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CFP Bracket 2026 (x.com)
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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My biggest frustration is the talking heads with this whole thing. They keep talking about how we are keeping deserving teams out, and we need to rethink why we are letting bad G5 teams in. I'm sorry, but you are wrong here.

The G5 has fewer resources, but they work just as hard as the big programs do. In order to win their spot, they have to win their conference. These are not loser teams that get put in out of pity. They had a tougher road, one with essentially no margin for error. Let them have a their swing at the blue bloods. So what if it is a blow out? Give them their chance, let their fanbase get excited and hopeful for once.. I would rather see that 100 times out of 100 over watching Alabama and Georgia play their 20th "VeRy ImPoRtAnT" game of the last decade.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Not all that many years ago, those schools would have had zero chance to win a national championship. I'm not saying this system is perfect by any means, but it's way better than a bunch of people picking two teams to play against each other, then maybe picking one of those as the champion.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Yes, our current system is much better than those other ones. The concern is that now the discourse has shifted, and people want to cut spots for the G5 to benefit the P4 even more.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have a problem with a single G5 team getting in. Especially if one goes undefeated, they deserve the opportunity. More than one is a farce though. The playoffs should be for teams that have a legitimate chance of winning.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Hard disagree with you on all counts. The playoff should not be limited to the top 12 teams with the best odds at winning it. If that is what we wanted, the games wouldn't matter. We would just use the Las Vegas odds to find the best teams. If the games matter, we need to value winning, and punish losing. The hard part is, although James Madison objectively has done more winning this year than every team other than Indiana, Texas Tech, Ohio State, and Georgia. The conflict comes from the fact that winning with James Madison's schedule is objectively easier than those other 4 schools. So how do we tell which team is better? Our current system allows us to see. Put James Madison up against Oregon, and let's see. That is what I'm excited to see.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    We have a system. It's called strength of schedule. It's arguably not used enough. Notre Dame didn't deserve to be in because they lost the only games they played against good teams. Same with Tulane, they don't really deserve a spot either.

    Personally I care more about quality wins than losses. I'd rather see a 3 loss Texas over a 2 loss Miami.

    I don't have a problem with letting a single G5 team in, like I said above, but 2 is absurd. It's a playoff, it's meant to have the best teams.

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