You post the best research @JM4CYI think you did too. However, for reference purposes for those unaware:
Greg McElroy: 'Ludicrous' to call Iowa State football a top-four team
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A 16 or 32 team playoff would be more like the NFL. In terms of #s college football is like if the NFL only had a 1 or 2 team playoff.
8 is perfect for college football. It would give real access to every conference, and it would still make every game count in the regular season. There have been a few times that the #5 team before bowls has ended up having a National Championship claim but the #9 team never has.
Look at this year's NCAA tournament. If it had been four teams it would have been 2 Big Ten teams that in reality weren't very good, a Big 12 team that did win NC convincingly and Gonzaga who belonged. Zero Pac 12 teams. Turns out the Pac 12 was very good and the Big Ten completely sucked.
The top 8 seeds in the basketball tournament need to be spread around better, it's a total joke that half of them went to a complete dog**** conference this year. Likewise 8 spots where each major conference gets a spot would help nullify any ridiculous homerism for one conference.
We will absolutely man handle UNI this year. We already have an identity, this team will be ready to roll week one. I can see the UNI game being a 41-10 type game. Week two I think we beat Iowa by 10-14 points. 9/11 is going to be a real reality check for the Hawks, they have NEVER seen an Iowa State team that can line up in the trenches with team on both sides of the ball. Remember, this will also be the first true road start for Petras...
They did beat one playoff team that had completed a full season last year, so this argument is muted a bunch.
Its also worth noting that UNI just got done with their delayed Spring season two weeks ago. They have like 3 months before summer workouts start. That really isn't a lot of time to heal up.
They had some pretty significant injury issues as well I believe.
They looked like a top 4 team when they got in, but they only got in the playoff because they are "Ohio State".
If Purdue or NW or Iowa was 6-0 in the same conference they are out when most of college football played almost twice as many games.
This is the same committee that recently said 12 games disqualifies a team because they need to have 13 games to know how good a team really is. So 12 vs 13 was of absolute importance but 6 vs 11 was somehow meaningless.
I only bring it up because someone was going nuts about how great Ohio State was last year. Even if they were great, if they had to play five more games there's a good statistical chance they lose a game or two rather than go 11-0.
Most analysts and commentators don't truly want parity in college football. What they really want is more parity among the blue bloods. Basically, take the teams that have made the CFP, add Michigan, USC, Miami, Texas, Tennessee, Penn St, Florida, and Nebraska. Let those teams split the bids and none of them would ever call to expand the CFP again.
A lot of our fans don't understand this either. It's embarrassing how many comments I see on Facebook and Twitter thinking the FPI is a preseason poll. Going to be a lot of confused Cyclones when the actual polls come out and we're #9. A lot of our grievances as a fanbase come from an embarrassing ignorance, but I suppose that's true of all fanbases.
Yeah I get that, but it would at least make more sense. This he is just getting upset at computer data, lol.
The game threads this season are going to be a disaster
I think you did too. However, for reference purposes for those unaware:
............I'm sorry, what was the question?
I'm not a fan of the FPI pre-season data, but I do agree that GMac being more annoyed about Iowa State being in the Top 4 instead of Mississippi State being in the Top 10 (like Pollack mentioned) is more ludicrous.
I like GMac as an analyst, and he is generally fair and good natured about Iowa State. I bet as the season goes along, he will toot Iowa State's horn if they get through September undefeated.
Either way, opinions are like arse-holes. Some stink more than others!
