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Franklin jabs at ND, says CFP needs uniformity
Penn State coach James Franklin stressed the need for uniformity around college football, especially as it relates to the College Football Playoff, and said every team should be in a conference.
F*ck independence. Conform.
That is the only other choice really. Just make it consistent.
As we learned at Penn State we all need to be One Team.Franklin jabs at ND, says CFP needs uniformity
Penn State coach James Franklin stressed the need for uniformity around college football, especially as it relates to the College Football Playoff, and said every team should be in a conference.
F*ck independence. Conform.
Eliminate the bloated playoff. Let conference championship games work as the first round of the playoffs, then proceed from there. If ND isn’t in a conference, they don’t get to participate.
The thing is from here on out the playing field is somewhat level. SEC is losing depth and recruits due to NIL and the portal and the last 2 years have kind of showed this to be true. That doesn't mean the SEC cannot win it this year or more often than not, but it appears that one conference will not completely run the show anymore.
I like the playoffs as they are. I might even favor adding 4 more teams so the top 4 conference champs can play in the first round and not complain that the bye hurt them. The playoffs have been exciting. The team that loses the Big Championship or SEC Championship games might be the second best team in any given year. They should be in the playoff over the ACC, Mountain West and Big 12 Champs. Take Ohio State this year. Lost a close game to Oregon. Why should the first game dictate the ultimate outcome? Ohio State deserves to be in the playoff. I think being in the playoffs has been very beneficial for the PSU program. The team and coaches deserve the opportunity. PSU has been right there for a long time under Franklin. I’m really excited for the team and coaches.
And go to 16 with first two rounds at home fields.
I really don’t like that all these extra games are being played bringing in god knows how much money and the players aren’t getting a cut of it. If Penn State wins the championship they will have played 5 postseason games. The players should be getting a sizable cut of that.
Coach Franklin is not completely wrong with what he’s saying but the risk lies in your very last sentence. Watch how the playoff rules change next year. Some people, not all, think that this playoff format is going to morph into a March Madness type format, others believe that it will get reduced to 8 teams with two wildcard teams. Both WC teams will be chosen by W/L and strength of schedule.
Neither is the Big Ten. Way too much money involved.
SEC was decent this year from top to bottom but were not dominant at the top like they have been in the past.
