Notre Dame should have been playing against  Ole Miss.

Trick play and a fumble by Tulane.

I have nothing against Tulane but I would like to see Ole Miss "clock" them.  If the "special" games are close, it will be much harder to get rid of them. 

16 minutes ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Notre Dame should have been playing against  Ole Miss.

If they would have beat Miami they would have played Texas A&M. I pretty much figured that the loser between Notre Dame and Miami would be left out.

34-7

41-3 but they keep stopping the clock. ☹️

1 hour ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Notre Dame should have been playing against  Ole Miss.

They would have been, if they had won a conference.

1 hour ago, theguru said:

Trick play and a fumble by Tulane.

I have nothing against Tulane but I would like to see Ole Miss "clock" them.  If the "special" games are close, it will be much harder to get rid of them. 

You might as well accept that there will always be one non-power conference team each year, due to the undefeated UCF season a few years back. I hate automatic qualifiers too, but I'm resigned to one being allowed in. The problem this year is that the ACC was so trash, their champion didn't deserve a spot which allowed another conference champion to get in.

I'm looking forward to 16 teams, the 14 or 15 best and a charity case. We can't really argue if we have a playoff with the top 15 teams year in and year out. That will mean the top 13 or 14 will be rock solid and deserve to be there each year, leaving us all a few teams ranked in the teens to argue about.

13 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

You might as well accept that there will always be one non-power conference team each year, due to the undefeated UCF season a few years back. I hate automatic qualifiers too, but I'm resigned to one being allowed in. The problem this year is that the ACC was so trash, their champion didn't deserve a spot which allowed another conference champion to get in.

I'm looking forward to 16 teams, the 14 or 15 best and a charity case. We can't really argue if we have a playoff with the top 15 teams year in and year out. That will mean the top 13 or 14 will be rock solid and deserve to be there each year, leaving us all a few teams ranked in the teens to argue about.

I mostly agree and a 16 team playoff needs to get here yesterday. 

This goes to prove that NO Group of 5 should be in the playoffs. If Oregon takes care of business hopefully that will put a nail in the coffin for the Group of 5 moving forward

18 hours ago, Big East Zebra said:

This goes to prove that NO Group of 5 should be in the playoffs. If Oregon takes care of business hopefully that will put a nail in the coffin for the Group of 5 moving forward

So far the Ducks are doing their part. 

1 hour ago, Big East Zebra said:

This goes to prove that NO Group of 5 should be in the playoffs. If Oregon takes care of business hopefully that will put a nail in the coffin for the Group of 5 moving forward

I think this a dumb take.  The G5 play in FBS so they should be in the playoff.  IMO the playoff should be 24 teams like FCS and take all the conference winners.  Will there be blowouts?  Yes but to me if you play at the FBS level, then those teams should have a seat at the table, including the MAC, Conference USA, the new PAC-12, Sun Belt, etc.  If these teams are weaker, they will be lower seeds and be knocked out before the bracket gets to 16 anyway.  Plus, I think it might help the G5 retain talent, coaches, and donations because people know they have a path to get into the playoff.  FCS does this so why not FBS?  This system would still leave something like 10+ at-large bids and those would get sucked up by top SEC, Big 10, Notre Dame, and a few other teams.  Probably would've given us a great field this year without any debates.  Yes, some team will argue they get left out under any system but when you are arguing you are the 25th best team in America maybe you should have won more games.

If you are going to argue no G5 in the playoff that won't work on anti-trust grounds.  Furthermore, if that's going to be the standard why should any fans of those programs continue to support them at all?  Like, why should WKU fans go to games or contribute when they know there's zero chance for them to be in the playoff for the title?  Are they supposed to be happy playing in some rando Bahamas bowl?  That's just stupid.

This year the G5 weren't as strong as past years when you had a team like Boise State or a TCU (pre-Big 12) that could make a run.  In some ways NIL and the portal are ruining G5 teams because their talent is just being raided all the time, something that I've said here was a disastrous policy.  This is also why in basketball you are probably going to see fewer NCAA Tournament upsets going forward, like last year.

However, we either include the G5 in this setup or you just kick them out of FBS.  You can't have it both ways.

Currently there are about 67 schools in the Power 4, for the sake of this argument, I have dismissed the Pac-12 because when they add the schools they are adding, they are going to be no stronger, than the MAC, AAC, Sunbelt or any other G-5 conference. I have also not included ND because they are not in a conference. But if we add ND, we are now at 68 Power 4 Schools. Those 68 schools have a 12-team playoff, and if you want your 24-team playoffs then you have a G-5 12 team playoff. Last year we had a G-5 school receive a first round bye, they got 31-14 beat by Penn State. 12 teams are enough, but please no more G-5 schools, in the big boys 12. Give the G-5 their own 12 team playoff. 

15 hours ago, Big East Zebra said:

Currently there are about 67 schools in the Power 4, for the sake of this argument, I have dismissed the Pac-12 because when they add the schools they are adding, they are going to be no stronger, than the MAC, AAC, Sunbelt or any other G-5 conference. I have also not included ND because they are not in a conference. But if we add ND, we are now at 68 Power 4 Schools. Those 68 schools have a 12-team playoff, and if you want your 24-team playoffs then you have a G-5 12 team playoff. Last year we had a G-5 school receive a first round bye, they got 31-14 beat by Penn State. 12 teams are enough, but please no more G-5 schools, in the big boys 12. Give the G-5 their own 12 team playoff. 

So they play their own playoff for......what?  Either the G5 are part of FBS or they aren't.  If not, the Power 4 need to create their own division, break away, and only play themselves going forward.  No more "buy" games, no more cupcake games, etc.  You can't have a big FBS division and then just cut out half the teams from a playoff.  That's nonsensical.

13 minutes ago, DanvilleFan said:

So they play their own playoff for......what?  Either the G5 are part of FBS or they aren't.  If not, the Power 4 need to create their own division, break away, and only play themselves going forward.  No more "buy" games, no more cupcake games, etc.  You can't have a big FBS division and then just cut out half the teams from a playoff.  That's nonsensical.

It's coming. Probably 2028. The power 4 conferences will break away and form their own "league".

9 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

It's coming. Probably 2028. The power 4 conferences will break away and form their own "league".

That is fine if that is what they aim to do but the twist is not all the teams in those conferences are going to make the cut.  Kentucky might be one that does not.  I am also wary of how that is even going to work or be sustainable.