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UGA, Clemson, UW, MSU
Mississippi State, nice.
kidding
1 Clemson
2 UGA/Bama
3 Ohio State
4 Washington
I am not sure if it what the people want to see or not. I think it has more to do with advertising revenue and wanting to attract the big coastal cities.
Bama (We could definitely be here)
Washington (but of a vacuum out West)
Clemson (I think largely unchallenged in ACC)
Michigan (biggest beneficiary of OSU instability)
I think we're right there, too but it is going to take some unusual circumstances to get 2 SEC teams in again. Big 12 looking like a bunch of 8-4 to 10-2 type teams knocking each other off.
I doubt this is true. If they were caught colluding with advertisers and networks it'd be one of the biggest conspiracies ever. I don't think the committee is that ****, if they were it'd be the end of the CFP
TV ratings improved by 18% during last year's playoffs. And we all know TV ratings = $$$. Ticket sales? Stadiums were all sold out, always will be when you have a SEC team involved in the game. So, apparently a lot of people didn't mind watching two SEC teams dominate other conferences. Not trying to call you out, but nothing you said proves to be factual.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/1/9/16869172/playoff-tv-ratings-alabama-georgia-national-championship
That was not a rematch of the SEC championship. It involved two teams that had not faced each other, and especially not recently
I do not think the committee will let there be a possibility of a repeat conference championship game happening in the playoff. Two teams from the same conference may go, like has happened previously.... but I do not believe it will be the two teams who played in that conferences conference championship
The committee has messed up in my opinion by allowing teams into the playoffs who did not even play in their conference championship
Of the BCS era championship games, over those 16 years, the LSU vs. Bama (SECCG rematch) game is 10th out of 16 in the TV ratings. You'd think they'd be the last since it's a rematch, right? You know what the two worst games, ratings wise, were during the BCS era? 2002 Ohio State vs. Miami and 2005 Texas vs. USC. Some of the most historic programs turned out the worst TV ratings, which is pretty bizarre to me.
That is pretty interesting
Envision the following scenario: undefeated #2 UGA beats undefeated #1 Bama in the SEC title game in a close game. If you're the committee would you put both teams in at positions 1 and 4, respectively? It ensures a re-match but it also guarantees that re-match won't happen in the national title game. This assumes that the resumes of other teams lead the committee to the conclusion that UGA and Bama are 2 of the best 4 teams, of course.
In an 8 team playoff possibility, sure.... but with 5 conference champions I do not see it happening
We need an 8 team playoff
Completely agree with this. UGA will not make the CFP if they run the table and lose to Bama in the SECCG. The only way they make it with one loss is if they win the SECCG OR they lose to South Carolina and run the table and miss out on the SECCG.
It isn't talked about much, but IF UGA loses to USCjr (looking at USCjr's schedule), it is unlikely USCjr loses two conference games so they will probably represent the east. I could see them losing to Texas A&M, but thats about it. Their conference schedule is easy.
I don't think ticket sales and the real money maker, tv ratings, are weighed when choosing the top 4, I don't see any evidence of it.
Why risk blowback when in the long run the unknowing is a huge reason sports are so captivating, they write their own scripts on the playing fields.