College Football Playoff 2024 Thread

GatorKnight5 · Dec 23, 2024 at 7:42 AM

96Gatorcise said: ↑

Texas is 5-2 against ranked teams

This idea that it doesn't count if they're not ranked at the end of the year is crazy. There are too many teams involved to say that.
Go to ESPN
College Football Standings, 2024 season - ESPN
and look at the last column of W/L against ranked teams

There are only 12 teams that have a winning record against ranked teams in the regular season. 6 of them didn't play for their conference championship or make the CFP.

Now I think they rank teams entirely too early in the season and that leads to bias throughout. Rankings shouldn't be out until the 8th game or later and the previous year should mean nothing and SOS should only be the current year's win loss record.
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Definitely agree the early rankings skew things

gatorranger7 · Dec 23, 2024 at 8:44 AM

On a side note, hearing some interesting observations of Ohio State fans from the returning Vols around here.

It seems the antipathy many Gator fans have for Buckeyes will now resonate with Vols. It would seem the Buckeyes made quite the negative impression. Truth: I live here among these unwashed Vols and admit I was enjoying their humiliation on the field. But to have it come at the hands of those people felt ... bad for enjoying their defeat. But ultimately, I did.

TrueGator · Dec 23, 2024 at 9:47 AM

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This might be one big unintended consequence of the NCAA's home team bracket round. Miserably cold weather conditions vice the generally warm southern bowl games that we are used to historically. This would kinda be like scheduling Super Bowls in Green Bay or Buffalo.

beechgator · Dec 23, 2024 at 10:45 AM

Wanne15 said: ↑

Regardless of being soft , homefield advantage is huge. SOS almost never lost in the swamp. Theres a reason the superbowl and national championship have never been played at a home stadium. I have no problem with gaining the right to have homefield advantage in the playoffs but this seeding is total bs. They have the wrong teams going on tge road and tgat cant really be done fairly as the schedules during tge year cant be compared fairly. Indiana probably isnt a top twenty team.
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Didn't the Bucs play a Super Bowl in Tampa?

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