Takeaways from First Round of the College Football Playoff

[@caleb10jag61]

THE SEC ISNT IMMUNE TO BLOWOUTS

[@bl-nh9648]

Nobody is lol im a fan of an SEC team but whoever said sec is immune to blowouts is insane, i can name tons of examples of SEC teams getting blown out just like i can with any other conference

[@jonnybaze7449]

@@bl-nh9648fan of the sec? How is that a thing?

[@bl-nh9648]

@@jonnybaze7449 im fan of an SEC team, not a fan of the SEC as a whole, idc about any SEC team other than mine

[@jonnybaze7449]

@@bl-nh9648 my bad. Read it wrong but In my defense I see people saying they are a fan of the sec all the time and it’s super weird. You are one of the normal people

[@bl-nh9648]

@jonnybaze7449 yeah i dont get that either lol

[@danielprensky4571]

I really enjoyed all the home atmospheres, some of the best stadiums in our sport.

[@settingsun3470]

Home-field advantage ended up being a much bigger factor than we thought heading in

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Which for Southern Teams happened quite a bit-as desperate as Dawgs fans are to say Atlanta isn’t a home game, come in in said the spider to the fly. The January bowl games are a big advantage for some programs, many of the programs that have done so well under that format. Maybe this new format will improve things, filter out teams that can’t compete in hostile environments.

[@naujelbr]

Hahahahaha

[@peytonclark1353]

U know it's bad when a 9 vs 8 matchup is that much of a blowout! 😂

[@tyusbrooks9997]

Agree, more talented teams will dominate when given that time to prepare. So we should pay attention to whos more talmeted when we rank these teams.

[@naujelbr]

B1G has passed the SEC this year. DEAL WITH IT.

[@happynotredamefan3736]

My takeaway we can win a natty but have to beat Georgia 1st

[@whatlol_e]

no shit

[@JonahWilhelm-w9q]

I like Ohio State over Notre Dame in the natty

[@Dawg-Bone]

I think y’all could have some success running the ball on us, and your defense is athletic enough to stall us for a bit.

[@Michael_is_him_21yearsold]

​ Great prediction I am 100 percent confident Ohio State will win the national championship. I have been consistently saying this before the Tennessee game and right after the Michigan game. ​@@JonahWilhelm-w9q

[@minaeldiwany3215]

My biggest takeaway from the first round of the playoffs is none of the games were competitive and the second round matchup between my Texas Longhorns and the Arizona State Sun Devils may not be competitive in my opinion because Texas is going to feel angry after losing to the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta

[@connergentrytv]

Here comes the talk again of Oregon can’t beat and doesn’t have a chance vs Ohio State. I’ve heard this before leading into the first game and Oregon won. Dan lanning needs to hype his team up saying no one is giving us a chance

[@billlong8385]

It's a seeded tournament! The higher seeds are expected to win in the first round. (The auto byes in quarters are artificial)

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Ugh. The first round was boring for anyone except the home team fans. The beginning of each game was kind of fun seeing the atmospheres of each stadium in their first ever times of hosting playoff games. But after that moment wore off it was kinda blah. I know the 12 most "deserving" teams got into this playoff. But I honestly don't think that means the 12 "best" teams got in. I think a few teams left out would have made better games out of this first round.

[@C.StewartDenton]

I think they need to get away from having any of the games at one teams home field. In watching I think that the home teams had a tremendous advantage.

[@billlong8385]

Agree. First round games could be played at neutral college stadiums.

[@Onetime614]

Most of these would have been the same results.

[@demetriusevans4139]

Like playing against Georgia in Atlanta, Florida in Miami, and Bama in New Orleans right?

[@jimcraig2521]

Like I said a few years ago, there aren't enough quality teams to fill a 12-team playoff and there will be blow-outs and embarrassments. Add to that the dumb selection criterion guaranteed non-competitive matchups.

[@jonnybaze7449]

Indiana played about as good as they could. That was an extremely average performance from ND at best. The gap between them was huge.

[@morganprip8849]

I really think the SMU game would have been different if they didn't drop/ have a bad pass that was gonna be a TD on 4th down

[@peytonclark1353]

Can't believe all these games were blowouts this always happens every year I feel like

[@wrenwillow9430]

Clemson's issue has been the defense, specifically the run defense, all year. Word on the street is Goodwin (DC) is getting fired. Thats what Clemson fans want! You can't replace Brent V but this dude has had a few years now and the defense continues to go backward. Side note: Clemson also has a lot of young studs. A lot of those names you heard making plays are freshman. If we can get a competent DC next year, I think we can potentially compete with the best.

[@robfalter2522]

boise , texas , ohio state and notre dame are winning the quarter finals and thats just my worthless opinion

[@boybrushedred18]

At least you know it's worthless....

[@robfalter2522]

@@boybrushedred18 just like yours and everyone else

[@jonnybaze7449]

Oregon, Psu, ND, Texas.

[@michaelwall3393]

It’s going to be Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Penn State. Boise State, ND, and Arizona State will lose bad to borderline blowout losers. Boise State will likely lose so bad that unless a G6 team is undefeated or has 1-loss by a 8 point margin or less to a future playoff team and must beat one or two A4 teams and one top G6 team in non conference games just to be eligible for a playoff berth and home field advantage but will never get a bye again because Boise State loses so bad. So what many autonomous schools are hoping is that Penn State beats Boise State like Oregon beat Liberty last year, so no G6 teams get a first round bye again unless undefeated and got two wins against A4 teams in non conference games and 2 not 1 A4 conference has champs with 3-losses. They will let G6 teams host a playoff game but will never get a bye again unless extreme circumstances happen. In a lot of ways this year nearly fits that description, except Boise State doesn’t have any wins over A4 teams and any wins over top G6 teams except maybe WazzU and possibly considering Georgia Southern in non conference games.

[@peytonclark1353]

Should have some good matchups in the 2nd round. That round should be better

[@jonnybaze7449]

We should have at least half blowouts

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Alabama beat fricking Georgia. The SEC champs. The team that beat Texas TWICE. And nobody wants to remember that. lol. What the reality of the situation really is, is that Alabama was one of those teams that just wanted to beat the big teams but was too full of themselves against teams they thought they could just walk over. It was obvious all season that Alabama could have been the best team in the country if they actually wanted to be. But they could also be as bad as a 6-6 team when they decided they didn't care. Alabama beat themselves this season more than anything else. They lost the mental discipline game with themselves for several games this season and it bit them in the rear in a few of them. DeBouer is no Nick Saban. And he's gonna need to figure something out or he might not ever get the best out of this team for a complete season. Only here and there when his players "feel like it." Ugh.

[@propotato4231]

Terrible take, Clem vs Texas was competitive also Clemson had no run options, also no disrespect but your take is horrendous on Texas vs Clemson, Clemson defense played terrible Clemson played ok overall, better than what most people expected, the score is a good rep of the two teams

[@Dawg-Bone]

My main takeaway is that at least two teams got royally screwed by the committee. Edit: Welp. I was wrong

[@peytonclark1353]

Really thought Indiana could beat Notre Dame they Just didn't show up. I thought Tennessee could have played with Ohio state just didn't happen though crazy

[@jonnybaze7449]

Why would you think that? And ND played probably their second worst game of the season.

[@AzMurse]

What we learned was the playoffs are a failure already, they are setup to take the best teams out of playoffs as #1 and #2 play against each other in the next round. Also the SEC is very average

[@boybrushedred18]

Ohio state is not number 2.... they are good, but after losing to Michigan they are not number 2..... cry more, eventually you would of had to beat them anyway.... either beat them now with time off and an advantage or stop crying

[@jonnybaze7449]

But didn’t we know that before it started? 4 team playoff was if anything too many

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Don’t forget that powerhouse in Vanderbilt that was promoted into the ranking after having lost to Georgia St in order to keep that basic low energy Alabama team in the National Title discussion, any other team losing to Vanderbilt would have been rightfully mocked.

[@galvanaut7119]

Alabama would have destroyed Penn St. If you give Saban two weeks he will not lay an egg like SMU did.

[@tompiper1480]

Don't know about that

[@caleb10jag61]

WOW! I DIDNT KNOW SABAN WAS COACHING BAMA AGAIN! Thanks for sharing!!

[@galvanaut7119]

@@caleb10jag61 You're welcome!

[@bl-nh9648]

I disagree with you about bama vs penn state, saban isn't there.

[@Stoneador]

Alabama remains undefeated in hypothetical games