SEC = AVERAGE OR AWESOME

The genius of the CFP plan is that they know that SEC teams are vulnerable but the whole thing works if they rank them high at the start, keep them there through a loss or two on a questionable schedule, and then schedule them home games in the playoff due to a lofty ranking built around vibes. I was originally a big fan of the idea of the CFP but it is a made for TV joke of a championship.
CFI…College Football Invitational
 
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The genius of the CFP plan is that they know that SEC teams are vulnerable but the whole thing works if they rank them high at the start, keep them there through a loss or two on a questionable schedule, and then schedule them home games in the playoff due to a lofty ranking built around vibes. I was originally a big fan of the idea of the CFP but it is a made for TV joke of a championship.

There was never a reason to think it would be anything else.
 
Paul Finebaum sucks a fat one in every conceivable way that a person can suck.

The SEC is clearly talented, NFL players highlight that, but the conference clearly schedules in such a way to help it's teams avoid anything that would question their dominance.

Being that the SEC beats it's chest in all media that it's the best and no one can prove otherwise, yes it's overrated. Still very good and teams who beat their teams should be happy to do so. But top heavy Big 10 has won the last two championships. The Saban/Bama era being over really highlights that the SEC isn't as good as it once was, despite how heavily they stack the decks in their own favor.
 
Paul Finebaum sucks a fat one in every conceivable way that a person can suck.

The SEC is clearly talented, NFL players highlight that, but the conference clearly schedules in such a way to help it's teams avoid anything that would question their dominance.

Being that the SEC beats it's chest in all media that it's the best and no one can prove otherwise, yes it's overrated. Still very good and teams who beat their teams should be happy to do so. But top heavy Big 10 has won the last two championships. The Saban/Bama era being over really highlights that the SEC isn't as good as it once was, despite how heavily they stack the decks in their own favor.
Nailed it! This isn’t Saban’s sec anymore. Wait until they are playing 9 conference games a year, their propaganda will be working overtime. It’s ramping up this year.
 
The gap is manufactured by the networks. Most good teams in every conference are capable of beating good teams in other conferences. Like most years, the lines separate the good from the elite. The inability to establish run games is such a difference maker.

Texas A&M was getting slobbered over all year, but they played a lot of mid teams close. Seeing Texas handle them wasn't a huge shock. Ohio State looks like the most complete team I've watched all year. I'm excited to see them play Indiana to see which style of play comes out on top.

If you look at head to head matchups of our current 16 the b12 is objectively closer to sec and b10 than it is to the acc.
 
I was originally a big fan of the idea of the CFP but it is a made for TV joke of a championship.
You don't get it, the playoff that every other level of football from high school to the NFL has figured out and implemented is too difficult for the FBS to figure out and implement.

It's becoming harder and harder with the influx of new teams
Maybe they should stop adding teams then.
 
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40% of the CFP teams is not justified

It should have always been just an 8 team playoff with 4-6 conf champs and 2-4 at large bids. Effectively makes it about a 12-18 team playoff with CCG weekend the first round. Would have helped stop the gigantic mega-conference movement too.

Let them have all the at large bids if it’s only 2 or 3 even available, in this current format they’ll always go nuts if they don’t get 4-5 every year.
 
It should have always been just an 8 team playoff with 4-6 conf champs and 2-4 at large bids. Effectively makes it about a 12-18 team playoff with CCG weekend the first round. Would have helped stop the gigantic mega-conference movement too.

Let them have all the at large bids if it’s only 2 or 3 even available, in this current format they’ll always go nuts if they don’t get 4-5 every year.
I sincerely believe that if the playoff was designed by the NCAA and not by television, that's what we would have gotten.
 
You know how, when someone tells you repeatedly out of the blue about their strong Christian values, you know it is doubtful? It's the same thing with saying you're the best at college football.
Chase Sowell’s dad had something on Twitter about telling his son that demonstration is greater than conversation. Kinda what you are saying.
 
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I sincerely believe that if the playoff was designed by the NCAA and not by television, that's what we would have gotten.

It only adds 7 games and includes the CCGs, it’s too perfect. I’d have watched every single one of those games even if it was the evil cash monger conferences…now if it’s $EC vs $EC I’d rather drop a bowling ball on my sack than watch.
 
NIL and transfer portal has really exposed the SEC this year. In the Texas -Aggie game, you can tell the shorthorns have a very porous offensive line and the Aggies’ secondary are not coached well and are not disciplined, in addition to an offense that is not that good. Every SEC team I see has glaring holes. SEC is living proof that NIL can only be spread so far. It’s awesome.
 
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Conference Champ games are dumb. How did Ohio State and Notre Dame do in their conference title games last season?

The teams who don’t play them need a LOSS added for both selection and seeding.
 
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The teams who don’t play them need a LOSS added for both selection and seeding.
Or just don't play them. Split the 4 conferences into divisions and have division champs get auto bids. Go with 16 teams. No byes. First round games all at home stadiums. Start season a week early.
 
Or just don't play them. Split the 4 conferences into divisions and have division champs get auto bids. Go with 16 teams. No byes. First round games all at home stadiums. Start season a week early.

One way or the other. Right now Notre Dame and a few teams from the money leagues basically get to erase a loss from their resume vs the 4/5 ccg losers.
 
I don't watch much SEC football, but did watch the Iron Bowl and a couple of others.

What strikes me the most is that the DL in the SEC are just freaking men. Bad ass dudes. You can just tell many of them are future NFL players.