Re: college playoffs--predictions
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:06 pm
First off, CONGRATS to the Georgia Bulldogs for winning the 2021 National Championship!
Wasn't expecting it but Vegas, obviously, knew best by making them favorites. I thought 'Bama beating them last early-December served as a 'teller'. They convincingly beat GA and yet Dawgs were still faves going in - and vs a Nick Saban team! You'd think Georgia would have been more motivated to knock off 'Bama so they wouldn't have to possibly play them again. I guess it was simply a case of them having had a bad game. And, I guess, the odds-makers knew it. Leading up to December 4th, they were the best team in the country thus far!
Me personally, I think it should stay a 'final four' format as it already is. There's always going to arguments no matter what! Adding more teams will never be the answer. If you finish #5 or #6 - even if there is a strong consensus case that you may actually be better than #3 or #4 - hey, that's the breaks! You simply should have done better; win an extra game, blowout a team or two whom you should have blown out, play a tougher schedule, etc.
There's never been a #5 or #6 team that's ever been 'mistaken' for possibly being best in the land! Four is enough. By the time you hit #5 and below...do you really want to see them at the dance? College football is simply different. You simply can't have too many playoff teams nor should you. It's meant to be regular-season heavy. And with addition to conference championship games, that should be enough to determine reasonable final four.
The only thing I think they should do differently, is make the 'final four' two weeks after the CCGs. And have each game played at the home stadium/campuses of #1 and #2 respectively. Why call each one a major bowl game? Each game is always going to be remembered as a semifinal so just call it that; or give 4@1 and 3@2 each a special name. The losers of both games shouldn't have to play in a bowl - their season now over (no further motivation to play anyway) - and hold the National Championship Game on January 2nd (don't have it start so late) and end the college football season already.
The last time Georgia won-it-all was 1980, my first football season following. I remember it. And I thought, "their helmets look like Green Bay's!" I do know that Green Bay's design came before Georgia's. But my question is, did GA need GB's permission to use it? Did Iowa need the Rooneys' permission for their unis? And how about high school teams in-general all across the land who use NFL logos or something resembling those due to being named the 'Patriots', 'Broncos', 'Eagles', 'Rams', etc?
Wasn't expecting it but Vegas, obviously, knew best by making them favorites. I thought 'Bama beating them last early-December served as a 'teller'. They convincingly beat GA and yet Dawgs were still faves going in - and vs a Nick Saban team! You'd think Georgia would have been more motivated to knock off 'Bama so they wouldn't have to possibly play them again. I guess it was simply a case of them having had a bad game. And, I guess, the odds-makers knew it. Leading up to December 4th, they were the best team in the country thus far!
Me personally, I think it should stay a 'final four' format as it already is. There's always going to arguments no matter what! Adding more teams will never be the answer. If you finish #5 or #6 - even if there is a strong consensus case that you may actually be better than #3 or #4 - hey, that's the breaks! You simply should have done better; win an extra game, blowout a team or two whom you should have blown out, play a tougher schedule, etc.
There's never been a #5 or #6 team that's ever been 'mistaken' for possibly being best in the land! Four is enough. By the time you hit #5 and below...do you really want to see them at the dance? College football is simply different. You simply can't have too many playoff teams nor should you. It's meant to be regular-season heavy. And with addition to conference championship games, that should be enough to determine reasonable final four.
The only thing I think they should do differently, is make the 'final four' two weeks after the CCGs. And have each game played at the home stadium/campuses of #1 and #2 respectively. Why call each one a major bowl game? Each game is always going to be remembered as a semifinal so just call it that; or give 4@1 and 3@2 each a special name. The losers of both games shouldn't have to play in a bowl - their season now over (no further motivation to play anyway) - and hold the National Championship Game on January 2nd (don't have it start so late) and end the college football season already.
The last time Georgia won-it-all was 1980, my first football season following. I remember it. And I thought, "their helmets look like Green Bay's!" I do know that Green Bay's design came before Georgia's. But my question is, did GA need GB's permission to use it? Did Iowa need the Rooneys' permission for their unis? And how about high school teams in-general all across the land who use NFL logos or something resembling those due to being named the 'Patriots', 'Broncos', 'Eagles', 'Rams', etc?