So.....a road trip to LSU and then a trip to the Rose Bowl. Are you not entertained????
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That’s four B1G teams getting a playoff spot in that scenario. I can see that happening, but I highly doubt Iowa will be one of them.
Midnighter saw PSU in the playoffs and his eye started twitching.
Then he saw the guy PSU predicted to beat LSU in the first round and he had a seizure.
Now he's in the corner rocking back and forth singing his Ken parody song to himself while playing with his daughter's Barbies.
Then he saw the guy PSU predicted to beat LSU in the first round and he had a seizure.
Now he's in the corner rocking back and forth singing his Ken parody song to himself while playing with his daughter's Barbies.
Agree. Iowa's garbage schedule may get them a hypothetical berth but I see them losing at least three games.
Doesn’t ND usually play in this? Weren’t they in the Tony the Tiger Bowl last year?Pop Tart Bowl or bust!!
I’d put USC or Michigan in instead of Iowa. If D’Aton Lynn can straighten out the USC defense, they have a chance to be pretty good.
No Texas, Clemson, or ND in this scenario. Four each from B1G and SEC. Two ACC, one Big XII. Ehhh….. could happen.
It’s happening. B1G and SEC will fill up the playoff spots and the others will be left out.
Since this is the first year of an expanded playoff, I could see them trying to give the P4 conferences 3 each with either the ACC or Big 12 losing a spot for the ridiculous Liberty/ Memphis token spot.
Probably. They basically changed the rules to favor them getting in. They’re like the silver spooned trust fund baby that was never told no.
Clemson vs Oklahoma State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. That's a lot of orange!!! Shame they both don't wear their home orange jerseys just for the sheer chaos of it.Pop Tart Bowl or bust!!
You might be right, but I think you follow the money trail. The B1G and SEC generate the most money of any of the conferences including the biggest TV deals. I think they will get the benefit of the doubt more times than not over the other conferences.
Overly optimistic, IMHO.
If given the opportunity, I would say let's just go with this prediction and jump ahead to that game with Oregon. It's our only chance to get that far.
If given the opportunity, I would say let's just go with this prediction and jump ahead to that game with Oregon. It's our only chance to get that far.
PSU is awful and has an awful HC. Yet they just keep winning every year and would have made the playoffs in 6 of the last 8 years. 75% of the time....garbage program according to many here. Saban, Day, Dabo, Kirby....they were all just waiting for PSU to fire Franklin so they could coach here. Year 3 of a 10 year deal is the perfect time to change out a coach who consistently will be in the playoffs, it just makes sense.
I can't recall, but how is it that they were able to get a guaranteed playoff spot? How do they have so much leverage?
Overhanging threat of a lawsuit if they were excluded.
There’s still a playoff without that spot. Now there will just be 1 more deserving team left out (in most years).
If a UAB / Memphis type team makes a run like Boise St did years ago and are ranked high enough, then they’d be deserving of the spot and I’d have no problem with it.
That said, in most years it will be a token gift to a team with a significantly inferior schedule who would not get the spot if teams were properly ranked based on merit alone.
If this was in place last year, #12 Oklahoma would have been left out for #23 Liberty.
The G5 conferences would tie it up in the courts for years. The Power 4 could go ahead with their own "playoff" but ESPN wouldn't be happy with the PR swirling around it.
You may be right. I have no doubt someone would try to sue. It’s pretty much the national pastime for many now.
Bottom line though is that I doubt they’d win any lawsuit. The G5 aren’t excluded even if you remove their ‘reserved’ spot. If they reach the top 12 they’d be in just like anyone else.
They'd have a case and a reasonable chance of winning, particularly when the selection is made subjectively be a committee largely dominated by members associated with the Power 4.