Can they? Sure will they? Not holding my breath
As college football evolves and parity spreads, Dabo Swinney still prefers 'old way.' But even Clemson's stubborn coach is learning to adapt
After railing against the expanded CFP, Dabo Swinney and Clemson are now benefitting most from it. They're still alive and have another chance to stun the college football world at Texas.sports.yahoo.com
Can Clemson win? @DaveG
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can? yes it's a remote possibility. Do i expect them to? Hell no, Horns will smoke them.As college football evolves and parity spreads, Dabo Swinney still prefers 'old way.' But even Clemson's stubborn coach is learning to adapt
After railing against the expanded CFP, Dabo Swinney and Clemson are now benefitting most from it. They're still alive and have another chance to stun the college football world at Texas.
Can Clemson win? @DaveG
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Yep, I mean the only matchup I thought was mildly interesting heading in was Vols @ Bucknuts, and even there I expect the home team to win. The other 3 games had blowout written all over them and that's exactly what we got so far.
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Pretty much. I'm sure Indiana and SMU fans enjoyed being in the spotlight but they aren't true contenders. It is what it is.
It's gonna be pretty damning to the sport and the idea that the playoffs should expand if Tennessee vs Ohio State isn't a competitive game.
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Indiana's coach showed how small his giblets were with his play calling and then SMUs qb amazed me with how incompetent he looked.
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It should surprise no one that there aren’t actually 12 real national title contenders in a given year in college football.
Especially when step one for 4 of the last teams in is “win a road game against a top 10 team.”
I think they did a good job picking the best 12 options. But that doesn’t mean all 12 have a shot at winning this tournament.
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considering how SMU showed I don't. Any of Colorado, BYU, and Alabama would have been better options.
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Lol, the game that was supposed to be close is turning into a blowout and Buckeye fans are mocking Tennessee with the SEC chants. Fair to say that year 1 of the expanded playoff is off to a bad start and I fully expect Boise State and Arizona State to get their asses kicked next.
College football is and will forever be a rich vs poor and there's very few rich. There should be no more expanding of these playoffs. 12 is way too much. Hell even 4 some years was too much.
College football is and will forever be a rich vs poor and there's very few rich. There should be no more expanding of these playoffs. 12 is way too much. Hell even 4 some years was too much.
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I don't think Colorado, BYU or Alabama would have faired much better against OSU or PSU or even Notre Dame, especially on the road. It's easy to say in hindsight, but those teams were very flawed as well.
Colorado didn't beat a top 25 team and lost to Nebraska, Kansas State and Kansas.
BYU also didn't be anyone that was a top 25 team in the final poll and lost to Kansas and ASU.
Bama probably is the strongest team of those 3, but they lost to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma. They barely beat South Carolina, who is ranked in the top 25. That and a white washing of Missouri are their signature wins.
I really don't think it's off to a bad start. Everyone knows that there aren't 12 teams that will compete for a national championship. Part of sports is having people talk about the sport after the game, whether it be a close game, controversy, or something like this.
12 is probably too many, but at least you can pretty much be guaranteed that a team that is good enough to win the National Title at least gets a chance to do so. And you eliminate the argument of a team from a lesser conference not getting a shot when they did what they needed to do.
With only 4 teams, there's a very good chance that a team good enough to win the whole thing was left out. Maybe 8 is the right number?
12 brings in more money which I'm sure was the driver.
