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College Football 2016 Week Nine: Penn State Overcomes Adversity, is Healing Now
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That is completely unfesible
perfectchaos007
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6 or 8 is the best. With 8 you give auto berths to all the P5 conference winners and the highest rated group of 5 team, and the other 2 would be wild cards awarded to 2 of the highest rated teams that didn't win their conference. With a 6 team playoff all P5 conference winners get in + the highest rated group of 5 team. The top 2 seeds earn a bye to the semis
LizardKing
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You can't just base the structure of CFB on the greatest dynasty ever assembled and how they would blow out teams. Things change. Also, with an 8 team PO OSU would have made it last year, who was certainly a better team than MSU and would have given Bama more of a run for their money. Just look at this year, not only will we be leaving out a P5 champion (maybe even 2) but also probably Louisville, UM/OSU loser and A&M. Some great teams who could contend but just have a loss to a team who will probably be top 4 when all is said and done. If you really want the best teams to have a shot it needs to be 8. I can't say that any of those teams who will be left out are any worse than those who will make it except Bama.
I also HATE the idea of giving 2 mostly arbitrarily selected teams a bye. Rankings in CFB are still based in large part on perception and opinion. Why should Alabama or Michigan deserve a bye but not Clemson or UW? Because the pollsters and committee just say so? To give a team an advantage because of that in a playoff would be shameful when the point is to determine the best team on an even playing field and eliminate that opinion bias. Needs to be 8 IMO.
surprised they didnt have dabo in this quiz
I got 4 out of 14 as well.
I got only 4 right.
I mean, geez, guys, if you aren't going with your first name, it has to be an honest nickname, not just some other first name, Mike Bobo.
I did get Butch Jones right. LMAO, Lyle.
Herbert Fedora, sounds like a chain smoking train engineer from the 1950's.
I mean, geez, guys, if you aren't going with your first name, it has to be an honest nickname, not just some other first name, Mike Bobo.
I did get Butch Jones right. LMAO, Lyle.
Herbert Fedora, sounds like a chain smoking train engineer from the 1950's.
I got 7 out of 14 after I changed my strategy of going for the names that sound the best together.
FloydtheFathead
Member
I also got 4 as well.. how do they come up with those nicknames..
Yeah he looks really good.
I don't think that's really the big reason why. Would be nice for the 5 P5 teams to all get their winner in. From there too ranked G5 or highest ranked at large teams depending on if expanded to 6 or 8.
Looks like Evans might be out for VA Tech. Not good for them.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Awesome hit on that jet sweep
Purple Cheeto
Member
Cal's offense looks out of sorts tonight. Wonder how much of that has to do with the fact that the last two weeks they played overtime games and this is their second straight game on a short week.
Why does Larry Scott hate Cal?
Why does Larry Scott hate Cal?
perfectchaos007
Member
Cal is actually coming back in this game. Looked like it would be a USC blowout.
Purple Cheeto
Member
10 points off USC fumbles, USC has been really fumble prone since Darnold took over, although tonight's fumbles were more random than the others.
Purple Cheeto
Member
USC has 459 of offense.
At the half.
At the half.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Hooooooooooolyyyy Shit.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Cal has the 126th ranked (by yards allowed) rushing defense, so yeah.
Ronald Jones with something like his third run of 30+ yards. He has 11 carries for 198 yards (18 ypc). USC averages 177 rushing yards per game as a team. They have 309 with 7 minutes to go in the third.
sf2fanatic
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USC needs to have all their remaining games at home.
Purple Cheeto
Member
They only have two road games left, @UCLA and @UW.
Pretty much. I thought Cal's offense would do more, in my drive home the USC radio guys said Webb is rumored to have some kind of hand injury.
sf2fanatic
Member
Seriously Stovall?
Cyan, USC is beast at home. Cheeto and TTK can vouch. Plus UCLA is still considered home because it's still L.A.
Cyan, USC is beast at home. Cheeto and TTK can vouch. Plus UCLA is still considered home because it's still L.A.
sf2fanatic
Member
ESPN really killing that song 
Purple Cheeto
Member
There's also the fact that Cal is playing on 5 days of rest after a double over time game in which they set an NCAA record for offensive plays run and USC is coming off a bye week.
So that's kinda unfair.
So that's kinda unfair.
perfectchaos007
Member
Those private University LA girls don't want to get their hair wet.
superdeluxe
Member
Agreed, Go Dawgs!
6 days actually
superdeluxe
Member
Man..USC at UW is going to be a scrap. USC is going to need to take care of the ball tho.
Darnold is going to experience a rowdy Husky Stadium
Darnold is going to experience a rowdy Husky Stadium
Mac the KNife
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superdeluxe
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When can they start having Championship games? next year?
Purple Cheeto
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Thinking about it more this morning, if anyone still believes that the NCAA cares about student athletes Cal's football schedule should be proof that they don't.
Seahawks players were talking about not feeling normal until TUESDAY after playing 100ish snaps on Sunday Night. Cal played 118 snaps of offense last Friday and then had to turn around and play on Thursday. And unlike NFL players these kids also had to go to class and do homework.
Thursday and Friday night college football is exploitative as fuck.
Seahawks players were talking about not feeling normal until TUESDAY after playing 100ish snaps on Sunday Night. Cal played 118 snaps of offense last Friday and then had to turn around and play on Thursday. And unlike NFL players these kids also had to go to class and do homework.
Thursday and Friday night college football is exploitative as fuck.
Oh I'm just gonna have a Clorox neat tomorrow.
Dreams-Visions
Member
GO BLUE.
bucknuticus
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Who are you?
I'm here to spread the good word of our Lord and savior, the MDC.
bucknuticus
Member
Carry on then
devildog820
Member
Quiet thread this week. Where's all the hate? Y'all haven't gone soft have you?
I'll be honest, I'm surprised by the lack of go gata this week.
I'm still out here. All your Gatas are quiet but I'm not complaining. One fanbase or another will be talkative tomorrow night.
This is regarding a new WSJ report...