Everything We Learned From the Playoffs and Round 2 Predictions

[@WumbologyPHD]

I feel like people don't even remember that even with a 4 team playoff we got absolute blow outs as well.

[@drivebyquipper]

This guy is a dweeb, so ...

[@Gamermonk999]

They happen. It's life.

[@zkeletonz001]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. A good number of the championship games have been blowouts too.

[@justinarney3050]

Alabama got blown out by Clemson one year so I guess by SEC fan logic they didn't deserve to make it that year.

[@leonardoportillo8478]

@@zkeletonz001was just about to say TCU got embarrassed a few years ago

[@joeym5243]

People need to stop complaining about who does or doesn't get in, it's a good mix of the "best" teams and those who have earned it, even if they might get blown out

[@keeganworthen]

but people want to see good games

[@enzogurijala5464]

Also it's unfair to teams like Alabama who are more deserving, who were snubbed in favor of teams like Indiana and SMU with no Strength of schedule

[@Aerorian]

@@enzogurijala5464SMU and Indiana didn’t lose to Vandy

[@mesotheliomamike4748]

This isn’t March madness this is the best of the best the cream of the crop

[@jeffrucks4477]

so---lousy teams?

[@The-one-person-you-remember]

Oregon vs Ohio State is legitimately a tradition Rose Bowl

[@JesusisLord756]

Technically not since Oregon is now a big 10 team

[@georgealvarez1195]

@@JesusisLord756 what does tradition mean buddy?

[@daleburrer1546]

@@georgealvarez1195 not the first time they have met in postseason

[@JesusisLord756]

@ it isn't traditional to have 2 big 10 teams in the rose bowl

[@theace8502]

@@JesusisLord756yeah, but they’re not saying that. I know you’re probably being purposely obtuse or pedantic, but obviously Oregon was in the PAC for a long time, so them playing an equally historic B1G team is what they’re referring to as “traditional”. I.E. what you would have seen for almost the entirety of the rose bowls history

[@luckylucas8596]

The playoffs have always had blowouts. Alabama vs Michigan State ended 38-0. Oregon torched FSU 59-20. Don’t even look at the Oklahoma playoff games. Hell, even the natty has blowouts. Bama beat OSU by 30 in 2021. UGA sent a TCU team that lowkey smoked the Big Ten champs back to NAIA. If you think that 12 teams is what leads to this, you must not have been watching the playoffs before.

[@williamjones11]

Exactly. Even four teams was too much. Twelve is insane. Thanks for making our point for us.

[@eatingyoshi4403]

​@@williamjones11the only playoffs that wouldn't have blowouts would be a 1 team playoff. Judging how good a playoff schedule is by whether or not a blowout can happen is kinda odd.

[@Bsmd25]

@@williamjones11so we should just go back to a committee just deciding who the national champion is?😂

[@soapsatellite]

I don't understand college football fans. There's this weird elitism that doesn't exist with any other sport at any other level. Well, except maybe European soccer. You can explain and introduce a concept that makes sense to 99.9% of sports fans and college football fans act like it's something from outer space. It's ridiculous!

[@frieborn5333]

@@BraveTarnished-l2qread the last sentence of the first paragraph

[@mervyngreene6687]

LBJ explained it perfectly. "...the best and the brightest" beating the crap out of each other

[@Jay2cut]

It’s because college fans aren’t really sports fans they just support there schools and love to party😂

[@justinarney3050]

say it with me..... "Just because these teams got blown out doesn't mean they didn't deserve to be in the playoff"

[@vClassical]

yeah but like, alabama would touch any of these teams that got blown out in the first round. atleast change the formula that decides what teams make it to the playoffs. would rather see a 3 loss team who played good teams instead of a one loss team who played nobody and 1 real ranked team

[@TJ-dg2ff]

lol bro what? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard its about putting the best teams in am I wrong? those teams proved they're not the " best teams "

[@justinarney3050]

@@vClassical because losses should have consequence. Indiana and SMU may not be better than Alabama on paper but when you lose you'll drop in rankings no matter how good you are and how many top players you have on your team. Which is why they were ahead of them before championship week. To say a team shouldn't drop behind teams in rankings when that other team wins doesn't make since in any ranking system because it makes those games in theory pointless. Your argument would allow a team with 4+ losses still be a top 12 team in the country just because they had a top SOS.

[@justinarney3050]

@@TJ-dg2ff Nope its the most deserving who should get the last few spots. and when you lose you should drop below teams that are on paper worse than you if they also win cause at that point they deserve a higher ranking. that's just how rankings work and have always worked. SMU and Indiana were already not considered the "best teams" by not earning themselves a home game. The committee here also did not punish teams much for losing a conference championship which is why SMU still got in.

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

@@vClassical Alabama lost to Tennessee. Tennessee got blown out in thr first round. Alabama would've been skull-dragged in any of these games.

[@Obitostan2001]

Blowouts happen. I doubt Ole Miss could beat Osu or Notre Dame

[@ohiostateandgreenbaypackersfan]

Ole Miss is good, they just choke in small games. Sort of like Alabama

[@Michael-sb8jf]

​@ohiostatefan1667 If you choke in small games you dont deserve a shot and thus are a bad team

[@ohiostateandgreenbaypackersfan]

@@Michael-sb8jf fair enough

[@bender9222222222]

osu no ND absolutely 😂

[@deepfornoreasonx]

Anybody can beat anybody but Ole Miss and Alabama definitely didn't "Deserve" it.

[@queenofthesalt5199]

Y’all saying teams are fraudulent or legit as if football hasn’t been an Any Given Sunday sport since long before any of us were alive.

[@Chimonya]

It's not an any given Sunday situation because these aren't professional teams with parity. This is in between high school where there's huge gulfs of talent leading a few teams to be nationally ranked every year / win state championships while others do very little movement talent wise, and the pros where everyone is pretty close it just comes down to organizational execution, overall team maturity and a little bit of superstar disparities (but not nearly as much as college or high school). There's huge differences between the average team in the SEC vs. the Big 12 (for instance). I mean a bottom feeder SEC team might have a blue chip ratio on the 40s, whereas a bottom feeder Big 12 team might have one in the sing digits. The myth that you are what your record says you are is just that, a myth. It's not true in college. 11-1 in the AAC is not equivalent to 11-1 in the SEC. It just isn't. And you see that play out every year in bowl games and now the playoffs. Now there's still good teams outside of the SEC, I'd say the best team in college football this year could come from the big 10. But if you were to truly look at the top 20 BEST teams instead of the top 20 DESERVING (based on record) teams, there's like 7-8 SEC teams in that top 20 discussion (Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Florida, Texas A&M?) for BEST teams, there's only 4-5 big 10 teams, 2 big 12 teams, prolly 2-3 ACC teams, notre dame, Boise, and maybe another at large. And you see this disparity in recruiting classes each year including this year. 8 of the top 11 recruiting classes this year were SEC schools, 12 of the top 21. The average SEC team is built differently.

[@metroidnerd9001]

Having some lopsided matchups in a bracket is a sign that it’s big enough. Every team that has a shot to win it all got in; the extra teams are padding. Sometimes those lower seeds will have contenders, sometimes they won’t, so we make the playoff slightly bigger to make sure real contenders never get left out.

[@ckq]

Yeah but Bama missed it and they were up 28-0 on Georgia.

[@metroidnerd9001]

@ Then they shouldn’t have lost to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma

[@nathanvandyke9951]

​@@ckqand 5-5 Oklahoma was up 24-3 on Alabama. While Alabama and Ole Miss have more "ranked" wins than SMU, Clemson, Boise State, and Indiana combined, they also have more unranked losses than those 4 teams combined. The worst loss from SMU, Clemson, Boise State, and Indiana is Clemson losing to 9-3 Louisville. The best loss from Ole Miss or Alabama is Alabama losing to 10-2 Tennessee. The next best is Ole Miss losing to 8-4 LSU. In short, most playoff teams have fewer ranked wins than those 3-loss SEC teams, but they also have fewer unranked losses. That's why they got in while Alabama and Ole Miss didn't.

[@big_pb]

​@@nathanvandyke9951fair point but if SMU loses their championship game to a 3 loss team then shouldn't they consider putting in a 3 loss team over them in the playoffs? Not to mention how badly it's structured, 12 teams is fine but there's no reason ASU and Boise should have first round byes over Texas, Ohio St, Penn St, and georgia just for winning their extremely top-heavy conferences

[@nathanvandyke9951]

@big_pb possibly, if it's a 3-loss team that lost their conference championship. I just can't find any logical way to put a 9-3 P4 team in over an 11-2 P4 team, regardless of conference, SOS, or whatever. If you can't even make it to your conference title game, you shouldn't be given a spot over a team who did. That's the whole concept of punishing teams for extra games, which is exactly what the committee said they wouldn't do, so SMU was in regardless. Love it or hate it, it still comes down to this: if you win your games, you're in. The teams that the committee chose helped set a good precedent: if you can win 10+ games and make your conference title, you're in. Even if you miss the conference title game, 10+ wins should get you close enough to make it, regardless of the conference. If you're a big-name program that's recruiting in the top 10 every year, that's honestly a low bar for the regular season, so if you can't even hit that, you shouldn't be rewarded for underachieving while other teams (like Indiana and SMU) are overachiveing.

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

Playoff games at the school's home stadium will be almost a gimme

[@MB-ig6gl]

So first we had split NCs due to having 3 "equal" teams but only 2 allowed in the BCS Game. We go to 4 team playoff and have issues of some conferences (SEC) feeling they should get more than one spot and leave other conferences out. So now we have a 12 team playoff to get to the NC game. This solves the issues of conference strength, leaving out a team that deserves/earned a spot, etc. So with this we get some teams in some years that are not competitive with the rest. We saw that wit the first round and may see more in the second round. If we want 'good bowl games" then we go back and not have clear Champions. Or just start watching when the field is down to 4 teams.

[@jefflane617]

I think 12 is best every team should have control of their own destiny (of course the conferences could undo this due to a combination of mega sizing and bad scheduling, but I believe this is a different argument for a different comment). If teams are eliminated before the first snap of the season.... give me the Mythical Champions of years past and be just be honest about it.

[@ZVPieGuy]

​@jefflane617 12 is a strange number to put into a bracket, and it doesn't really make sense that the top 4 Conference champions get a bye but the 5th doesn't even get a home game. It should have been 8 or 16 with nobody getting a bye, or maybe 14 with only the top 2 getting byes like the NFL.

[@big_pb]

The first round byes should be reserved for the four best teams while the other 8 should be conference champions and wildcard spots

[@stephenjohnson2224]

Clemson vs Texas was at least competitive.

[@IsaacPunts]

you didn't watch any of the games then EDIT: I read what the comment is wrong, I read "they were the least competitive" what the comment says is correct

[@GoBucks4]

@@IsaacPuntsClemson started to comeback but then just let Texas just run through them

[@SisyphusMMA]

We were so close to actually winning, but our coordinators on both sides of the ball cost us the game.

[@WumbologyPHD]

I do think people don't realize that this first round is designed to be the most lop-sided EVER. First of all, a huge percentage of previous playoff games are decided by 10+ points. And that was when 1 played either 2 or 4. Or 2 played 1 or 3. Now we have a match-up as bad as 5 and 12. And when you throw in home field advantage it tips the scales even more. Also, just because a team loses, even by a significant amount, it doesn't mean they didn't deserve to be there. But I'm also not saying that this playoff selection was perfect. But losing doesn't automatically disqualify. I think strength of record should matter more in the selection. And that these should probably be played at neutral sites. This should balance them better in my opinion.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Ever since the 4 team playoff I had been saying we needed 8 teams. But they skipped right over 8 teams to 12. And now it looks like 8 teams would have been better. 7 Power Conference teams and 1 Group of Five team. That's how I had imagined it all along and I still feel it would have been ideal.

[@debow1844]

I just can’t comprehend why some college football fans want less games in the playoff. If you don’t wanna watch a blowout switch to another game, stop trying to ruin something that every fan has wanted since the introduction of the 4 team playoff.

[@stetsonpowers5010]

The SMU game could have been a lot better if the QB didn’t choke

[@tcgsarahkris]

Couldn’t agree more. Defense held up great. Game easily could’ve been 14 to 0 SMU at half

[@michaelokeefe8709]

@@tcgsarahkris would have...should have..... DIDN'T!!!!

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

I think the lesson to be learned isn't "we need to change how we evaluate teams." I think the lesson is "we need to change how we SEED teams." Penn State was ranked #3. Instead of getting a first-round bye or even the no. 5 seed, they played the second-to-last team in the CFP so that the No. 9 and 12 teams got their byes. Now, if Boise and Az State prove to be better than Penn State and Texas (respectively), maybe that'll be a good thing. If not, it'll be fair to wonder if keeping the exact same playoff field and re-seeding the teams would've avoided some of the really bad blowouts. It's unlikely - I'd argue a laughable idea - that swapping in teams like Alabama or Ole Miss with stronger schedules would change anything since they've already demonstrated they aren't any better than Tennessee (with one losing to the Vols, and the other struggling to even beat bottom-feeders like Kentucky). As good as Ohio State is, there isn't a big gap between them and Pann State or Notre Dame, or at least one big enough to justify overlooking Tennessee's blowout loss. When you're ranked lower, but have a way better schedule, it's because you truly, royally screwed up. It's hard to trust a team that drops the ball (pun intended) that hard to replicate their best wins in the CFP.

[@Chimonya]

Naw, forget the stupid auto bids. 8-12 Best teams are in. That's it. Consider SOS in that too. If you don't like that, I can tell you what's going to happen. It's going to revert to an auto seed where the SEC and Big 10 get 4 automatic seeds, big 12 gets 1, ACC 1-2, 1-2 at large bids (Including Notre Dame and the Pac-12). That's what's coming if people don't fix this. Otherwise shrink and be SEC and Big10 with 2 auto seeds, 1 seed from ACC, Big 12, and 2 at large bids. That's what's coming.

[@centrist1008]

I love the Penn State throwbacks

[@Clemsnman]

Playing at home is good.

[@jaredharmer7047]

It might take years before a big upset happens, and that’s OK. As a Utah fan, I wish our 06 and 09 team had this playoff - I genuinely believe both teams would’ve won

[@kablah777]

“Might be the 5th best team now that ole Miss and Alabama got to rack up some hypothetical wins” pure solid comedic gold!!!!

[@Chiefsfan12]

0:17 torching bad teams, the only ranked team they played all year was Ohio State and which they got blew out 38-15

[@FootballWiseGuy]

Excited for the Boise state game, I’m a fan, and I think a lot of people will be afterwards if they’re not already, enjoy the show

[@vhhawk]

I gotta say, this was fun. I'm an old dude who never liked the obsession with #1 .. but I am totally down for more of this.

[@AnthonyJames-ew9nv]

I think having those “mid” teams are good because yes right now they struggled but now that it has become real they will start to gain experiences and also it gives a chance for truly random Cinderella teams to win

[@Lonewanderer1738]

I agree experience matters that’s how Clemson made it and was competitive

[@VGMenjoyer]

Nah I think PSU can contain jeanty. This is a playoff game remember, and penn state is team that certainly knows how to prepare. Also think about the other side of the ball. I’m sure Allar will have some fun with the Boise state defense

[@HydroHollic]

We still don't know much about Notre Dame tbh, considering both they and Indiana had Charmin soft schedules, and their (ND's) two top 25 wins are against the armed forces teams, which are better this year, but still not great. SMU, Indiana, and Notre Dame all had the same thing going for them, and that was soft schedules. And if Georgia beats ND, we won't know much about Georgia either.

[@seanjohnson8225]

No different then watching TCU get crushed in the National Championship

[@Koby5649]

Completely different, because this is not the National Championship lol.

[@johnstover4584]

I tried watching five minutes of the Notre Dame game and didn't watch another one. Once I saw that blowout I knew they all were going to be blowouts. Idaho would of kept it closer against these teams.

[@Koby5649]

SMU also faced and beat Louisville at home. BYU was not their only significant game. The issue is that Defense in the ACC is terrible, so they weren't used to that.

[@distirium6828]

Tennessee is the most injured team in the country. They weren’t even at 60% healthy. When you’re having to start third string players on defense then obviously it’s gonna be hard to compete. That doesn’t mean they didn’t deserve to be in the playoff. They most definitely did. They just didn’t have the players to support a long run.

[@ktill97kt]

FSU missed out because of a QB being missing so in retrospect I think there’s an argument Tennessee should’ve been left out due to the standard set by the committee

[@nickdevoe9554]

The top 12 was perfect it’s just home field advantage

[@SparklingFedoras]

I think Clemson surprisingly was the only loss team that deserved to be in. If they scored that td at the 1 yd line they would have put up the e most points against Texas all year long which is 31

[@JustShedow-nx5um]

Only game i was REALLY dammed about was SMU. I expected more but,anything can happen ig. Especially bc i kept being told they were a good contender.

[@elijahjohnston-ligesha]

The 12th team playoff is an extended round to see who makes the 8-Team playoff

[@JAKIGGLE]

1:29 it will be a neutral site

[@The_elderly_lord]

Against Georgia, in Atlanta… about the least neutral a neutral site can be

[@elmoqbobo]

there are so many competetive teams with talented athletes and coaches. it would be good busines and exposure for at least 18 seeds

[@RobotVoice99]

No amount of evaluation tweaks will stop blowouts from happening. There will be at least one blowout next round, and most likely one in the semis. There is a decent chance the championship game will be a blowout. Just tthr way football is. Hell, the Super Bowl had a long run where the majority of games were blowouts.

[@aaronfischer9885]

Oregon, Arizona State, Boise State and Notre Dame advance.

[@joepauly2311]

Conference realignment. 6 20-team super conferences SEC, BIG10, Big 12, ACC, MW and MAC? Each team plays 8 games in conference and 1 game against a team in each of the other 5 conferences.

[@Michael-sb8jf]

No we need smaller divisions with 8-10 teams. That way you have a true round robin thus end up with the most deserving team to represent that conference in a playoff If your school can't make the cut in conference play GET BETTER

[@jefflane617]

@@Michael-sb8jf I say conference sizes can't be prime numbers larger than 7. Scheduling becomes a crap shoot larger. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 16 (maybe 20 if rivalries are ignored) allow for the best scheduling.

[@propotato4231]

What we learned is what we already knew 😲😲😲😮😮🤯🤯🤯

[@hestoncjr.3560]

I feel like some people don't realize the talent disparity between a top 5 team and a top 15 team I fully believe the committee got it right, unlike last year. Tennessee belonged there, Indiana Belonged there, SMU belonged there, and Clemson belonged there and deserved to be rewarded for the seasons they had regardless of SOS. The playoff was made to reward seasons like these. Bama fans can complain all they want but maybe you should not lose by 21 points to an unranked team.

[@samh8641]

Just need to re rank the bracket after the first round. Would make things a lot less cheesy for Oregon.

[@4CornersTV2021]

Personally, for OSU, I feel like either two things happened against Michigan: They threw the game on purpose (unlikely) Chip Kelly got petty with the run game cuz Michigan outran his offense (likely) He knows what to do and the game against Tenessee proves it, he just needs to not be petty when something isn't working

[@breakthechains5931]

Kelly can be very stubborn... Learned that when he was at Oregon. He couldn't adjust against teams that had their offense figured out. It's why he failed in the NFL too with Philly.

[@notreallyme425]

Eight is enough. That’s what I learned.

[@FootballWiseGuy]

The most competitive game was a three loss team versus an SEC team

[@Gbzildo]

That’s what happens when teams with very different tiers collide

[@TheDunester]

You gotta make a video about the absolutely abysmal special team performances in the Idaho Potato Bowl

[@c.i.demann3069]

they should get rid of the "conference champs get byes" thing. Give the top 4 teams byes, regardless of conference. The would have had Boise and ASU playing this past weekend and, who knows, maybe it gives us some watchable games.

[@darkwol9089]

The fact some teams domt have a specialist coach is baffling to me as a OC lmfao

[@jameshirning5615]

I think they got everybody right. Maybe some of the games will be closer in the future just didn't play out like it did yeah the NCAA committee did get the the right teams in

[@bananagrape-nq4oz]

I agree on the notre dame part, they have a weaker schedule than SMU and Indiana so I’m not convinced they’re on the level of Georgia

[@theassinthehat]

TN Tech, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, UMass, MS State, LOST to Ole Miss, boy that Georgia schedule lol

[@BozBoy101]

​@@theassinthehatalabama, tennessee, texas twice?

[@theassinthehat]

@BozBoy101 Alabama aint good this year, Tennessee was shown to be a fraud this weekend. Yes they beat Texas twice but you can't possibly tell me they had a hard schedule when half the teams they played were roll overs

[@NikolaiG8]

@@theassinthehat Name a team with a considerably tougher schedule then. Georgia is #1 in SOS

[@BozBoy101]

@@theassinthehat half of oregons schedule is rollovers but were not talking about them in bad light. also, tennessee isnt fraudulent, they just played osu, who if you payed attention, is a VERY GOOD TEAM. tennessee had no advantage over them. anywhere. georgia tech is not bad by any means, and kentucky and mississippi state have been competing in sec games all year.

[@danielalicea5960]

Boise State's offense isn't gonna do anything crazy. UNLV held them to 21 points, what do you think Penn State's defense is gonna do?

[@jeffw3899]

And how many against Wyoming?

[@soboredrn-v8e]

Look, it comes down to this. If you want confrence championships to matter then the playoff has to be 12-14 teams. The other. option is going to 8 teams and not having conference championships and taking the top 8 after the end of the regular season. You might get more competative games but not by much. In this scenario, Indiana woudve played oregon in round 1. Also it would be exclusively sec and big 10. Thoughts on this: 14 team playoff. 4 highest ranked conference champions get auto bids. The 2 highest ranked conference champions get 1st round byes. Now go back and apply that too the week 15 cfp rankings.

[@TheToastedTurkey]

Eh, blowouts have happened since the dawn of time, and they will happen in a bracket that's designed to put lower seeds against higher seeds to give them an easier path to the later rounds. 12 teams is fine, I just think the auto-byes need to go. Give the top 5 conference champs auto-bids instead, and then seed based on CFP rank. That way we may have had a more interesting 8v9 or 7v10 game at least.

[@musikkimies]

IMHO, no conference should have more than 3 teams in the CFP. Maybe have the conferences decide which ones. Or the conferences need to me more careful about their scheduling. Otherwise, Indiana would have been in over Ohio State. Frankly, that's a B1G problem. Isaac, you nailed it with the comment about 'Bama and Ole' Miss winning ever single hypothetical matchup ever. If you can't be in the top 3 of your own conference, you shouldn't be in the tourney. Only having 1 BigXII team in the CFP is not cool.

[@elijahjohnston-ligesha]

Guys what we got is literally the 18 playoff. This first round is a test to see if there are any top eight frauds. Or any 9 to 12 underdogs. Every top a team passed the test.

[@musicmashups]

Counterpoint to your Notre Dame concerns: Georgia doesn't have their starting QB, has been bad on offense all year even with Beck, and are running into a buzzsaw ND defense. It'll be an ugly game for sure but I'm confident ND wins.

[@sunnohh]

Hopefully this is a feature and not a bug, get the blow outs out of the way…hopefully

[@TouchdownTalk731]

Hey Isaac I have been watching you for a while and have been inspired by you a lot 😀.i have been making videos but I have not been getting views,do you have any tips

[@ash_sunday]

maybe we shouldn’t seed conference champs with an auto bye. That might help out

[@crustyavocado4434]

I’ve heard it all “Cam Skabedo” Also, Isaac, familiarize yourself with Sam Leavitt please

[@I_miss_ChasCT2]

Ohio state Oregon will be peak

[@PiercePorter-j2p]

i agree

[@BozBoy101]

if they can do what they did last time, it will be. i doubt it will be as close though.

[@ohiostateandgreenbaypackersfan]

Yeah. Oregon is levels ahead of Tenne-trash

[@anthonygovernale3773]

Ohio State was the only team this weekend to use their backups. Indiana was just genuinely that bad

[@darrylpringle5510]

They shouldnt have gave the top 4 conference winners byes, they should've just gave them a playoff berth and seeded them based off of the top 25. If that was the case Oregon would be playing either boise state or Indiana in the 2nd rd

[@nicholasruhling6429]

How about we don’t rethink anything just yet? This has been a weird year with conf realignment, surprise teams, and random upsets. Let’s let this format run for another season or 2 before declaring it broken

[@RyanWood-mt5zp]

We need to go down to 8 teams

[@warddprod]

Ohio state is playing pissed, i'm excited for the oregon game

[@PrinceLandon-LCP]

Saying it’s mid teams vrs low teams is objectively wrong because two of the “high teams” in the top 4 would probably be mid or low anyways and some other teams like Ohio state, texas, and penn state had close games with Oregon or Georgia. And so then when you give them a home field advantage they are obviously going to win by a lot the majority of the time when you compare them to bubble teams that were fighting to get in because the gap between them and any other teams is so large

[@Blacksheep-uy3qv]

I think people need to realize college teams just aren't consistent. Especially when you add in the hostile environment and playing in the biggest game of their life. I think if we give it time it could balance out as more teams get experience.

[@anthonyc8499]

naw, these were the appropriate matchups and the expected outcomes. The home games were huge and a nice trade off from the Bowl games.

[@HawaiianPunch557]

What we learned is the ACC doesn't deserve a bid for winning their conference. Let alone multiple teams

[@zkeletonz001]

The problem is the way they are obligated to give byes to certain teams which pushes other teams into the first round. Give Texas and PSU byes and you solve half the problems here. Another issue is massive conferences like big10. When you have a conference that big you can have a team from the conference have a weak schedule even though the conference has some of the best teams in college football.

[@Bsmd25]

Those are both great points. I think they got the right 12 teams. They just seeded them way wrong

[@SoldierKing1871]

why do I keep watching the games, they almost always end in blowouts

[@CollegeSportsSuperfan]

I think you get rid of on campus playoff games. It is way too difficult to go on the road and win these games. They need to add in other bowl games like the Citrus Bowl and Sun Bowl in the first round and have teams play there

[@selacseel]

It's best to just ignore all the complaints, for the most part. It doesn't matter what the format is, there will ALWAYS be complaining and whining. Some folks will never be satisfied.

[@justyncox8013]

If you didnt make the playoffs in a 12 team playoffs i dont feel bad. You can make a case of how you do the seeding so there isnt lop sided way of going through playoffs but even that play who is in front of you i have no sympathy theres 12 teams

[@J-ti8su]

Ashton Jeanty did NOT cook 😂😂😂

[@kb24shortoreo21]

SOS MATTERS. At least play good teams and beat them. UI playing in the Big10 is like watching a MAC team make it. Play good teams or put in the default 9-3 SEC team. Easy fix

[@WittedJewel00]

We learned it needs to be the top 8 teams instead of 12 or whatever because the bottom 4 did not deserve to be anywhere near the playoffs.

[@Cason_f37]

I understand the argument for bama and ole miss and they are prob better then smu and Indiana but they dint DESERVE to be if you wanna make it then don’t lose to vandy Kentucky and Kentucky

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

No but having 0 relevant wins gets you to the playoffs. Smaller teams got the benefit of the doubt this year, won't be so easy next year

[@tomk4984]

GO BSU AHHHHHHHHH!

[@boybrushedred18]

There were a clear gap between the top 6 seeds and the rest. And let's not be surprised by the blowouts. Texas and Penn State should of had byes. OSU is not an 8 seed, but because of the Michigan loss they got a lower seed. And ND is really good. The gap between OSU and Tennessee is HUGE, I'm not surprised by the 4 blow outs.

[@TheHollomap]

Wait let me try....... SEC was the least competitive conference in the first round. What did I win?

[@razzberies680]

CAM WHO!?!?!)

[@dirtyace1668]

Most hostile environments? Well, in Ohio State's defense, they did chant "SEC" for a bit to try to make Tennessee feel welcome lol

[@minutemilitia6498]

cfb on a downhill since the BCS

[@robertbinder98]

We learned that college football doesn’t need a 12 team playoff because there aren’t 12 teams in a year capable of winning a national championship.

[@soboredrn-v8e]

We already knew that. We expanded to be inclusive. The problem is we have too many stupid people that dont understand how this works. Its all about money. More games is more money, even if their blowouts. Plus yall whine and bitch about smu and indiana and then immidealy complain when they get blown out like its some shock. It was clear from the beginning that they stood no chance.

[@robertbinder98]

@soboredrn-v8e I was strongly against expansion. Saw straight through ESPN’s scheme, more college football isn’t better if the games suck. Everyone else fell for it now ESPN is raking in cash on the new format which consist of teams with no reasonable chance of actually winning a title. There were consistent blowouts with even 4 teams so why any college football fan is surprised by the first round is beyond me.

[@deepfornoreasonx]

@@robertbinder98 So you want a smaller playoff or a BCS which also have both had blowouts...? They're doing this for the fans (and to turn a profit, of course.) There are people who are fans of SMU who may have never gotten a chance to see them play in a playoff if there wasn't a 12-team playoff. Anyone who wants smaller playoffs are just elitist and wanna see Bama, Georgia, Ohio State, and Michigan win it every year. Unfortunately, for the rest of us, we'd love to see more college football, not less of it.

[@trentonp.8632]

I mean, what about TCU vs Georgia two years ago? Did they not deserve to make the playoffs?

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

We could say that about every national championship blowout. Heck, there was a year Alabama got blown out in the natty.

[@deepfornoreasonx]

@@BraveTarnished-l2q There was also a year back in the BCS when Notre Dame got blown out by alabama. The score was like 28-0 at halftime. That was probably the worst national championship I've ever seen.

[@MattBuild4]

@@deepfornoreasonx Largest margin of loss in the BCS was 2004 USC beating OU 55-19. That was also a year with 6 undefeated teams.....

[@vintageindy]

I mean you could have the lower seeds play each other first

[@booyahgenius]

What's messed up is that Ryan Day might not make it out of the hood even if Ohio State beats Oregon and plays in the semis LMAO

[@samuelemerick722]

The blowouts resulted from poor formatting. Winning a conference championship shouldn't guarantee a bye. Instead, 12 teams (5 champs + 7 committee picks) should be ranked 1-12, with the top 4 receiving byes. In the second round, the 1 seed plays the lowest-ranked seed, and so on. This way, a team like Oregon, which went undefeated and won its conference, won't have to face a top 5 team due to bad seeding.

[@Chimonya]

Hold on, you think Boise beats Penn State? Naw. and I'm a Texas fan, don't care, but think you're way off.

[@SelfDirectedLife]

The national championship should have representation from the best teams from all conferences. I don't care if SEC teams get left out, we have a championship game deciding the best team in the SEC, that's the SEC championship. The CFP should be all-conference champions and the best teams from each conference, if there are blowouts than that will help determine which conferences have more strength. I am just so done with all this SEC is great bias because this is college football, any team can win or lose on any day.

[@EBFilmsMan]

Yup. Canada figured this out in the 1960s. We have 4 conferences to deal with, and we take the 4 conference champions and put them in 2 semi-final games. Since the FBS has 9 or 10 conferences that stage a championship game, all the conference champions deserve a shot. If you want to preserve the 12-team format, I think that is fine, but give all conference champions a shot at the national title.

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

I think the top 4 teams should get the bye round, not conference champions.

[@bananagrape-nq4oz]

7 seconds ago is crazy lol

[@snarkmark2806]

There was only one thing to learn: there are not 12 teams capable of winning the CFP.

[@nathanstruble2177]

Did bro really try and dismiss the last 90 seconds of a game as if you can't score points that win the game during those 90 seconds?

[@nonot8232]

Isaac please look up what cfp means. IT ALREADY HAS PLAYOFF IN THE NAME