The Expanded Playoff is going to have blowouts and that's OKAY | Cover 3 College Football

[@Doc_Boots]

We have always had playoff blowouts. Nothing new

[@lindencamelback2305]

Yeah, who would come to Beaver Stadium? It's in the mountains in the middle of nowhere.

[@Mmmmchocolate]

12 is too many. 8 would have hav e been just right. It’s a precipitous drop off from 1 to 12.

[@drewc771]

In terms of determining a champ, you're totally right, and I don't think there's much room to disagree, frankly. But this is a business, and there's $ to be made in the extra games, so it kind of is what it is. Hopefully they just don't go too far.

[@tompiper1480]

I agree

[@rayelee1301]

There were blowouts in the 4 team model. In the end, all of the teams that should be in, are in. Just like the basketball tourney, some second level teams will get in and get blown out.

[@tresama6993]

Tom put it best imo give conference champs a spot so they still matter but don’t give them an auto bye

[@1FootballGuy1002]

The only thing that's wrong is the # of teams. They're having to decide against worse and worse résumés. 6 teams, with top 2 getting byes, would have solved everything

[@Ageofpoland1997]

This format was to make money not put out a good product. There is never more then 6 teams that can actaully win or are deserving.

[@drewc771]

of course. At the same time tho, what's the worst that comes from it?

[@Ageofpoland1997]

@drewc771 fans only caring about a post season and this sport becoming college basketball. The regular season to me is most important thing and this playoff is the first step to erasing intreast for casuals to stay in the sport 4 months a year. They will only come for the playoffs in the future as we expand this more.

[@RB-.-]

@@drewc771 Devalues regular season is the most significant effect. Miami lost to Georgia Tech and nobody cared because they knew they had 1 maybe 2 more mulligans. Ohio State Michigan had no impact outside of the two fanbases bragging rights. Upsets and big time matchups used to be seismic and dramatic now its like eh they lost but they're still firmly in.

[@drewc771]

@@RB-.- These are both valid responses to what I asked, and it's true, it does devalue the results of games for teams at the very top. But at the same time, college football is so much about rivalry and pride, that these games still have a lot of meaning, regardless. Even though that Ohio St loss didn't technically mean much, it sure meant a lot to Ohio St fans, and I'm sure Michigan, too. Also, while these games at the top may be devalued in a sense, there are other games lower down that now have much greater value because of the playoff. Basically, I agree with your point, but I think there's also a trade-off. And considering there's really no chance of going backwards, I'd rather just enjoy whatever it is we have. It never has been perfect and never will. In the old days, every reg season game meant everything to the top teams, but there was clear flaws in that system, too.

[@miketbow2400]

Same thing happens in the NFL

[@Cahluvca]

Its still a bad look but its more money with expansion regardless

[@WileyHeaton]

There should never be 12 teams! Rankings during regular season is terrible, PLUS get unbiased professional REFs!

[@rayelee1301]

ASU and BSU RBs are going to find out what running against real defenses feels like

[@MattBuild4]

Sure when they play week 1 of the NFL net year.......

[@shallojalloh]

CFP has too many too teams...8 teams max

[@chumleysteven5717]

Tennessee Ohio State was the real blowout while Clemson could have won their game with Texas. It was a good game to watch except for the boring run game of Texas. Finally the Tennessee game put to rest the SEC was so much better than everyone else when they got stomped by a 2 loss Ohio State team. Georgia who could win it all lost two games and took 8 overtime’s to beat a mediocre Ga. Tech. team. So to pretend this was all predictable is a joke. The rankings are a joke. Will you shut up about this if Arizona State wins.?

[@RB-.-]

Uh no. This was devastating for CFB. Coping about it and ignoring it doesn't do anyone any good.

[@andrewmueller9986]

Were the semis blowouts in the 4 team format "devastating?"

[@Ageofpoland1997]

Tom if you see this comment when it comes to playoff expansion you and Josh Pate always see the future on this stuff. People dislike what you guys say then it happens and they say we need to fix this when you guys always wither want to avoid the problem or already have the fix. The whole system should have always been based off pure rankings with auto bids not garenteed byes. People though said it wouldn't be a problem it clearly is now. When this sport eventually goes to a 24 team playoff and the super confrances form and it losses its year long intreast from many fans. People will look back on these 2 men as prophets. Sorry this was a long rant I just love this sport but see it going the way of Nascar very very soon.

[@kleins-v7v]

I used to get mad at them for being party poopers but now i get what they were warning against. regular season lost so much juice and all weve done is artificially lowered the bar for fraud games that delay the inevitable.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Is it just possible, POSSIBLE, that there are six teams way better than the other six, and the bottom six are better than those who didn’t get in??? Yes, top 12 get in. No conference champions. Because IU would beat Alabama, Ole Miss and probably Miami. But who knows? The bottom line is that IU and SMU deserved to be there. They were 11-1.

[@RB-.-]

Its extremely rare that there is even 3 serious championship contenders. 12 is comical.

[@bskolvek]

.... Indiana would beat none of those 3 😂 they played their 1 good team this season before the playoff and got a belt across their ass, they wouldn't do anything against those 3 either and ND helped assuring that 😂

[@andrewmueller9986]

​@@bskolvekthey lost to osu by less than TN did. Weak argument.

[@bskolvek]

@@andrewmueller9986 Ohio State beat one by 23 and the other 25. Tennessee also played an SEC Schedule, whos the next toughest team IU played? Stop it, thats weak

[@MrAitraining]

Its part of the process. We want the best team to win in the end. If you want some less blowouts, have the 1st round in neutral sites, but would that be fair to the higher seeds who earned it?

[@andrewmueller9986]

No. Home field is great. So called "neutral" sites were all in the sunbelts. It was fair to finally have playoff games in the north.

[@toddwebb7521]

Well at least one of this weeks was an injury to a running team's rb1 that made it be non competitive. So even though it ended up at 4/4 blowouts only 3/4 was definitely always going to be that way.

[@RB-.-]

Sampson is not worth 20 points lol. That game was never going to be close. OSU is miles ahead in talent and Tennessee didn't have the mentality to compete in that moment.

[@BrodiBarringer]

No, blowouts are NOT OK, for advertisers or fans..perfect example of why we need computer selection, BCS STYLE, top pick the top 12 teams, by crunching all the numbers, this is the ONLY way to guarantee the top teams..damn how hard is this!? the other alternative is that you people really Dont want the best 12

[@GR-bn3xj]

Computers can also be biased bc they have to be programed by humans

[@dacokc]

Love seeing the SEC teams play up north OUTSIDE in December.

[@kevinbond8966]

It was almost the same temp in Columbus and Knoxville last night. The south gets colder than you Yankees think.

[@dacokc]

@ living in Kansas, I don’t define Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma as South.. that said Columbus (OH) will be 10 degrees colder than Nashville.

[@drewc771]

I'm a Tennessee fan. It gets cold here, too. But the truth is it didn't matter what the temperature was last night or where the game was.

[@JustN0pe3]

Watched SEC players do fine on ohios team as well. It wasn't the weather it was the talent gap. Watched Penn St struggle at times. Their fans complained saying "because of the weather." Watched Cook truck up and down the field in Buffalo the other night in the snow. Does cold weather suck? Sort of. Is it this amazing super power? Not really. B1g guys just sound soft talking about needing cold weather in a game

[@drewc771]

@@JustN0pe3 talent and coaching, imo. I feel like Ohio St exposed Tim Banks' D throuh scheme and talent.

[@scottlindsay6339]

No issue with 12 teams. This was the first year. Cannot write something off after just one year. There may be upset on the next two years. If there were no upsets in first 3 years, it could be reviewed to make the field smaller. But honestly i still like having more teams and think there will be upsets in the future. Makes it more interesting with having a variety of teams.

[@aust5353]

the fact that Georgia gets the 3rd best Big Ten team on their side of the bracket and we have to see Oregon vs Ohio state in the quarter final is dumb

[@kinggamer7889]

Yet u guys keep on trying to push that college football better is than the NFL and the media keeps trying to push these games like the first couple of rounds will be competitive. They are lying to fans and people that these games will be worth watching. U got fans going to 10 degrees weather games to see lopsided performances 😂😂. Before the season started this will be the biggest year ever lmao. Yeah they should have said it will take longer until we might get competitive games. I fell of cfp after the second season these games are time consuming and ultimately aren't worth watching. Who likes watching blowouts?

[@jacobferrara6506]

We had 4 games this weekend. We have 4 games next weekend. This weekend all 4 games were blowouts. I'll be surprised if at least 2 of them next weekend aren't blowouts. Yes, even in the 4 team playoff there were blowouts, but this tournament is laying bare how meaningless this new system actually is. At least half of the teams in this playoff never should've been here. This is all a blatant money play. I fully believe the BCS did the job just fine, but any playoff system beyond a 6 teamer where the top 2 get byes is an embarrassment

[@LowKeyJay33]

BCS was trash. Boise State and/or TCU should have played for a title in the late 2000's early 2010's and probably would have won but got disrespected

[@kevinbond8966]

​@@LowKeyJay33probably would have won? That's funny

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Yeah, remember TCU vs Georgia?? Worst blowout ever.

[@RB-.-]

@@chuckcribbs3398 Ohio State-Georgia and Michigan-TCU were instant classics though. Its a fair question, will we get a game next week within 10 points?

[@Ageofpoland1997]

​@@LowKeyJay33if you think that Boise St or TCU team would have won look at what the projected betting lines would have been on those games before you act as if they were robbed of a trophy 🏆

[@davidfloyd9134]

Sec is overrated

[@Clemsnman]

It also showed the value of playing at home.

[@CurbBlurbs]

You guys are total casuals!!!!

[@Field_Marshall]

Blowouts games happen all the time including the title games. Just get over it folks. Love me some blowouts games

[@aloha_uehara]

CFB had a golden goose and they forced it to get plastic surgery. Now it only poops out terrible games.

[@jarradjames5868]

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. These lopsided scores are proof of 1 of 2 things. Either 1 the teams they chose were the wrong teams, Tennessee, SMU and Indiana, OR we didn't need to expand the playoff beyond 8 teams. I'm fine with 12 teams but they need to be the best teams. Alabama would dog walk smu, Indiana and probably notre dame. The committee clearly got it wrong.

[@Goeers206]

Alabama got dog walked by a 5 win at the time OU and got beat by the bottom feeder of the league historically in Vanderbilt. Alabama didn't deserve anything but to sit on the outside looking in. Don't lose multiple games against absolutely weak opponents next year, Alabama doesn't deserve a damn thing.

[@drewc771]

I think it's a given that we didn't "need" to expand the playoff beyond 8, probably even 4. It's just about more games, more $$. But I agree, if you are going to have 12, you might as well pick the best ones.

[@drewc771]

@@Goeers206 Forget who "deserves" what. Nobody in the bottom half of the bracket really deserves anything, so that can be said about any team picked.. Truth is there wasn't a need to expand to 12, it's just about business and entertainment..the extra games and extra money. So if you're going to do that, which they have....you may as well try to get the best games.

[@Goeers206]

@drewc771 Again, the teams you all say don't deserve to be there, played better against CFP caliber teams than Alabama did against mediocre competition. Alabama is clearly not one of the best teams, or they wouldn't have 3 losses, 2 of which against abysmal competitors. SEC bias means absolutely nothing to people outside the SEC fanbase, and Tennessee just proved that by performing worse than both Clemson and SMU.

[@drewc771]

@@Goeers206 Some people can have bias on all sides, but a lot of what people call "SEC bias" is just reality, frankly. The league has won 13 of the last 20 national titles, went 14 and 4 against other conferences in the 4 team CFP, wins bowl games at a much higher clip than other conferences, and sends more people to the NFL than other conferences. These are all simple facts. To think the result of one game undoes all of that is not reasonable, imho.