FireChans

Leave your British slang out of this! Sure, you're right some of those teams may win the first week and get smoked the next. But if they beat another "playoff contender", don't they deserve that chance? Let's say Utah or Ole Miss shocks the world and beats Michigan or Cinci. Don't they "prove" they deserve to be in over those teams? I think they do. And that's really the rub of it, and why I'm all for it. I HATE when teams fall out of the top 4 and are, in my opinion, good enough to deserve a shot. The kids deserve a shot. Do you remember that ATROCIOUS year where TCU and Baylor were co Big12 champions and ended up 5 and 6 and never got a chance to even try? I think one of them was undefeated. It makes it fun. The prevailing thought is that the mediocre SEC teams would still beat the top Big12 or PAC10 teams. Rather than debate the snubs, let's just see if that's true. If it's a dud and Bama/Georgia/OSU and a rotating 4th team are consistently the final four and dominate everybody, contract the playoff to 10 or 8. To your earlier point, I think I would have just expanded to 6 or 8. 12 is ALOT. But, IMO, if you did the top 6 last year, there's a decent chance Baylor gets past Michigan. And then they get a shot.

IMO massive reform ain't coming. Here's how I see it. Below is the top 12 from last season. 12. Utah Utes 10-4 851 (10) 11. Ole Miss Rebels 10-3 926 (8) 10. Oklahoma Sooners 11-2 966 (14) 9. Michigan State Spartans 11-2 1026 (11) 8. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11-2 1039 (5) 7. Oklahoma State Cowboys 12-2 1177 (9) 6. Ohio State Buckeyes 11-2 1247 (7) 5. Baylor Bears 12-2 1259 (7) 4. Cincinnati Bearcats 13-1 1349 (4) 3. Michigan Wolverines 12-2 1361 (2) 2. Alabama Crimson Tide 13-2 1464 (1) 1. Georgia Bulldogs 14-1 1525 (3) Let's say the top 2 get bye weeks (have they announced how they are going to do that?) Utah vs Michigan Ole Miss vs Cinci Oklahoma vs Baylor MSU vs OSU ND vs Oklahoma State Which of these games would not have been competitive last year? Maybe Utah - Michigan? I think if you tried to pick winners on the rest of the field you'd struggle to go higher than 50%. How is this much different than bowl play as it currently stands?

Then cancel non-competitive games against Mercer and New Mexico State. No use blowing out an ACL up 56-0. You forget most of these kids don't make the NFL. A decent starter on TAMU may WANT to play as many games as possible. Having a big time playoff may change his career from Enterprise Rent A Car to NFL backup

I think that's fair! But imagine this Bill. Clemson/ND gets in as a 3 seed and they have to play 5 seed UGA or 7 seed TAMU. It's not for the Natty, but it's for the right to play in it. Is there any doubt that a good SEC team that loses in the SEC Championship or almost gets there would be a formidable matchup? The CFB playoff was created for one purpose. Money. And that's not going away. But the reason it draws money is because it FORCES these teams that think they should be in contention for a Natty to PLAY for it.

The regular season matters he says as Miami plays Bethune Cookman lol

Alabama is great and will probably top 4 for another decade. But it's a fact they are not unbeatable and making them face more quality opponents in postseason play will negatively impact their chances of winning (which of course will still be high). Teams that have beaten Bama in the last 10 years: TAMU LSU Auburn Clemson Auburn Clemson Ole Miss Ole Miss OSU Auburn Oklahoma TAMU Under the current system, Bama only played less than half of those games in the playoffs. Neutral fans don't want that. They would rather see good teams play good teams. If you don't want more games because of risk of injury, stop playing tomato cans like Mercer and New Mexico State. Even Bama vs Cincy was a game and fun to watch, until they obviously pulled away.

Any argument against CFP expansion boils down to: "I just want to play Georgia or Michigan and then punch my ticket to the final."

Injury mid game? Rudolph will go, he’s a vet. long term injury? Pickety will start.

100% disagree. The whole point of expanding the playoffs is to see quality teams play quality teams. The way college football is set up, these power 5 teams have 2-4 cupcakes on the schedule every year. As much as I respect our resident Bama and OSU fans, they complain about postseason blowouts and “wastes” but not playing Eastern Southwestern Presbyterian College and winning by 100 2-3 times a year. I would 1 million times rather see Bama play a 6 seed TCU over ESPC. So would any fan of the sport of college football. So that’s why they are expanding. If you say, “well that’s too many games” then eliminate those cupcakes and expand it. The fans of the big 4 perennial playoff teams don’t want expansion because the more quality teams they have to face to win, the harder it gets. An extra game against some Big 12 dark horse is an extra chance for them to have a couple CFB plays and shockingly lose. They would rather just take their chances with Georgia again in the final instead. No effing thanks.

Should FSU join the SEC to make the conferences more competitive?

Ya ya don’t let Harbaugh get on a streak.

Lots of season left. Not sure Oregon will be #11. I want more interconference play. I want teams like Cinci last year to play teams like TAM.

OSU limps past perennial frauds. I’d be concerned.

MVP caliber ST captains

How can you forget the Snow Game! Nate was a legend.

So my dude could have been claimed, by any team in the NFL, 5 times since 2020? They do if they are good WR's.

Are they not available for claiming at this point? I thought they were. Transactions Transaction, fine, and suspension data since 2002 June 17, 2022: The Buffalo Bills signed WR Jake Kumerow. June 16, 2022: The Buffalo Bills released WR Jake Kumerow. January 18, 2021: The New Orleans Saints released WR Jake Kumerow. January 9, 2021: The New Orleans Saints waived WR Jake Kumerow. December 26, 2020: The New Orleans Saints signed WR Jake Kumerow. December 26, 2020: The NFL placed WR Jake Kumerow on the exempt list. December 24, 2020: The Buffalo Bills waived WR Jake Kumerow. December 2, 2020: The Buffalo Bills signed WR Jake Kumerow. December 2, 2020: The Buffalo Bills released WR Jake Kumerow. November 25, 2020: The Buffalo Bills assigned WR Jake Kumerow to the practice squad. November 10, 2020: The Buffalo Bills assigned WR Jake Kumerow to the practice squad. September 5, 2020: The Green Bay Packers released WR Jake Kumerow.

You can do that at the Yankees. Not so much in the NFL.

Jake the Snake has been cut by the Bills 4 times since 2020. He was even signed by the Saints last year..... then cut. Lmao

Raiders are hysterical. I remember I liked the job their old GM was doing. Reggie McKenzie I think. I thought he had some strong drafts. Then I blinked and he was canned. Mayock was the same way lol. It's like they draft well then everything collapses.

The Araiza situation on its own would have been a bad week. But ultimately, who cares? I am fine with the way everything went down. Cody Ford has sucked forever. Getting a fifth was great. OJ Howard was a lotto ticket former first rounder with great physical attributes who took a prove-it deal and ultimately did not "prove-it." It happens. Araiza as a situation was tough IMO. There was no winning. They did their own evaluation after the story came out, and cut bait. I'm okay with that too.

Such little empathy in the mobs.

Why would Timmy do anything so difficult like investigate when he can write scathing Tweets from the comfort of his own couch?

Literally Bills players do. Why don’t you just go be wrong somewhere else if you can’t handle the “BS” here lmao "Po has been playing lights out for us," Hyde told reporters.

Meanwhile guys like Jake Kumerow and Taiwan Jones have jobs with the Bills for life.