2022-2023 College Football Thread

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:50 pm

Rob Jay is awesome

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:14 pm

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:37 pm

… why would they do that?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:48 pm

… why would they do that?

They want fresh blood in there. PSU Washington would be a great matchup.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:48 pm

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:52 pm

Michael Penix revenge game?

Bo Nix redux?

Man, the comments on that Marcello tweet- tell me you have an inflated view of where your program stands on the national football landscape without telling me you have an inflated view of where your program stands on the national football landscape.

Postby **Ad@m** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:12 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:13 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:15 pm

OSU asked the rose bowl to take ups if OSU misses out on the playoff. Guess there isn't much fan appetite to go back to CA back to back years

Postby **dodint** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:16 pm

"The Gainesville Police Department said Kitna was interviewed by officers and that he told them he thought the images he shared were "legal" because he found them online."

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:02 pm

"The Gainesville Police Department said Kitna was interviewed by officers and that he told them he thought the images he shared were "legal" because he found them online."

Ah yes, the complete ignorance defense.

Postby **Ad@m** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:40 pm

Postby **dodint** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:57 pm

Lame. Not that I like CFB but this just makes the regular season even more pointless.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:36 pm

I would be happier with 8 but an actual playoff is a good thing.

Postby **CBear3** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:24 am

Hard Pass. There's no way we even need 8 teams. There's been significantly more snoozers in the semi's than expected and it ain't gonna get better by adding more. 3 of 16 games were decided by 1 possession. Typically they average 21 points. The #4 seed has won just 2 out 8 times.

The only thing this hopefully does is keep guys from sitting out bowl games before going pro (or even to a different school with a bigger NIL contract). While I don't begrudge them for watching out for themselves, it obviously takes a lot of luster away from bowl season.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:39 am

PSU Rose Bowl + Rose Parade is high on my bucket list but I have two children in college so I'm broke... hopefully the opportunity comes up again before I'm not around anymore.

Postby **nocera** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:41 am

I guess I don't understand the argument against turning no stakes bowl games into actual stakes bowl games. What do you guys have against fun?

Postby **dodint** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:03 am

The quality of teams isn't linear. The line from #1 to #12 is a pretty dramatic drop. For the sake of this discussion, let us assume it's straight 1-12 that gets in. Today that means Alabama, Tennesse, and Penn State gets in at 8, yay for you. But who is sitting at the cutoff at 12? A fight between Utah, Kansas State, Florida State, both Oregons, and UCLA are all at 9-3. That's the part of the field that we'll have to pretend we're interested in because the drama is at the cutoff. If it were happening this year we'd be talking about a way for Norte Dame to back in at 8-4. I don't care, at all. This isn't NCAA BB where you're going to get big upsets on the regular.

Six teams is the sweet spot, IMO. Gives a bye to the top teams and still lets quality programs into the playoff. We'd be talking about whether or not it's right for Alabama to be ahead of Tennesse right now. At least that's compelling.

Might as well have an 8 game season and do a 32-team playoff with a loser bracket. That's obviously not tenable because you need to have more of a static schedule than that but it sure is inclusive.

Postby **count2infinity** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:18 am

8 teams is perfect. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. You want in? win your conference. Beyond that, you’re just hoping.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:43 am

8 teams is perfect. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. You want in? win your conference. Beyond that, you’re just hoping.

6 conference champs and 2 at large imo

Postby **nocera** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:50 am

Agree that 8 would've been the sweet spot. I'm still not going to complain about having bowl games that teams actually care about though. And I do think you'll see some fun upsets every now and then.

Will the regular season be shortened since they're adding in the possibility of playing 3 or 4 more games?

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:52 am

I love how we act like upsets dont happen in football when we do this exercise

Postby **dodint** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:55 am

Often enough to have a deep annual playoff bracket?

*glances at the NBA first round*

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:58 am

8 teams is perfect. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. You want in? win your conference. Beyond that, you’re just hoping.
6 conference champs and 2 at large imo

Not #MACtion tho

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:01 am

8 teams is perfect. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. You want in? win your conference. Beyond that, you’re just hoping.
6 conference champs and 2 at large imo
Not #MACtion tho

Just the highest G5 champ. I think it's fair. Some years like this you get Tulane but some years you'd get a Cinci or UCF that's a top 5-8 team