CFP Expansion Potentially Tabled till 2026

[CascadeClone]

Nobody trusts these **** heads after A&M spilled the beans on what they had going under the table with ESPN. They pissed off conferences, media execs, fans. They will need time to smooth things over if they want to make a run at a 12 team field later on anyway.

Should we be rooting for A&M? Since they got backstabbed by the SEC, their revenge of leaking the OuT story ruined everything ESPN had planned. So they are bitter weirdoes, but their willingness to pee on their own conferences best interests kind of saved the Big12.

 

[HFCS]

There's no way other conferences sign off on anything that opens the door for more than 2 SEC teams.

The current format has nothing preventing 3 or even 4 SEC teams. It wouldn't be the most biased thing the committed has done. I could see a year where the best 4 teams really is 3 SEC teams, this year it certainly was necessary to have 2 if you were looking for the best teams.

The only consistent criteria I've seen in the current small biased committee format is they will change the rules weekly or annually to whatever benefit Ohio State's unique situation that week or that year. The SEC hasn't needed any help at all getting 1 or 2 teams in every year, it's been very obvious so no need to make new rules every week to help them. Ohio State has gotten special new rules invented on the fly, then a few years later they do the exact opposite of that special rule because it helps their favorite program Ohio State.

 

[Gonzo]

The current format has nothing preventing 3 or even 4 SEC teams. It wouldn't be the most biased thing the committed has done. I could see a year where the best 4 teams really is 3 SEC teams, this year it certainly was necessary to have 2 if you were looking for the best teams.

The only consistent criteria I've seen in the current small biased committee format is they will change the rules weekly or annually to whatever benefit Ohio State's unique situation that week or that year. The SEC hasn't needed any help at all getting 1 or 2 teams in every year, it's been very obvious so no need to make new rules every week to help them. Ohio State has gotten special new rules invented on the fly, then a few years later they do the exact opposite of that special rule because it helps their favorite program Ohio State.

Yeah and I think the other conferences aren't going to leave open the door for that possibility to happen the next time around.

 

[RonBurgundy]

I love anything that thwarts the SEC master plan to take over the world. B1G, Big 12, ACC and Pac need to stay unified in denying any CFP expansion unless SEC agrees to nine conference games a year. Let them add UT and OU while getting no more access to playoff spots.

Suck it SEC.

 

[JM4CY]

I love anything that thwarts the SEC master plan to take over the world. B1G, Big 12, ACC and Pac need to stay unified in denying any CFP expansion unless SEC agrees to nine conference games a year. Let them add UT and OU while getting no more access to playoff spots.

Suck it SEC.

There are a lot of ways for this to play out. Likely scenario: OuT are about to completely **** themselves, and I am so here for it.

 

[Die4Cy]

If they could have gotten the 8 team playoff capped at two per conference deal done now, there was a chance OU stays home and UT goes independent and neither ended up in the SEC. Would we have wanted that outcome, or are we supposed to be happy they both go to the SEC to toil in competitive futility while swimming in money?

 

[HFCS]

Yeah and I think the other conferences aren't going to leave open the door for that possibility to happen the next time around.

I hope so. I think it's kind of silly the pac and acc seem to have teamed up with the Big Ten/SEC as a voting block.

The obvious self preservation move is to align with Big 12 3-2 rather than pretend they are one of the big 4 and try to vote with them. ACC and Pac squeezing Big 12 out of those discussions last year reminds me of when Nebraska and A&M voted for the creation of the LHN and then left the conference in part because of LHN. They thought they were bigger than they were. ACC and Pac are way more in B12's shoes, not Big10/SEC.

 

[KnappShack]

Talk to a family friend if he would play USFL, he said he’s sticking in Canada because of the uncertainty of the leagues lately. He got burnt with that XFL part 2 thing.

That's cool stuff! Hopefully he's found a good home in the CFL!

The AAF wasn't successful either. I would really like to enjoy the Canadian game, but it just doesn't grab me.

Too many people on a soccer field all moving before the snap.

But I do wish their expansion to America was more successful.

 

[BigJCy]

Pac 12 Commish:

 

[cyman05]

Pac 12 Commish:

Got hoodwinked by the B10. No scheduling alliance and no CFP expansion. B10 got what they wanted by keeping the alliance together until this announcement came out. Will be fascinating to see how the “playoff” shakes out in 4 years. 4 teams, 12 teams, or nothing when the contract is over.

 

[jbhtexas]

Should we be rooting for A&M? Since they got backstabbed by the SEC, their revenge of leaking the OuT story ruined everything ESPN had planned. So they are bitter weirdoes, but their willingness to pee on their own conferences best interests kind of saved the Big12.

How did A&M get backstabbed by the SEC?

 

[twojman]

Man people think the playoff committee is biased and changed their rules for teams. That is nuts. They've used the same formula since the first playoff. Follow @cfb_matrix, they predict the playoff ranking each week and are off by less than one spot on average. Nuts that people still think this way.

 

[RonBurgundy]

How did A&M get backstabbed by the SEC?

I assume he is referring to the fact that A&M was the only Texas team before UT. And A&M hates UT, so letting them in has to sting. Not sure it elevates to "backstab" though.

 

[JM4CY]

Pac 12 Commish:

Has fat chick in the corner at a middle school dance vibes.

 

[jbhtexas]

I assume he is referring to the fact that A&M was the only Texas team before UT. And A&M hates UT, so letting them in has to sting. Not sure it elevates to "backstab" though.

If A&M thought that the SEC would never pursue additional schools in a "football" state of 30 million people, that amounts to stupidity on the part of A&M, not backstabbing on the part of the SEC...

 

[CascadeClone]

How did A&M get backstabbed by the SEC?

Adding Texas, their HATED arch rival, who they LEFT the Big12 because of in the first place. And deliberately hiding it from them the entire time.

 

[CascadeClone]

Has fat chick in the corner at a middle school dance vibes.

And the B1G is the star QB with flowing locks of hair that just threw pigs blood on her, And the ACC.

 

[JM4CY]

And the B1G is the star QB with flowing locks of hair that just threw pigs blood on her, And the ACC.

The BIG has fake boobs. One being a C and one being a D and doesn’t know it.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

And somehow we expect this same group to be able to come to an agreement to rewrite the entire DI structure.

If they can't agree on football where they basically print money, how the hell are they going to agree on women's tennis, swimming, soccer, etc...

 

[FriendlySpartan]

And somehow we expect this same group to be able to come to an agreement to rewrite the entire DI structure.

If they can't agree on football where they basically print money, how the hell are they going to agree on women's tennis, swimming, soccer, etc...

Wait why does this group need to agree on anything for the non-revenue sports?