Cant sleep, who do you all think will be this years final 4? My prediction: Georgia Clemson Wisconsin Oklahoma
Would not suprise me if Michigan or Miami snuck in there.
What say you?
UGA, Clemson, UW, MSU
@SoFL_Dawg said: UGA, Clemson, UW, MSU
Mississippi State, nice.
kidding
1 Clemson 2 UGA/Bama 3 Ohio State 4 Washington
@PharmDawg2054 said: I will say this, and I know it will be discussed more... but the loser of the SEC championship is NOT going to make the playoffs, even if that is their only loss The reason being is TV ratings, ticket sales.... and money..... This would mean a possible SEC championship rematch and that is not what people want to see. The winner of the SEC championship may go and the team with 1 loss that did not go to the SEC championship may go to the playoffs like last year.... but the loser of the SEC championship game will not go to the playoffs
@PharmDawg2054 said: I will say this, and I know it will be discussed more... but the loser of the SEC championship is NOT going to make the playoffs, even if that is their only loss
The reason being is TV ratings, ticket sales.... and money..... This would mean a possible SEC championship rematch and that is not what people want to see. The winner of the SEC championship may go and the team with 1 loss that did not go to the SEC championship may go to the playoffs like last year.... but the loser of the SEC championship game will not go to the playoffs
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 = $$$. Ticket sales? Stadiums were all sold out, always will be when you have a SEC team involved in the game. So, apparently a lot of people didn't mind watching two SEC teams dominate other conferences. Not trying to call you out, but nothing you said proves to be factual.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/1/9/16869172/playoff-tv-ratings-alabama-georgia-national-championship
@Teddy said: @PharmDawg2054 said: I will say this, and I know it will be discussed more... but the loser of the SEC championship is NOT going to make the playoffs, even if that is their only loss The reason being is TV ratings, ticket sales.... and money..... This would mean a possible SEC championship rematch and that is not what people want to see. The winner of the SEC championship may go and the team with 1 loss that did not go to the SEC championship may go to the playoffs like last year.... but the loser of the SEC championship game will not go to the playoffs TV ratings improved by 18% during last year's playoffs. And we all know TV ratings = $$$. 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
@Teddy said:
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
@PharmDawg2054 said: @Teddy said: @PharmDawg2054 said: I will say this, and I know it will be discussed more... but the loser of the SEC championship is NOT going to make the playoffs, even if that is their only loss The reason being is TV ratings, ticket sales.... and money..... This would mean a possible SEC championship rematch and that is not what people want to see. The winner of the SEC championship may go and the team with 1 loss that did not go to the SEC championship may go to the playoffs like last year.... but the loser of the SEC championship game will not go to the playoffs TV ratings improved by 18% during last year's playoffs. And we all know TV ratings = $$$. Ticket sales? Stadiums were all sold out, always will be when you have a SEC team involved in the game. So, apparently a lot of people didn't mind watching two SEC teams dominate other conferences. Not trying to call you out, but nothing you said proves to be factual. https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/1/9/16869172/playoff-tv-ratings-alabama-georgia-national-championship That was not a rematch of the SEC championship. It involved two teams that had not faced each other, and especially not recently
@PharmDawg2054 said:
Of the BCS era championship games, over those 16 years, the LSU vs. Bama (SECCG rematch) game is 10th out of 16 in the TV ratings. You'd think they'd be the last since it's a rematch, right? You know what the two worst games, ratings wise, were during the BCS era? 2002 Ohio State vs. Miami and 2005 Texas vs. USC. Some of the most historic programs turned out the worst TV ratings, which is pretty bizarre to me.
@Teddy said: @PharmDawg2054 said: @Teddy said: @PharmDawg2054 said: I will say this, and I know it will be discussed more... but the loser of the SEC championship is NOT going to make the playoffs, even if that is their only loss The reason being is TV ratings, ticket sales.... and money..... This would mean a possible SEC championship rematch and that is not what people want to see. The winner of the SEC championship may go and the team with 1 loss that did not go to the SEC championship may go to the playoffs like last year.... but the loser of the SEC championship game will not go to the playoffs TV ratings improved by 18% during last year's playoffs. And we all know TV ratings = $$$. 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 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
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
@PharmDawg2054 said: 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
@PharmDawg2054 said: 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
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.
@PTDawg said: @PharmDawg2054 said: 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 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.
@PTDawg said:
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.
