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    It's amazing to me the amount of college football analysts,

    writers, fans, people on this board, etc that think the purpose of expanding the playoff is to find a different champion. Everyone now knows that Bama and UGA are the 2 best teams. That's not the point.

    The reason to expand is to create more competitive playoff games, engage with more fanbases, give teams and players on more teams something to play for down the stretch of the regular season. Bowls games aren't completely meaningless, but they will never mean as much as a playoff game. That 8-9 matchup on a college campus will be a lot of fun to watch.

    There are hundreds of people on Twitter that don't want to expand the playoffs b/c these 2 games today have been blowouts.

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    Great post and I agree with everything you said.

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    Well, maybe. But it is also to see what else can happen. What do you think that 2014 MSU team could have done against Bama or Oklahoma at a neutral site? Things would have been much different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DownwardDawg View Post
    Well, maybe. But it is also to see what else can happen. What do you think that 2014 MSU team could have done against Bama or Oklahoma at a neutral site? Things would have been much different.
    This is a good point. We would see people handle the regular season much differently too. Totally different. It would be best to do a 32 team playoff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cowbell View Post
    This is a good point. We would see people handle the regular season much differently too. Totally different. It would be best to do a 32 team playoff.
    That feels like too many.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DownwardDawg View Post
    Well, maybe. But it is also to see what else can happen. What do you think that 2014 MSU team could have done against Bama or Oklahoma at a neutral site? Things would have been much different.
    Of course it could happen. That would be great. My point is everyone is saying things like why would we expand the playoffs when we are getting blowouts like tonight. It's just so short sighted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
    Now that's awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
    That feels like too many.
    After 1 weekend it will be down to 16.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
    That feels like too many.
    Less regular season games. (This gives you more bowls as playoffs). Only two teams play 5 games, 2 others play 4. The rest play 3 or less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
    writers, fans, people on this board, etc that think the purpose of expanding the playoff is to find a different champion. Everyone now knows that Bama and UGA are the 2 best teams. That's not the point.

    The reason to expand is to create more competitive playoff games, engage with more fanbases, give teams and players on more teams something to play for down the stretch of the regular season. Bowls games aren't completely meaningless, but they will never mean as much as a playoff game. That 8-9 matchup on a college campus will be a lot of fun to watch.

    There are hundreds of people on Twitter that don't want to expand the playoffs b/c these 2 games today have been blowouts.
    Correct. Great post
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    What If Tank had stayed in bounds.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pancho View Post
    What If Tank had stayed in bounds.......
    Wow good point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pancho View Post
    What If Tank had stayed in bounds.......
    Man. O. man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cowbell View Post
    Man. O. man.
    Wild to think about ain't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Commercecomet24 View Post
    Wild to think about ain't it?
    Yeah - it argues that a broader playoff is much needed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cowbell View Post
    Yeah - it argues that a broader playoff is much needed.
    Absolutely

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    Ok....who is Tank? What happened??

    Ok never mind. I looked it up and now I remember. I was watching but didn't know the RB's name.
    Last edited by DownwardDawg; 01-01-2022 at 01:41 AM.

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    There's never going to be a 32 team playoff. 12-16 teams is about it. And it's still going to be about money. People aren't going to regular bowls anymore. More playoff games means a bigger tv deal. And we'll still be outside looking in if we don't change. The problem is more about AL basically running college football. Since 2008, they've been ranked #1 almost 50% of the polls. They'll still win.
    Last edited by Cooterpoot; 01-01-2022 at 07:57 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
    There's never going to be a 32 team playoff. 12-16 teams is about it. And it's still going to be about money. People aren't going to regular bowls anymore. More playoff games means a bigger tv deal. And we'll still be outside looking in if we don't change. The problem is more about AL basically running college football. Since 2008, they've been ranked #1 almost 50% of the polls. They'll still win.
    ^^^^This^^^^ The Bowl system is dead..
    Also, like Cooter said, MSU has to change very quickly or we will be left on the outside of everything.

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