G5 Representative in the College Football Playoff is the equivalent to DEI.

[HarborCane]

Playoffs should be shrunk. Make the regular season more intense like it used to be. College football had the best regular season in sports. Every game meant everything. One loss could end your national championship hopes. Now a team like Notre Dame can start 0-2 and cruise to the playoffs beating up cupcakes. It’s just minor league nfl now.

 

[caneingville]

It’s a hard fact. College football having some G5 team be part of this playoff and taking an automatic spot is ludicrous.

UCF and Cincinnati had a good run a few years ago but using them as “We must include a G5 team” is the college football equivalent of DEI.

Only a real solid, undefeated G5 team that has a solid resume should only be considered on that merit for the playoff.

P4 teams shouldn’t be losing a spot to a G5 unless they are some kind of special team that EARNS it on the field. Not just award a spot to include them.

The real problem is that they should break it off and give G5 their own playoff system. It’s not fair that 60ish teams fight for one single spot, most of those teams and G5 conferences cannot realistically qualify for that spot, and everyone knows that there is a strong likelihood that the G5 representative will get knocked out in the first round.

Why do we accept a system where half the teams cannot compete?

Why can’t there be two champions, one for P4 and one for G5? I’ve been saying this for years, btw, not just this year. I truly do not understand why CFB just accepts this. In a culture of competition and (supposed) market fairness, why do we wholeheartedly accept CFB monopolies?

In addition, pushing back on the G5 issue could potentially stave off the “inevitable” P2 expansion and prevent CFB from losing additional rivalries and traditions.

 

[DTP]

The whole reason for including a g5 “champion” was to avoid another UCF situation where an undefeated team doesn’t get a chance to compete for a championship. The thing is, an undefeated G5 team would be ranked in the top 12 even without an automatic bid. Now we’re stuck with some two loss Sunbelt team essentially being an extra first round bye.

 

[bdcane4eva]

Look no further than the Domers... perfect example of what this has become.
Just a watered down homogenized package easy to consume by the masses.

 

[DTP]

The real problem is that they should break it off and give G5 their own playoff system. It’s not fair that 60ish teams fight for one single spot, most of those teams and G5 conferences cannot realistically qualify for that spot, and everyone knows that there is a strong likelihood that the G5 representative will get knocked out in the first round.

Why do we accept a system where half the teams cannot compete?

Why can’t there be two champions, one for P4 and one for G5? I’ve been saying this for years, btw, not just this year. I truly do not understand why CFB just accepts this. In a culture of competition and (supposed) market fairness, why do we wholeheartedly accept CFB monopolies?

In addition, pushing back on the G5 issue could potentially stave off the “inevitable” P2 expansion and prevent CFB from losing additional rivalries and traditions.

Half the college football fanbase thinks they should include the ACC and Bug 12 in that G5 league

 

[caneingville]

Half the college football fanbase thinks they should include the ACC and Bug 12 in that G5 league

And that’s part of the antitrust issue I’m talking about in my OP too. The powers that be have been spinning the PR machine for years precisely so that they could make that happen, because the masses needed to accept the P2.

Hegemony is a powerful thing, my friend.

 

[gogeta4]

We have to have a G5 team in, it helps the big bad SEC/Big10 with an easy playoff win to further push the agenda.

finally someone said it

 

[Notsince1985]

This is the worst thread ever, should be nuked immediately and the OP sent to Bolivia.

 

[mosthated305]

Said it before. Boise last year was better than any G5 team this year and they got boatraced by Penn State in the playoff last year. Stop with the G5 champ ****. If they aren't good enough to be ranked in the top 12 they shouldn't be in it.

 

[TheShredder]

SMU was a G5 team almost 2 years ago now and has had more success than Miami in the ACC lol

Maybe you should stop crying.

 

[6th Ring is Near]

finally someone said it

Exactly and also, it prevents a class action style lawsuit from those lower conferences. Everyone knows this is the SEC/BIG10 invitational, and they would fill up every spot with them if they could get away with it.

 

[jackedaround]

We lost to 2 inferior mediocre teams, per usual. It ended in Dallas and you all should have let it go then. I said, 15 times coming into the season, this season is 100% on coaching and it was. Coaching let us down, again. Next years team is going to be a drop off. We certainly aren't making the playoffs next season. I have settled on what we are with Mario, a 9 or 10 win program, which is a **** of a lot better than the prior 20 years. Go Canes

So did bama. Ou is over rated as ****.

 

[TheShredder]

They earned their spot just like everybody else.

If Miami doesn't make the playoffs, it's not because of G5's, or the refs, or anybody else but Miami.

If we win the games we're favored to win, this discussion doesn't happen.

Don't get mad at G5 schools for handling their business on the field, when we didn't.

Yep its our DEI HC fault that we are in this situation. But hey he wasn't a DEI hire

 

[Notsince1985]

G5 teams can and have beaten top 10 teams in bowls that matter, and could easily do it in the playoffs. Boise (who was a bad team aside from Jeanty) played Penn State close until the last 5 minutes.

 

[caneingville]

Exactly and also, it prevents a class action style lawsuit from those lower conferences. Everyone knows this is the SEC/BIG10 invitational, and they would fill up every spot with them if they could get away with it.

It doesn’t prevent a lawsuit.

 

[Stats02]

G5 teams can and have beaten top 10 teams in bowls that matter, and could easily do it in the playoffs. Boise (who was a bad team aside from Jeanty) played Penn State close until the last 5 minutes.

So, the best G5 team last year, Boise, was actually a bad team aside from Jeanty. Says a lot about the G5 schools. There isn't a G5 team this year that can touch that Boise team from last year.

That's why G5 schools shouldn't have an automatic qualifier. The best G5 team most years is an average P4 team. Last year's Boise team and 2017 UCF were not the norm. They both deserved to be in the playoffs. No G5 team this year belongs in the playoffs.

 

[6th Ring is Near]

It doesn’t prevent a lawsuit.

I guess it keeps them from saying they have no chance to get into the bracket when there is a spot for them.

 

[RVACane]

This is the worst thread ever, should be nuked immediately and the OP sent to Bolivia.

@PIPO, your response?

 

[caneingville]

I guess it keeps them from saying they have no chance to get into the bracket when there is a spot for them.

Yeah, I think that’s what the legal defense would be, and the CFP is just hoping that one measly spot would appease the G5.

It’s an incredibly weak argument, however. Everything that the NCAA, ESPN, and the CFP, and certain conferences have been doing over the past couple decades is ripe with antitrust issues. Why no one has been talking about it is beyond me. The only thing I can think of is that everyone has been distracted by the House settlement.

 

[TaylorWalls]

So, the best G5 team last year, Boise, was actually a bad team aside from Jeanty.

So they were a good team.