College Football - Week 8 (Oct. 19)

[Andy]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

The rules are, what? SEC, B1G, ACC and Big XII champs, one from Group of Five, then the rest at-large? So 5 autos and 7 wildcards?

As it stands, yes. There was some talk this offseason about a 14 team monstrosity that would've had at least 11 auto bids (3 each for the big two, 2 each for the middle two, and a G5) and guaranteed the big two the byes, as if they wouldn't get the byes anyway, but it didn't get anywhere. We're likely headed to something dumb like that, though.

[cwood218]

 

Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke out indefinitely with thumb injury

[champaignchris]

13 hours ago, Derwood said:

The rules are, what? SEC, B1G, ACC and Big XII champs, one from Group of Five, then the rest at-large? So 5 autos and 7 wildcards?

The top 4 ranked conference opponents get the top 4 seeds. So, if we use the latest AP poll as a proxy for the tournament committee’s rankings, you have getting first round byes:

#1 Oregon

#2 Georgia

#3 Miami

#4 Iowa St

Then you get the next best conference champ and 7 at large teams ranked by the committee  Again, using the AP poll as a stand in:

#5 Penn St

#6 Ohio St

#7 Texas 

#8 Tennessee

#9 LSU

#10 Clemson

#11 BYU

#12 Boise St  

 

[Old Style]

Wait, a conference commissioner is politicking for his conference?! WHAT IN TARNATION?!

[Andy]

24 minutes ago, Old Style said:

Wait, a conference commissioner is politicking for his conference?! WHAT IN TARNATION?!

There is room between 'politicking for my conference' and 'literally every at-large bid to the playoff should be a team from my conference.'

Edited October 21, 2024 by Andy

[CubinNY]

I saw a report that the QB from Texas is sitting out the rest of the season to focus on the draft? I don't know if it's true or not. If so, pretty crazy.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

32 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

I saw a report that the QB from Texas is sitting out the rest of the season to focus on the draft? I don't know if it's true or not. If so, pretty crazy.

It ain't