The Rest of College Football

[Mike]

I agree 8 should be the number. Although, 12 gives us games at campus sites which I think will be fucking awesome.

[lineygoblue]

Although, 12 gives us games at campus sites which I think will be fucking awesome.

Yeah, I think those first round games on campus will draw some interesting matchups. When Team #12 has been griping to get in to the playoffs, and they finally do, .. they have to go to #5 and prove they belong. Same for #11 @ #6 and so on.

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup

[CGVT]

I think you'll see some 12-5 and other early round upsets, but nothing beyond that. It is just too long a row to hoe for a low seed/inferior team to make it to the championship game, let alone win it.

[Mike]

How will the scheduling work? The CCGs are the first weekend in December. Assuming you want to incorporate the bowls as part of the playoff around New Years, there isn't much of a break, if any. I guess one off week before the on-campus games so this year it would be CCGs on 12/3, first round on or about 12/17, quarters on or about 12/24, then the semis on New Years like it is currently. This is gonna but some cool shit.

[Tom W]

I'm just going to go ahead and assume that Kevin Warren already has booked OSU-M for August 24 in Munich. With a Noon LOCAL time kickoff.

Hopefully the Burghermeisters of Munich will come to their senses and realize that it's not worth the risk of having Buckeye nation take over the Hofbrauhaus

[THE_WIZARD_]

halt deine Fresse

[crashcourse]

I wish they went to 8 playoff teams instead. Try to keep a little more regular season meaning in college football.

12 is too far to the extreme IMO. Do we really need to give teams of the quality like Clemson, Utah, Tulane, and K-State an opportunity? Nah.

stfu

[THE_WIZARD_]

efz

[Dr. Strangelove]

Tom Herman heading to Florida Atlantic. Bit of a step down

[AlabamAlum]

Better scenery.

[Tslisher]

The playoff is basically a glorified coronation of Georgia this year. They will easily blow out #4 and they should be 15 or so point favorites against UM if they face us. Everyone else in the country is playing for the privilege of getting the shit kicked out of them by the Bulldogs in the NC game. I'd gladly take that result.

Always on the BPONE eh Hannibal? I admit, with Corum gone it makes this harder, but have a bit of faith. No blowout vs the Dawgs this year. It will at least be a contest.

[lineygoblue]

IF we can get back to facing the Dawgs again, maybe we can catch them with the "what, these guys again?" attitude, and maybe surprise them a bit.

[iam416]

What astounds me re CFB at the moment is that Ohio State is currently a much better bet to win the CFB than EITHER TCU or USC. And keep in mind, Ohio State specifically needs USC to lose AND they'd have to beat Georgia and HARBAUGH!!!! And there's zero fucking chance of either one of those things happening, let alone BOTH. JFC.

And, yet, Vegas still very much thinks OSU has a way better chance than TCU or USC. Hell M is only twice as likely according to the odds. Georgia, of course, is over 60% per implied odds.

[Tom W]

IIRC, bettors in Vegas don't play the games.