Proving The Play Offs Always Kind Of Sucked

[@IsaacPunts]

Alright I hear you guys, apparently most people see The ‘23 play offs WAY differently than I do. I guess I was too marred by all the controversy with cheating scandals, the FSU snub and stuff to truly embrace those games for what they were

[@legoforbeginners6950]

Unrelated to any of that, (though I agree with everything you said about last year) life is tough in Pullman right now. Thanks for making your videos.

[@IsaacPunts]

@@legoforbeginners6950 Honestly, I want to make a video about that... Heartbroken by Mateer, betrayed by Dickert... Unbelievable loss for the Cougs

[@legoforbeginners6950]

@@IsaacPunts Make a video. Show people what has been done to us and why. The system was broken for money.

[@Alexander_Grant]

The FSU snub made me not even pay attention. The LSU Burrow run was by far the best the playoffs gave us in my opinion.

[@IsaacPunts]

@@Alexander_Grant a man after my own heart

[@twiley19]

Washington Texas as B tier is absurd, great back and forth game that came down to the final play

[@milk9720]

Plus i think its a bad take to say the “other game was the natty” when texas had literally beat alabama that season

[@jaaaake]

If the video creator didn’t watch a playoff game live they’re just not really a football fan. Wouldn’t put too much stock into these rankings

[@AbhiChandra-ho6io]

The Washingon-Texas game should have been A tier at minimum because of how fun it was to watch

[@samorta2453]

As a Michigan fan I got to be hyped off a win and watch the Texas vs Wash game as a neutral. It was amazing

[@TexanTurtle7]

As a Texas fan, I can confirm this should absolutely be at least A tier. The ending was definitely thrilling

[@mr.mashedpotatoes2597]

As a Washington fan I might be slightly biased but it was a high scoring and tight game throughout so it should be A tier at the very least! Too bad that just a year later all of the starters from that game are officially gone to the draft or other schools now that CB Elijah Jackson entered the portal 😭

[@TexanTurtle7]

@ yup it was a nail biter. I still think to this day if Texas went on 4th down for the touchdown instead of the field goal (cause then they wouldn’t have to go for touchdown the next drive, which obviously failed)

[@Memestation21]

It’s should be A because it came down the the last play of the game

[@Jacquaid]

Last year's semis were both S imo, at the very least A. Both games came down to the final play.

[@georgelucas2571]

2022’s semis were also elite. Georgia vs OSU and TCU vs Michigan were insane.

[@EasyMinecraft]

for real

[@Buq666]

2023 playoffs have to be some of the worst takes I’ve seen on this channel. Bro just sums up Michigan-Alabama as one team making a bunch of mistakes and the other winning due to that and the other game he didn’t even watch. Crazy

[@IsaacPunts]

I didn't watch the other one live, I did go back and watch it though

[@Jelocruz]

@@IsaacPunts Saying you went back and watched the game and still giving it a B-tier ranking is hilarious considering the fact that you put in on the same tier as a snooze fest Cincinnati and Alabama game. It feels like you made this list with 0 thought.

[@sambrazil9770]

I totally understand why Oregon vs FSU wasn't a great game, especially for someone unaffiliated with both teams who just wanted to watch good football. On the other hand, Winston falling over like a Looney Tunes character will always make it my favorite playoff game.

[@saltdestroyer]

Tua Tagovailoa, Devonta Smith, and Jalen Hurts on the same team is so funny

[@editnosmirc4489]

Waddle, Najee Harris and Jeudy as well

[@bigdawg256]

w kenny

[@jarrettgriffin8190]

I think you are underrating the 2021 UGA-Alabama national championship… it was a one score game until late in the fourth with Bryce Young driving to tie the game before getting intercepted for a pick-six to give Georgia their first championship in 40+ years. There’s definitely more drama in that game than stated here IMO.

[@owendonnelly9665]

ABSOLUTELY. This game was intense! Everyone in Athens was biting their nails until that pick… considering it was such a big deal for UGA, I think it’s A tier. But I am a biased student.

[@jeremiahbird930]

I'm biased as hell because I'm a Georgia fan but that game had me sweating and crying. I'll never forget it

[@SparkyP3nguin]

Georgia TCU is everything I see in college football in one game, one team going way above their weight class only to get pounded

[@22s22a]

Michigan shouldn't have wet the bed

[@barryallen3225]

People are gonna crucify me for this, but Texas vs Washington was better than Alabama vs Michigan. The whole game was entertaining, not just the final minutes of the game.

[@Sakattack2023]

it was two betas throwing pillow fists at each other......

[@RubensBarrichello.]

Nah mate a backa a forth game for 60 minutes beats any over time game that only got good in the mid to late 2nd half

[@EasyMinecraft]

absolutely man! totally agree

[@dannyhightower911]

@@Sakattack2023 thats what your dad and mom do yeah, you mistyped a bit. and you and your boyfriend.

[@Sakattack2023]

@@dannyhightower911 lmao ok clown, stay mad.

[@sethkrueger9294]

Mid take on last year's Rose Bowl tbh Absolute defensive master class from Michigan in that one - Alabama "made mistakes" because Michigan's d-line got in their head early and didn't let up. Graham had their center shook. Plus, overtime games should get an automatic grade up over high-scoring games that end in regulation time.

[@Villennium]

Agreed. Sure Bama made mistakes but Michigan made so many errors too on special teams, from a muffed punt return early to give Bama their first touchdown to a missed field goal to another muffed punt return that nearly cost them the game late in the 4th quarter. The game was not gifted to Michigan by any stretch and at least for me will remain my favorite playoff game so far (even though I'm biased)

[@whats_holden_up]

​@@VillenniumMichigan was actually beating themselves that game, they were the better team no doubt. Had it not been for special teams Michigan wins by 14+

[@JonJones1776]

@@whats_holden_upyou could say the same thing about bama 😂

[@FlyHenryFly]

@@whats_holden_up you can say the same thing for bama they were beating themselves the entire game

[@Fahootaef]

@@JonJones1776 No you cant. Alabama had shitty snaps all year. Michigans had excellent special teams all year. Bama just did what they usually do the Michigan mistakes were uncharateristic.

[@edawg8464]

As a die hard UGA fan I was just waiting with excitement to get what I knew would be the only F-Tier lol

[@hayesmurrey]

Agreed! How bout dem dawgs!

[@heyalex918]

Man Washington Texas was fun to watch

[@DCgames12345]

What always made college football special was the regular season, and that in itself was like a playoff, because winning every game mattered, as opposed to now you can take a bad loss and it won't be held against you (Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, Indiana and SMU being great examples of this). Sure, some years of the playoff we got some instant classics, but that isn't the average result of most games, because there isn't an objective format that can full proof ever determine the best teams making the playoff.

[@georgelucas2571]

Oklahoma vs Georgia was the definition of all offense no defense.

[@russbuss1]

UW vs Texas was crazy! (Yes I am a UW fan and feel sorry for you). I almost had a heart attack from that game lol

[@booyahgenius]

ICL the first playoffs in 2014 were peak. The run Ohio State made with a 3RD STRING QUARTERBACK was genuinely historic

[@breadstick8456]

Georgia vs Oklahoma 2018 Georgia vs Ohio State 2022 Michigan vs TCU 2022 Clemson vs Ohio State 2019 Alabama vs Ohio State 2015

[@patricknealon6472]

I have no idea why everyone was complaining that this years playoffs were all blowouts. All of the past playoffs have sucked and you were lucky if you got one good game out of the 3. Last year was the first time they were all decent

[@joshnaddor7401]

17:17 As a UGA alumni, I think very fondly of that game. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@TPaulus]

As a Buckeyes’ fan, I think Georgia-Ohio State was at least A-tier.

[@LOTLore]

I just wanna say how much I love your channel, the best source for college football vids!

[@trenton6584]

People tend to forget Ohio State won the first CFP on their THIRD and FOURTH string quarterback. Cardell Jones is the GOAT.

[@tobyjenkins2341]

I think bro just got depressed last year

[@rohanbhagat979]

feel like you're really underrating the 2023 washington games (the texas game was A almost pushing S-tier for me, and even the natty was like a B-tier to me even though it was underwhelming cuz uw's o-line just got dominated). Also the 2021 natty was really good to me - A pushing S-tier again. I don't really feel like georgia ever ran away with it - especially under the context of what happened in the 2017 natty and 2018 seccg when bama benched their qb and came back, and the 2020 regular season matchup and 2021 seccg where bama just dominated b/c of big explosive plays. It never felt like bama was out of it and I genuinely felt like bama was gonna go down the field and force ot and then win in ot again until ringo's pick. Definitely a bit of a slugfest at times, but a great game nonetheless. Also great storylines with stetson being the guy to finally get georgia over the bama hump, kirby finally beating saban, etc.

[@JesusisLord756]

I'm convinced this guy hates football, bc the Michigan bama game was legendary

[@BillyRicker92]

It was a classic and also shows the committee got it right choosing Alabama over Florida State because if FSU was in, they would be blown out.

[@Alexander_Grant]

Nah, Bama shouldn't have even been there. Wasn't even worth watching. Committee has no idea what they were doing, the darling Bama of course lost.

[@JesusisLord756]

@ if we played fsu, the score would've been 60-0, the cfb world was lucky the better team got in

[@Alexander_Grant]

@@JesusisLord756 No it wouldn't have. You have no idea what the score would have been. Michigan would have got beat 232-0. We can both make silly statements about hypotheticals.

[@JesusisLord756]

@ I understand you are a heartbroken fsu fan, but you guys could barely beat Florida and Louisville, and when you played real competition like Georgia, you lost by 60, so don't even think you had a chance against Michigan, we were clearly the best team last year

[@EasyMinecraft]

I get that you're a cougar fan but that Washington-Texas game will go down as one of the best college football playoff games. Exciting throughout the entire game.

[@Buq666]

Ok i love this channel but bro just hates Michigan. Fair enough I guess but last year’s playoff run was incredible to watch. No one thought they would beat Alabama in the first round because of their history of choking, very justifiable due to their last two playoff performances. And in the national championship a lot of the folks on espn were going with Washington because their offense looked so good against Texas and they “were already moving onto the next game” while Michigan celebrated wildly after their win.

[@IsaacPunts]

I have no Ill will towards Michigan, I may just be biased against the '23 play-offs as a whole

[@holdenmass8012]

@@IsaacPunts I’m glad to have that on record because I’ve been wondering lol.

[@spa7us]

Oklahoma vs Bama 2020 in A tier and UT vs Washington in B tier 🤣

[@georgelucas2571]

He’s a Washington State fan, so he hates on UW any chance he gets lmao.

[@VFG82]

10:32 the game would’ve been an f tier if fsu was in there fsu would’ve got obliterated

[@___________________.]

How can people see what Georgia did to fsu and still think fsu was the team who got snubbed?

[@Chill-42]

​​@___________________. FSU had like 18 starters sit out

[@disturbed1734]

@@Chill-42 They saved their draft capital.

[@___________________.]

@ not an excuse. Coaches are responsible for the culture of their program and and chose to recruit players who transfer at the first sign of a challenge. Don’t want players who opt out of the bowl game, than get players who actually want to be there.

[@Chill-42]

@@___________________. The coach encouraged his players to save themselves, he felt they were all disrespected

[@everythingbutthegirlfan762]

I had a nice party going for Georgia TCU, friends over, food, dinner before, drinks. And everyone left at halftime.

[@scramblesandturt99]

College football isn’t NFL or Basketball NFL everyone is pro level so more or less it comes down to gameplay and coaching Basketball 1 dude can get hot and literally carry a team College football can be a team full of future nfl players vs a team of accountants. The nil and transfer portal will change that a bit but the traditional powerhouses will still be that. Idk why people saying it sucks cause of blowouts when their always been blowouts in college football, the worst teams don’t get the draft the best guys. At least now school like IU can pull recruits by saying “we made the playoffs”

[@ToastedNoodle]

Putting this game in the same tier as Alabama-Oklahoma 2018 is absolutely insane 7:03

[@IamLaGOAT]

as a UW fan, im offended

[@IsaacPunts]

Good #gocougs

[@pedropascal-r1g]

how in the world were there so many boring or bad games its supposed to be the best of the best smh

[@bananagrape-nq4oz]

The best of the best can mean balanced and boring because they can’t score

[@joegramlich]

Just say u don’t know ball

[@pedropascal-r1g]

@@joegramlich u dont know ball

[@DavidTWGoliath]

How did you not cover the bad offsides penalty in the first UGA-Bama championship? You’re a punt specialist, that’s like your bread and butter. Also, the second UGA-Bama championship was at least a B tier. It was a close game the whole time, Bama looked like they were driving to win, then Kelee Ringo pulls off the craziest pick 6 I’ve ever seen in a national championship to seal the game. I know I sound like a homer, but there’s no way that C tier!

[@niswr7319]

That was a boring game. Nobody want to watch FG all day like it’s the NFL

[@dennisallen-x3s]

i personally liked the georgia alabama national championship because one it was a great game and 2 it started the georgia dynasty

[@sodadrink8363]

I think what makes the 2022 championship great isn’t just the game itself but all the storylines around it. UGA finally slaying the Bama dragon and ending their championship drought. Smart getting the better of his old boss, Saban. Vince Dooley seeing another UGA championship only a few months before he passed. Everything with Stetson Bennett.

[@TheWreck-faf]

The first georgia alabama game had a controversial "offsides" call on a blocked punt.

[@holdenmass8012]

10:31 Isaac, love your content man but that’s some SEC fanboy behavior right there haha. Michigan vs. Bama was a great game and both teams made plenty of mistakes. In no way did Bama nor Saban give that game away. That’s an easy, easy S-Tier.

[@doernbecherr]

S Tier is insane that game was such a headache to watch 25% of the game was terrible snaps from the center that messed up any momentum Bama had

[@holdenmass8012]

@ I don’t mean to be rude or anything but Bama had 2-2.5 botched snaps. If that takes you out of a game I honestly feel kinda sorry for you. One of the reasons I love college football so much more than pro is that unpredictability. College football is crazy and in my opinion it should stay that way. I don’t want a perfectly polished product, we’ve seen how that kind of atmosphere sanitizes the game (NFL) and in my opinion not for the better. I think that the imperfections are what makes this version of the sport so fun. Anything can happen which makes it all the more watchable. Don’t mean to cause hard feelings here, just a position I am pretty passionate about.

[@breadstick8456]

Neutral fan. The game was very sloppy up until the final minutes. Great game, but no where near some of the other playoff games like TCU vs Michigan or Georgia vs Oklahoma.

[@doernbecherr]

@@breadstick8456 I agree I’m not gonna sit here and lie and say Bama vs Michigan was a boring game it was a solid game…but to say it’s S tier and on the same level of Georgia vs Oklahoma, Osu vs Clemson PT 2 etc is insane to me and straight blasphemy lol

[@alarrim29574]

A game that’s stayed close because of consistent mistakes for both teams and not good defense is not worthy of s tier. I’d say b at best

[@NoobGamer-46-i9d]

Tyler Simmons was onsides

[@lettybastien4624]

Bowl system was the best. I miss the great New Year’s match-ups.

[@Clemsnman]

We Clemson fans watched that 2016 win over Bama 3 times that night, and countless times since.

[@9thWheel25]

Michigan Alabama deserved S tier to be honest (I'm biased as a Michigan fan, but still a great game). Amazing game with a spectacular defensive stand by Michigan to win. Also Washington-Texas was disrespected for sure. Definitely deserved A at least.

[@BrandonH321]

Last year would have been an amazing year for a 12 team playoff.

[@ballroomdru]

That Alabama Clemson game was epic.

[@KevinT7274]

College Football: We're finally giving the fans what they want, a true playoff system. College Football fans after the first 4 playoff games: Maybe the old system was better.🤔

[@Wrlixer]

R u bearcats fan too since you like the bengals

[@OnlyMissed2K]

15:29 I completely disagree that it felt like Alabama was outmatched… that whole game it felt like Alabama was the better team but Clemson was just taking advantage of bamas mistakes but Bama was getting push on the LOS and frankly was dominant but idk kept throwing ints

[@frank_da_tank_05]

That’s why we added more teams dingus

[@longkneemcgee1737]

As an Oklahoma fan who grew up in the west coast I enjoyed Washington beat Texas in the final year of the pac12 because we beat Texas in 2023 and barely missed the big12 chip

[@ryanmayr5795]

Washington Texas and Alabama Michigan we’re both damn near S tier I was losing it watching those games they were so entertaining

[@ThatFalloutGod]

As a Bama fan, that second Natty game against Clemson is probably the most pissed I ever got at a game under Saban. The refs constantly fucking Bama, and then allowing the most blatant illegal pick we've ever seen in the sport to "win" the game, was some genocidal fuel.

[@HintonHoops]

ND vs Bama 2020 was a way closer game then the score shows, definitely better than the Clemson game

[@perrywebb5833]

16:35. So this is a C teir? Heavyweight defenses with heisman level qbs?

[@SpiritOfSoup]

Fans cried for a playoff format and got what they wished for. You reap what you sow.

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

The Georgia Alabama game where my Dawgs won is S tier for me. The catharsis of finally slaying the beast. The Emotion. Just puts it over the top for me.

[@IsaacPunts]

Yeah I think there are plenty of these big wins that for the team who won are unequivocal S Tier games as it becomes the perfect icing on the cake to a great season. I even gave into that feeling with the LSU 2019 championship but I know that was a special one for Georgia fans and the end of Game pick 6 is probably a feeling the worlds strongest drugs couldn't replicate

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

@IsaacPunts Also love the content. Would love to see you do a breakdown of another legendary Kirk Ferentz game. 6-4 vs Penn State.

[@MayleneMadman]

And inversely, watching Tua rip your hearts out was beautiful

[@tnmousty]

This guy isn’t a Washington state fan he just a sec fan lol. Mad we broke up his pac 12

[@greatness1438]

How you downplayed last years playoff games is insane

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

Correct but the main thing has been about putting the right teams in. As for this year , watching bama miami or ole miss lose up north would've been better than smu and Indiana that had 0 relevant wins

[@Tyrantoftheworld]

Hold on...Bama lost to Michigan in 2023 because they made mistake after mistake (true) , but Michigan lost the year before because TCU played great? WTF bruh...talk about being biased.

[@mrscechy8625]

Michigan-Washington deserves higher because it was finally a year with no SEC schools in the championship

[@kool4209]

Its common sense. Nikki had the buy over all new talent. Kept winning and kept to be the case. Clemson pulls away and gets some talent and then GA. All 3 teams have consecutive 2 chips back to back. Now that many teams have SEC players and can control the wave. It allows for a wider range to happen.......Now we are gonna have 30 year old professionals playing against new college kids lol

[@ChaseVandeboogaard-d9t]

The 2022 playoffs semis were arguably the best and the championship was without a doubt the worst

[@metroidnerd9001]

17:16 One other group thinks very fondly of this game: SMU fans

[@Jacob_Kukh]

Coug fan bias with the Washington Texas game that is easily a top 3 semifinal game of all time

[@tnmousty]

U of m Alabama is S tier. Rose bowl game. Sec vs big ten. Overtime win close game. That game was better than the national championship game. L tier video.

[@devancaley6149]

Hey man love your videos. As a future college football player i love learning more about stuff that i never knew about

[@isaaccumberledge4350]

Is that a joke at 6:48 or the remnants of an edit? 👀

[@alarrim29574]

The amount of boring and even blow outs in the semifinals and even the championship game go to show this best matchup not most deserving teams narrative is bull

[@sansarim2498]

Washington vs Texas B tier lmao , that was one hell of a game,but i guess putting hate on a team and complete bias really show ,making all your rating mute,and non standing because you need to judge from a perspective of game not preferences 😂😂😂gtfo

[@myarose2347]

College football is so interesting ,I haven't watched it ☠️💀.

[@VGMenjoyer]

Nice video in general, but I disagree with the video title

[@williama5159]

Four team playoff was a disaster. What did we get 3 maybe 4 legit good semi final games over ten years. Most years they really is only a few teams that are national title contenders. BCS era for all its flaws with the powers that be kept tinkering with the formula was the best version. Top two teams. Could’ve done it this with Oregon and Georgia and moved on. What did you expect from a 12 team playoff adding all that extra trash to the pile

[@alarrim29574]

4 team playoffs in infinitely better than 2 team bcs. And this 12 team playoff is infinitely better than both. Sure it needs some tweaks to iron out the kinks but it is better

[@iitz_frisky]

Ok each team is getting beat by 20 points or more in this cfp i hate it

[@eee_inn2658]

0:01 am i losing it or did he say foofball

[@zackerykoroskenyi2745]

Let's go Clemson

[@MaestroFoden]

I was excited that Michigan won the match last year. Still.happy about it today

[@connormcclenny9681]

Your #1 is factually correct. Good job

[@Yoboythomas]

What about Ohio state Georgia peach bowl

[@aegis645]

of course a coug would put Washington vs. Texas as a B. lil bro stays doing lil bro things

[@MaeFlower-m1z]

Yep always gonna be blowouts we seen many blowouts in the 4 team playoffs

[@elastictowels9659]

No more lists for u

[@BillyRicker92]

Alabama vs Michigan Rose Bose is S-Tier.

[@FootballWiseGuy]

Theirs is the FIRST real year of the the playoffs 4 team playoff was a joke, that’s not a playoff. Not even close 12 is barely enough but it’s enough for interest finally

[@zugetsui9971]

Alabama 2021> 2021 georgia if both teams were at full health

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

True. Good thing it's roster vs roster and not a team vs a team

[@SauceK5]

2021 Georgia defense better than 2021 bama defense tho, bama offense that year was good

[@Bullseye_Sports]

So Ohio State = Good Playoff Games?

[@dennisallen-x3s]

you mean the michigan teams that cheated and still lost in the semis yeah they weren't that good

[@editnosmirc4489]

1:19 that was the play that did Bama in. Worst call Kiffin made at Alabama. You got Derrick Henry and throw it first play of the drive smh

[@Honeybread-ox5ho]

Repent and trust in Jesus you will be saved

[@roommatevs6545]

first??

[@GrahamCrackerX]

I already knew before I even watched the video that it would be yet another "This thing is bad because my favorite teams didn't win", like okay lil bro I guess.

[@IsaacPunts]

?? Then you clearly didn’t watch the video, I’m a WSU fan so my team literally never got close to winning 😂 only time I used that bias is when the team I liked won so I bumped up a team (2019 play offs)

[@boybrushedred18]

Yes I've been saying this as well this season! Like even this year just make it Oregon vs ND. Wow what a regular season well talk about it for years and with beck out these are the two best teams. PSU fan so I'm trying to be as unbiased as possible.