College football playoffs

[nolemmings]

Just for the fun of it, here's how the first round would have been set under the 16 team format if conference champs were given home games:

Miami at Oregon
Ole Miss at Georgia
South Carolina at Notre Dame
Texas at Clemson
Penn State at SMU
Alabama at Tennessee
Ohio State at ASU
Indiana at Boise State

Some interesting matchups and home field scenarios. Does Penn State dominate SMU if the game is in Dallas? Same result if Texas travels to Death Valley? I am quite confident the Buckeyes do not roll over ASU in Tempe, coming off their loss to Michigan and the Sun Devils thrashing of Iowa State. SEC gets two put up or shut up games between their conference powers. This would have been a very compelling schedule IMO.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Just for the fun of it, here's how the first round would have been set under the 16 team format if conference champs were given home games:

Miami at Oregon
Ole Miss at Georgia
South Carolina at Notre Dame
Texas at Clemson
Penn State at SMU
Alabama at Tennessee
Ohio State at ASU
Indiana at Boise State

Some interesting matchups and home field scenarios. Does Penn State dominate SMU if the game is in Dallas? Same result if Texas travels to Death Valley? I am quite confident the Buckeyes do not roll over ASU in Tempe, coming off their loss to Michigan and the Sun Devils thrashing of Iowa State. SEC gets two put up or shut up games between their conference powers. This would have been a very compelling schedule IMO.

16 teams is too many. 8 is fine IMO, forget conferences which mean very little any more, just go by rankings.

[esd10]

So far in this playoffs ohio state has been the most dominant team on both sides of the ball plus having the most difficult path to the national championship

[TUM301]

Well that ND-Penn St game last night was one hell of a slug fest. It had it all, physical play, penalties, Big plays, controversy and best of all Down to the wire finish. P St clearly controlled the 1’st half but credit the ND staff for halftime adjustments. Most compelling game of the 1’st CFP so far I M O, stay tuned. Hopefully tonight is just as good. On a side note, Penn St obviously needs ANYONE wideout. Not one WR caught a pass for them last night. Amazing!!

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Well that ND-Penn St game last night was one hell of a slug fest. It had it all, physical play, penalties, Big plays, controversy and best of all Down to the wire finish. P St clearly controlled the 1’st half but credit the ND staff for halftime adjustments. Most compelling game of the 1’st CFP so far I M O, stay tuned. Hopefully tonight is just as good. On a side note, Penn St obviously needs ANYONE wideout. Not one WR caught a pass for them last night. Amazing!!

Penn State could also use a better quarterback. He had 2 interceptions in the end zone erased by penalties, but both were terribly thrown balls. The late interception that led to the winning field goal is another ball that just can't be thrown. In the first half, he couldn't complete anything other than screen passes. He was better in the second half but still cost them the game overall.

[pawpawdiv9]

What the deal Penn st guy grabbing the Nd qb nutsack
Why did Penn st have 2 guys deep on the fg attempt??

UPDATE NEWS:
UGA QB Carson Beck not going NFL draft, but enter tranfer portal-- maybe Miami, Fl St, or Alabama

[ClementeFanOh]

What a defensive struggle between OSU and Texas! The title game will draw a
massive number of viewers for sure. Can't wait

Trent King