2010 College Football Thread

[Seabiscuit36]

I liked the VT helmets, the jerseys were XFL quality

[DH]

last night is also a perfect example of why a playoff would hurt cfb...game would have meant virtually nothing with a playoff in tact...without it it was basically a playoff game

Right, so with the system as it is, instead now Va Tech (and probably Boise) will just end up playing in a meaningless game on Jan 1 or a few days after.

[ice grillin you]

probably is the key word

thing is we dont know whats gonna happen because there isnt a playoff...and thats why an entire three month regular season contains so many epic games...theres like four of them this weekend alone

[Rome]

please don't start up again with the playoff nonsense.

i know that's what you're after here, but please don't. 

it's such a tired argument that you and the south texas version of jimmy olson get into and it clutters page after page of this thread.

[Diomedes]

ha, that guy lives to clutter these pages

are you kidding me?

[ice grillin you]

CF Board Tip Of The Day: if you dont want to discuss college football dont read the college football thread.

[Rome]

i'd love to discuss college football.  i wouldn't like to watch you and mds fellate each other for hours arguing over something you've argued over repeatedly in the past.

[ice grillin you]

theres a war and peace sized list of things i dont want to read

wild guess how i get around it

[Diomedes]

hippo mating calls?

[DH]

probably is the key word

thing is we dont know whats gonna happen because there isnt a playoff...and thats why an entire three month regular season contains so many epic games...theres like four of them this weekend alone

I disagee...I think if there were a playoff, and Boise lost last night it still hurts them immensly. Not as much as it would have under the BCS but a 1 loss Boise  team would end up playing a much better team than say a 2 loss SEC team in a playoff, which in turn could end their season. The entire idea that a teams season can be squashed before Labor Day is just ridiculous to me.

Edit: This weekend's schedule has all the pieces to be epic.

[ice grillin you]

well i disagree as i do with 99% of the population on this issue but last night was the perfect example of one of the many games that would be hurt by the institution of a playoff which is why i brought it up in the first place

[ice grillin you]

should also be noted that the only teams whose season can 100% end before labor day are non bcs conference teams

but i dont have any problem with that anyway...with only a 12 game season you shouldnt be able to lose multiple games and still win a national championship

the less losses you are allowed to have the more games that mean everything

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The BCS system has been an improvement in that it at least attempts to match up #1 and #2.  The problem is that you have teams like Boise State that have historically gone undefeated but are left out in favor of a team with a loss and a tougher schedule.  There is really no fair way to settle an issue like that, but the logistics of a significant playoff are hard to get around.

I still think a playoff with 8 teams could be manageable and fit within the existing bowl system to a large extent.  The team that finishes at #9 would bitch a lot, but let them eat cake.

[DH]

Keep the BCS...Top 8 BCS teams play in a playoff...It ain't rocket science, people.

[Sgt PSN]

The team that finishes at #9 would bitch a lot, but let them eat cake.

This is true, and no matter how many teams you allow into a playoff system, there's always going to be that 1 team left out who believes they should get in.  The thing about it though is that once you get out of the top 4 or 5, it's fairly easy to rank teams after that with very little grey area.  In other words, the team that's ranked 8th is almost always definitively better than the team ranked #9.  It's rarely that easy when it comes to a few teams at the top of the rankings.  That's where the playoff comes in and settles the argument on the field instead of letting a computer or a bunch of geeky writers do it.