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[WarriorVoice]

Ohio State falls!!!

[Ship69]

The teams who make the playoff without playing a conference championship game will have three weeks off. The teams who win their conference championship and get a bye will have 3.5 weeks off. In either case you’re pushing the line between rested and rusty. I agree with you. Eliminate conference championship games and at least have everyone’s season end at the same time. You also eliminate any possibility of two teams potentially playing each other 3 times. Imagine going through this whole thing only to end up with Oregon-Ohio State 3 or Georgia-Texas 3. I’ll pass.

The possibility of three meetings is one reason an 18-team single-division league makes little sense. With the massive conference realignments, it's more possible to set up competitive divisions within the conference.

[Chuck Norris]

The 2pt conversion contest took what was already an awful overtime format and made it exponentially worse.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Jawja Tech blew it.

Some of the play calling on the 2-point tries was mind boggling.

[IUPNation]

Jawja Tech blew it.

[IUPNation]

Jawja Tech is doing their best to really **** up the playoff bids by giving it to Jawja. Their QB has been gutsy all second half.

[TheROCK]

[QUOTE=IUPNation;n865877]

Well you might be proven correct if Alabamastan gets in with 3 losses then runs the table.

I'm not sure bama could run the table in the D2 playoffs LOL

[Chuck Norris]

I think it’s in Penn State’s best interest to not make the BIG championship game. Take the extra week off and keep the high seed while Oregon and Ohio State battle it out again. With the 12 team playoff, I wouldn’t mind seeing conference championship games go away. I know that will never happen but it could be a real disadvantage to play in those games, win or lose.

The teams who make the playoff without playing a conference championship game will have three weeks off. The teams who win their conference championship and get a bye will have 3.5 weeks off. In either case you’re pushing the line between rested and rusty. I agree with you. Eliminate conference championship games and at least have everyone’s season end at the same time. You also eliminate any possibility of two teams potentially playing each other 3 times. Imagine going through this whole thing only to end up with Oregon-Ohio State 3 or Georgia-Texas 3. I’ll pass.

[IUPNation]

You clearly did not catch or understand the sarcasm in my post.

Well you might be proven correct if Alabamastan gets in with 3 losses then runs the table.

What I like about the first round is that southern schools will be forced to play up north

[IUP24]

Well conference champions I do believe get the top four seeds. So winning your conference title game actually has a lot at stake in which you get a bye and a top 4 seeding. The loser of the BIG game would be 5th at this point so Penn State could get a better seeding if they made it. Right now they’d get the 6th seed. If Meatchicken beats OSU and Penn State takes out Maryland and Oregon they get the 1 or the 2 seed. If they lose they might still get the 5 and no worse than 6. I

You clearly did not catch or understand the sarcasm in my post.

[IUPNation]

The NCAA needs to demand the Army-Navy game be played either conference championship weekend or before. The game is why the first round is two weeks after the conference title games. All other divisions start the next week. The game needs to be moved into the season. I think it should be played on Veterans Day Weekend. Its current status as the last regular season game is a relic and it’s after conference title games that they could be in….so move it.

[IUPNation]

Conference championships, much like regular season games, really don't mean much of anything anymore! Lol

Well conference champions I do believe get the top four seeds. So winning your conference title game actually has a lot at stake in which you get a bye and a top 4 seeding. The loser of the BIG game would be 5th at this point so Penn State could get a better seeding if they made it. Right now they’d get the 6th seed. If Meatchicken beats OSU and Penn State takes out Maryland and Oregon they get the 1 or the 2 seed. If they lose they might still get the 5 and no worse than 6. I

[IUPNation]

I think it’s in Penn State’s best interest to not make the BIG championship game. Take the extra week off and keep the high seed while Oregon and Ohio State battle it out again. With the 12 team playoff, I wouldn’t mind seeing conference championship games go away. I know that will never happen but it could be a real disadvantage to play in those games, win or lose.

Yep. The FBS playoffs now look more like D2 where you might be better off not losing the Pee Sack title game and not falling in seeding. But Penn State could actually get a better seed if the made and still lost the BIG title game because they are 6th now and The Overrated State University is sitting at 5. So if they still make it and beat Oregon it will be a flip in seeding. Penn State can’t move up.

[IUP24]

There’s a pretty good article in The Athletic about Brian Kelly and how he’s still struggling to fit in down there. The most intriguing part is his contract is too big for the school to buy out so he’s got a job there for a while. Apparently after each season the buyout drops by $9 million. One of his former players stated that he started every game for two years under Kelly on the offensive line yet somehow never had a single meaningful conversation with the guy. He distances himself from the players and is apparently very hands off with his assistants, even in recruiting.

A lot of folks here criticized every word I ever spoke regarding the resolution of the House, Hubbard, and Carter cases (the end result being that Division 1 universities can opt to pay up to $21 million to student athletes in the manner that they see fit). LSU saying a buyout is too large to make a coach go away is exhibit A of how this is changing college athletics.

It's a lot of money, sure, but LSU can afford to pay that price tag. However, they are ultimately choosing not to. Why? Because they need every cent they can keep their hands on to use as part of the new revenue sharing model that will take affect this summer. Is it better to pay a coach to go away? Or is it better to keep that coach who may have not worked out like you planned, and use that money to keep and build a competitive roster?

As I stated over the summer, these athletic departments and collectives are not limitless.

[IUP24]

I think it’s in Penn State’s best interest to not make the BIG championship game. Take the extra week off and keep the high seed while Oregon and Ohio State battle it out again. With the 12 team playoff, I wouldn’t mind seeing conference championship games go away. I know that will never happen but it could be a real disadvantage to play in those games, win or lose.

Conference championships, much like regular season games, really don't mean much of anything anymore! Lol