Was The 1st Round of The College Football Playoff a Let Down?

[@kelleycalcote4256]

Literally wasted my whole Saturday thinking, “The next one will be better.”

[@RICOJEEZUS]

Same 😂 that was soooo boring

[@TyroneBiggums789]

I kept telling myself “the first 3 were supposed to suck but this Ohio state vs Tennessee game is the real one” 😂😭

[@RICOJEEZUS]

@@TyroneBiggums789 saved the worst for last

[@pandahat8670]

I don’t know why people are surprised when the 4 team playoff was mostly blowouts that when you add 8 more teams that are worse there would be more blowouts

[@HoosierFilms]

Last years wildcard round average margin of victory was 17, so is the NFL flawed?

[@MotorcityMadman1984]

Not one of the underdogs even competed. This is just some BS money grab!

[@chrishaugh1655]

Okay and? What's the issue? You're not going to realistically have 12 teams in any given year than can actually compete for the NC or even be competitive.

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

The 4 team playoff era first games had a slightly larger average margins of victory.

[@RICOJEEZUS]

But now we get even more bad games 😂

[@chrishaugh1655]

@@RICOJEEZUS what makes them bad? UGA and TX had a back and forth SEC title game and I saw a ton of people complaining about how "bad" that game was too. The reality is most people on the internet are just miserable in real life and complain online.

[@RICOJEEZUS]

@@chrishaugh1655 the sec title game was fine to me. I never complained about it. People are complaining that the first round of this playoff was not competitive. This playoff was supposed to be "so much better" everyone was selling how "exciting" it would be. It was not. We don't need this many teams. We have 2 more guaranteed blowouts next week too. Of course people are disappointed. You can't blame FANS for the product they were given being bad; a product they never asked for and had no hand in creating. If you like blowouts more power to ya. The rest of us have the freedom to feel it was a waste of time, and it was, bc even the best game that we were offered was over in the first quarter.

[@nataliejoy8]

The problem is that the conferences are so large that they don’t play everyone in their conference. It is hard to determine who are the best teams in the conference.

[@Jn90974]

The issue wasn't the automatic bids. It was them getting the first round byes. If you give the first round byes to just the top 4 ranked teams it solves a lot.

[@willbuckner1148]

The argument isn’t “there isn’t 12 teams who can win a natty” but there’s better football teams sitting at home that are better than at least 3 of the playoff teams.

[@bigkilla2608]

It wasn't a let down for the four teams that won fans

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

SEC man before the Ohio St vs Tennessee game. “i just means more to us son! What are Yall gonna do? Next year it may be 15 SEC teams in the 12 team playoff!” After Ohio State drug Tennessee around Ohio Stadium like a dead body for 4 hours…..”Crickets” Lane Kiffin…someone cut your internet? Got mighty quiet.

[@joshwells3933]

How did Miami do?

[@danbradley7759]

We got to see some great atmospheres on TV in December. That part was awesome.

[@lovetheblue6659]

Just change the Conference Championship winners to guaranteed spots rather than byes; seed the field after the Championships; then give byes to the top 4 seeds. Everything would be better -- including the first round games.

[@tnhoyle26]

Blaine trying to block out the sun is a more interesting game than anything we saw on Saturday...

[@jordanhickey9785]

I think less is more. Most top 8. The drop off between 1-12 was very noticeable in skill this weekend

[@stooch66]

Tim Brando said Indiana would beat ND. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lsurebel96]

He's delusional- this is why I never listen to the talking heads

[@mattjones6323]

It's simple. The team that wouldn't have gotten in us going to win the NC. So how could last week be a let down?

[@mattjones6323]

*is

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Should just be an 8 team playoff. I don’t see a reason why expanding from 12 is going to avoid this in the future

[@laramecodes3520]

D2 allows 28 teams and FCS allows 24 teams to play in their playoffs. I think $ talks which is why it took so long for FBS to get to a playoff in the first place.

[@MartyHagwood]

The auto bid is the problem. Get rid of it. You're either in the top 12, or you're not.

[@chikwadokanu9365]

This is how you create parity, by letting them compete. You think programs like Gonzaga, Butler or even Duke back in the day just were born overnight? No, they took their knocks but got exposure (not exposed). They had blowout losses, but got new recruits and came back better each decade.

[@adventureswithlils4331]

Your right A 3rd team from a garbage conference shouldn’t get in Aka TN

[@jason0678]

Calling the SEC a trash conference has got to be the hottest take in college football.

[@mjowen5117]

From 2014-2023, 12 of 18 “first round” or semi final games in 4 team playoff were 3+ score margins. Non competitive games. So anybody crying about mismatches after EXPANDING to 12 teams, doesn’t know ball or just started watching this year.

[@mjowen5117]

I do think they completed jacked up how they did seeding & the byes however.

[@davidjohnson3143]

Why are the underdogs in the playoffs? Everyone should be seen as elite

[@chikwadokanu9365]

I see the same SEC bias and playing the hypothetical game. Mealy mouthing to explain why extra SEC teams would have fixed the outcomes...

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

Honestly if SC, Ole’ Miss, or Alabama had played there is a better likely hood of closer games, maybe even a road team victory. I guarantee you schools would rather play SMU or Indiana than any of those three.

[@chikwadokanu9365]

@user-tz2zz5ij1s Watch Josh Pate's take. This isn't a movie. It's a competition. So whether you're right or not, if you just start adding who you think is better rather than who performed during the season then this becomes WWE and not a sport.

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

@@chikwadokanu9365yawn. Indiana was also bias. No B1G team has an impressive resume. Bias is spread around. Go watch Josh Pate’s take on bias. Every program you don’t like gets it, but never your school.

[@chikwadokanu9365]

@@user-tz2zz5ij1s Bias does not matter. He states explicitly who SHOULD HAVE MADE the playoffs despite his opinion on who was better. The argument ends at that point. This is a sport.

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

@@chikwadokanu9365so his point is all that matters? Terrible argument to stand on bud.

[@william7286]

Pretty sure that two, 24-team Big Ten and SEC will play conference playoffs ... with conference champions playing for a national championship in a new Tier-I FBS. Tier-II FBS conferences - likely consolidated to four - will have their own FCS-style playoff.

[@ronaldtentschert6876]

It's the first year, nobody can look at the big picture, like the one guy said it's going to take time to create the parody, but it has to happen everybody's sick of the same teams winning every year.

[@dare2554]

This is a perfect example on why there should never be more than an 8 team playoff because there are no more than 8 elite teams which can win it all. The rest are pretenders.

[@MadeByToxicz]

Several blowouts over 10 years of a 4 team CFP isnt the same as 4 blowouts in a span of 24 houra

[@stooch66]

You all are two young for when we had it best. Before the BCS, we would have a New Year’s Day where 3-4 teams had a chance to be National Champions. Sure it was subjective, but it was fun because there were four games that mattered if the outcomes came out a certain way. And the debate was more fun t then than it is now.

[@robbanks7393]

The home team fans loved it.

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

Miami is not losing to Ohio St the way Tennessee did…they would lose 63-38

[@Mississippi91]

If some sort of competitive structure doesn’t get put in place CFB will be dominated by 4-5 schools.

[@joshbazon2764]

No. However, Tennessee losing was hilarious to watch the SEC Narrative fall apart in Big 10 country. Alabama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina definitely didn't belong in the College Football Playoffs! Maybe Nico should transfer to a Big 10 school, like Penn State, where he can learn for a year under Drew Allar to prep for some NFL training!

[@chrishaugh1655]

The "narrative" falls apart because of one bad game to the team that realistically if they play to their maximum can be anyone in CFB? This isn't the argument you think it is.

[@kevinjohnston4923]

8 team playoff. Screw the lesser conferences.

[@baileyhix2716]

They need to go to 32 or 64 teams moving forward.

[@chrishaugh1655]

CFB will never have 12 teams that could realistically win the title in a year. Realistically you could argue maybe 6-8 at best. Also, if you truly want more parity, put a cap on the NIL because right now the NIL is really only allowing the programs with big time money to go get the best portal players. You aren't seeing really good portal players transfer to Boise or SMU, or AZST.

[@briangwin1251]

Get rid of the committee and take out the human bias. Use the old BCS computer model to rank the teams and seed 1 - 12. Get rid of the auto bids and auto seeding.

[@matthewgrantham6352]

I agree with everything you said EXCEPT I want to keep the autobids. Top 5 conference champs are guaranteed in. If 2 or 3 conference champs are ranked outside of the top 12, they can push the 10-12th ranked teams out. They don’t get to complain. The GO5 teams deserve a shot to prove why they do or don’t belong over a decade or so before the format is changed. One year isn’t enough. They shouldn’t get guaranteed byes though. I’d even be fine with expanding the field to 16 and getting rid of byes entirely and guaranteeing that every single team that goes 8-0 or 9-0 in conference AND wins their conference title game is guaranteed in. On years when there werent 9 undefeated-in-conference conference champs, it gives more spots to the Alabamas, South Carolinas, Ole Misses, and Miamis. Yes, I’m fine with seeing blowouts. The sport is full of blowouts. Division 1 FBS is the ONLY sports division in ANY sport in ANY division that doesn’t guarantee each conference champion a sport and I’m not even calling for that. Just to put all undefeated-in-conference conference champions in.

[@brandonjordan4596]

2/3 of the BCS was made up with human polls. I don't know why people think the BCS didn't have human bias. Still would prefer this though over the committee.

[@MartyHagwood]

@@matthewgrantham6352 The auto bid is the problem. It needs to go. You're either in the top 12, or you're not.

[@briangwin1251]

@@matthewgrantham6352 I just want to get rid of the human bias. I don't like auto bids. All of the conferences are not equal. In fact they are very different. Strength of schedule has to matter a lot. I could care less if a team wins 11 games if they didn't beat anything but soup cans. There are 4 teams in this year's playoff that didn't beat a ranked team. Use the computer model to rank them. 1-12 gets in, period. That's the fairest way to do it.

[@chrishaugh1655]

@@matthewgrantham6352 there's massive parity between the top 4 conferences. Yes, I said 4 because there isn't a 5th conference that's relevant to this conversation. The BIG and the SEC objectively have better teams top to bottom compared to the ACC and BIG12. The remaining conferences don't have anyone good enough to be considered an auto-bid.

[@josephtierney6090]

To some it could be a letdown...not everybody thar got ib deserved to be in..then the teams that one n done Hurt 4 teams right 😅off the rip...oh well A play off is really rhe fairest way to distribute talent thruout the country. Sports have changes That people need to deal with without complaining... Just get over it ...and give it a chance...

[@brettthomas6327]

Oregon will quickly bring OSU back to earth after a emotional must win. Their season will be over on the first. I don't trust Ryan Day, one win don't mean nothing stop it

[@Eddiewolfe94]

Commenting so I remember to come back after osu wins, your a fool if you think oregon can beat osu if they play like they did vs tenn

[@brettthomas6327]

@Eddiewolfe94 buddy that's why their going to lose, bipolar teams like OSU don't win chips. Dillon Gabriel WILL NOT fold under the pressure like NICO. Nico is a freshman, Dillon is a senior and has seen it all. Oregon has the better coach and QB, GAME OVER.

[@Eddiewolfe94]

@@brettthomas6327 I agree it's going to be much tougher than tennessee for sure but ohio st isn't very bipolar, the michigan game they changed the philosophy of the offense and thats what killed them. Everybother game this year we've been the same team we were last night

[@brettthomas6327]

@Eddiewolfe94 we all know OSU overall is emotional and so is the coach. Oregon is consistent all the way around. Coach and QB in today's football, college or pros are the tale of the tape to determine wins and loses. Which is why they beat OSU, don't matter if it was a one point loss.

[@Eddiewolfe94]

@@brettthomas6327 a one point loss after a bs opi call is much different than getting beat by multiple scores tho. Losses aren't always cut and dry, there's nuance. Osu is playing better now than all season, so I like the bucks in this game.

[@shannonrussell5069]

lol where are your curtains bro?

[@Jeffhaucksr]

Sucked

[@adventureswithlils4331]

This talk is garbage Y’all are saying The 8 seed is the best team in college football. And yet we don’t have more than 4 teams that can win the championship Garbage

[@chrishaugh1655]

You don't think ND could win the title? Or OSU? Since you know, they're the 7th and 8th ranked teams going into the playoffs. There's definitely at minimum 6 teams that could win it this year.

[@blackbeardsghost6588]

Just playoff the top 8 teams. The true best team in college football isn't ranked 9th or worse.

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

If Ohio State plays the way they did this weekend, there is only one team good enough to win the National Title…Ohio State.

[@blackbeardsghost6588]

@@adam-thesportsguy6147 That'll be true, especially if anyone they face from here out plays like Tennessee did.

[@chrishaugh1655]

@@adam-thesportsguy6147 the problem with this theory, is that OSU hasn't played to this level consistently all year and I don't know why anyone would expect them to repeat that 3 more times. You also can't expect everyone else they face to shit the bed like Tennessee did.

[@davidjohnson3143]

These clown were the main ones daying more games mean better... Why have a 12 team playoff if 12 teams cant win. These are talking heads so yhey just want more content, they have mouths to feed

[@bobpool6636]

If Committee used SOS or SOR, how was Indiana a top 10 team? They beat 3 teams with a winning record? The Committee refused to use SOR or SOS other than lip service. That is also why all the games were decided by halftime. The SEC MUST leave CFP! SEC Championship Playoff TONS NIL Bonus No Committee! The Committee FAILED!

[@richardsansbury7453]

The sport is making record money. The interest in this tournament is at record levels. SEC whining don't want to compete. Sorry asses

[@j.peaceo1031]

Tennessee needs to get kicked out of the SEC. Rip that patch off their shoulders. They were an embarrassment to our league. Disgusting. Go Gators! Heupel on the biggest stage has proved himself to be an ABSOLUTE CHOKER! Shame on you for not even putting up a fight. I want my gators to beat yall so hard next year, it will put the question in everybody's mind whether you really belong in the SEC.

[@RoscoPColtrane17]

Tennessee wasn’t even the third best SEC team. They had no business being there.

[@jjwalden93]

Every conference was weaker this year because they had more teams, this was going to happen. Next year it will be a stronger product.

[@jamesblank4115]

You guys need to quit whining this is the first round of the first year we've done this how about we let this try to j e l l a😊 little bit

[@Bravesfan117]

How about you learn to use punctuation a little bit 🤡