2017 College Football Season/Playoff Thread

[Ohio]

No idea what to expect from the committee now...

There's nothing we can expect, clearly. They just do whatever the hell they want regardless of precedent and tangible accomplishments. Watching these selection shows over the course of the season just became utterly pointless now.

but I do know one thing. Keep OSUs AD far away from the CFP committee. I swear if Smith not getting a vote played a role in keeping us out, after him taking the Tatgate sanctions 1 year too late cost us a potential national championship...

Yeah, I thought of this too. It's possible we lost a "vote" by Gene having to omit his vote. It's also possible Bama lost a vote. Given that we were left out, obviously having another person to vote couldn't have hurt us in this situation.

 

[Soar]

Alabama Clemson was an amazing game last year.

OSU Clemson was dogshit.

Can't help but feel that played a big role too.

 

[Ohio]

It's disappointing but I wasn't confident we'd get in this time. Regardless, this team was obviously flawed, probably the worst team in the Urban Era, but they still accomplished a hell of a lot. More than other OSU teams that were better. I hope the players can appreciate that. I know I do.

 

[Triple-S]

View: https://twitter.com/MichaelSZiegler/status/937402644091588608


It's kinda sad how the BCS/ESPN have thrown northern football overboard for the most part.

You look at whom the national powers were prior to that era. The Nebraska's, Penn State's and the like. All played for National titles.

Then they decided to jam this broken system down everyone's throats and the parity was gone.

 

[Real Deal]

I knew OSU wasn't getting in, so many factors...

Hopefully Iowa haunts them in their dreams like they do me.

We did beat Michigan, we did win our conference and spoil another team's hopes, and JT Barrett is gone. Consider this a learning curve on stubbornness for Urban, run the goddamn football.

 

[inliner311]

Alabama Clemson was an amazing game last year.

OSU Clemson was dogshit.

Can't help but feel that played a big role too.

This is where I think JT Barrett comes into play. If JT doesn't play the Wisconsin game and Haskins does, I think in the eyes of the committee we are a whole different team. The coaching staff leans on JT so hard that this team doesn't look different from last year's even if almost everything around JT is different.

 

[col63onel]

Alabama Clemson was an amazing game last year.

OSU Clemson was dogshit.

Can't help but feel that played a big role too.

If that had any weight, OSU should've made it in 2015, because Bama-OSU 2014 was amazing.

 

[col63onel]

Cotton Bowl vs USC

 

[Soar]

If that had any weight, OSU should've made it in 2015, because Bama-OSU 2014 was amazing.

The situations are similar but stuff like that (where its clearly between 2 teams who just had matchups in the previous year) won't be just completely ignored or create some kind of bias in someone on the committee.

I mean these are humans and not robots.

 

[FrontPageNews]

Next time don’t get whooped by an unranked. At least the JT Barrett era is over. Call me old fashion but I like a qb who can actually throw.

 

[billmac91]

View: https://twitter.com/MichaelSZiegler/status/937402644091588608


It's kinda sad how the BCS/ESPN have thrown northern football overboard for the most part.

You look at whom the national powers were prior to that era. The Nebraska's, Penn State's and the like. All played for National titles.

Then they decided to jam this broken system down everyone's throats and the parity was gone.

It's sports politics...

ESPN paid $5.6B for rights to the CFP. ESPN has a $2B SEC deal that spans 15 years and includes the SEC Network.

Where it gets interesting is the Big 10 announced a shared platform between ESPN and Fox last year, that gave Fox rights to first refusal on the overall slate of games. So obviously Fox locked up the Oklahoma vs OSU game, and OSU vs Michigan (first time that wasn't on ESPN platform in several decades).

Alabama getting into the CFP goes beyond opinion for ESPN....it's a financial hit to their biggest competitor (Fox Sports) and a financial gain to their prized possession (the SEC).

There is a massive conflict of interest between ESPN, the CFP, and non SEC teams. So much money on the line between ratings, advertising revenue, literal networks, playoff bonuses, etc.

 

[col63onel]

The situations are similar but stuff like that (where its clearly between 2 teams who just had matchups in the previous year) won't be just completely ignored or create some kind of bias in someone on the committee.

I mean these are humans and not robots.

Kirby Hocutts lack of changing facial expressions contradict that last statement

 

[Triple-S]

There is a massive conflict of interest between ESPN, the CFP, and non SEC teams. So much money on the line between ratings, advertising revenue, literal networks, playoff bonuses, etc.

I mean they did indeed start the "DURR SEC SPEED" argument right around Delaney and the Big Ten started their own channel.

It's just a really obnoxious thing to hear. I could see what they were pulling last night and it was just really groan worthy. Danielson was doing something similiar. I imagine if you removed Danielson from CBS, do you think he'd give two shits about Alabama? No. He's a Big Ten dude. But that sweet money tells him something different.

It's just exhausting. I love College Football...it's my favorite non-indycar sport, but the politics involved need to go away.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

There is a massive conflict of interest between ESPN, the CFP, and non SEC teams. So much money on the line between ratings, advertising revenue, literal networks, playoff bonuses, etc.

Is ESPN part of the selection committee?

 

[billmac91]

Is ESPN part of the selection committee?

Not technically.....but they paid $5.6B for the rights and almost certainly have access to committee members and have some level of influence IMO. I had a feeling Bama would get the last spot, and a lot of it was because of the ESPN/SEC contract in conjunction with the new Big 10 contract with Fox. The network hosting the playoff absolutely had a financial stake in Bama getting in......and to top it off, it helps devalue the worth of the Big 10/Fox contract.

It's shitty IMO.

And all that said, I'm cool with OSU being left out. That Iowa loss was horrendous. It's just, any team but Bama, and ESPN is pushing for OSU because of the viewership we bring (take last year for example). But put us against Bama with comparable eye-balls, but a part of the SEC, and the Machine was out in full force.