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The first weekend of the College Football Playoff has come and gone and Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has some thoughts. Here are his top five:
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1. EYEBALL TEST SHOULD BE USED IN SEEDING.
As arbitrary as this might be because the eyeball test could be very tricky and deceiving sometimes, the committee is just too focused on seeding the conference champions too high and not considering enough the strength of schedule and just how incredibly difficult the SEC and the Big Ten are now after expansion.
Hopefully, this changes in the coming years. It’s unfair that the SEC runner-up (Texas) had to host Clemson in the opening round but Big 12 champion Arizona State got a bye even though that conference is nowhere near as difficult to navigate as the SEC.
The same argument could be made for Penn State, which had only one regular season loss (to Ohio State) and didn’t get its second loss until the conference championship loss to Oregon.
2. BOISE STATE GETTING A FIRST-ROUND BYE IS ABSURD.
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If a Group of Five team has to be in then it should almost always be the No. 12 seed and have to play in every round. That might sound harsh or unfair but let’s get real – the Broncos have by far the easiest schedule to get to this place and should have to earn their way every step in the playoff to win it all.
To give Boise State a bye when Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and even ACC champion Clemson have to play is ludicrous. Too much weight was given to the Broncos winning…
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Publish date : 2024-12-24 17:16:00
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