multiple TDs. Probably wouldn’t win, but they’d have at least found the end zone. There are a number of other teams who would have performed better. Bama’s D had zero respect for Cincy’s offense. Consequently, Bama was perfectly content to mostly grind it out on the ground.
I’m not a fan of this idea but if you did this, I’d just have default rotation that split the 2 conference teams on opposite sides of the bracket. So year one side could have SEC East vs ACC Coastal while on opposite side be West vs Atlantic then next year it could be setup where the SEC play two PAC 12 and so on. This hopefully prevents rematches before title game and removes subjectivity of rankings.
Recall that part of the deal regarding ND joining the ACC for all league-sponsored sports except football is that they would schedule 5 games each season with ACC members on some sort of rotation. Heavy enough for ya?
When these discussions come up, I hearken back to the history, and to ND's interest in joining the B1G back in the 1920s. The league rejected their interest then because they were a Catholic school. Hard to conceive of this 95 years later.
I’m not using the transitive property any more than you did. I’ve never seen a season where teams play so differently week to week. OSU’s offense can score on anyone and I think they would have played Bama or Georgia much closer than Cincy or Michigan. The idea that Georgia and Bama are unbeatable is just not true. Bama struggled against some mediocre teams and Georgia’s vaunted defense was torched by Bama. Just disappointed that the playoff games were blowouts. Gotta believe there are teams out there that could have competed better.
By heavy I mean playing more from that conference than any other. I would imagine once they finish the next two years with clemson on the schedule, it will be quite some time before they get them again but idk. Not sure how much it helps with Navy and a couple of Pac12 and a Tulane type team to boot. Saving grace is a few Big10. If it were me, I'd be concerned.
If UGA gets a second shot at Alabama, why didn’t Notre dame deserve a second shot at Cincinnati (there only loss) .
I am not a ND fan, just don’t see how a team that lost their conference can win national championship. If they beat AL it’s a tie , no other way to look at it. Losses within a conference might show indication of strength of conference.
I am not a ND fan, just don’t see how a team that lost their conference can win national championship. If they beat AL it’s a tie , no other way to look at it. Losses within a conference might show indication of strength of conference.
It's an imperfect solution. There are too many variables at hand and there's always going to be these discussions regardless of the format.
Ideally, teams would play 10 games against each other and see who takes more. That would get us closer to a definitive truth. Until then, we have discussion forums.
Don't be. I think 12 members is more than enough, and I personally prefer 8. I like the idea of playing every school in your conference in every sport every year.
There is nothing that has happened this season that would make anyone think that OSU could have fared any better against Bama or Georgia. That is purely baseless rhetoric.
