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1 doesn’t play 12. You do play in games with low seed vs low seed. And you give byes to the top 4 teams. You don’t award byes to conference champs. So Texas and Penn get byes.

I think they should just rank them 1-12. No byes for champs . And then you let the lower seeds basically have play in games. SMU and Indiana and the likes really should be playing Boise State, ASU, Clemson, etc.

Well also, none of these teams not showing up thus far were even conference champs. I’m also not sure the BIG and SEC should be talked about so comparably either though. There is the SEC and 4 weaker power 5s of different varieties

Well that’s true as well, most of that thrashing were by teams that played for the natty and often won it. Now maybe you could argue Notre Dame is going to handle teams but I don’t think this Penn St team is. SMU doesn’t have the OL to play in these games nor the QB.

I think people, not saying here, suddenly have forgotten how routinely teams got smashed in the 4 team format though

Well, SMU’s QB ain’t ready for this stage. Not sure Penn St actually looks that impressive either yet. They have done nothing this game but return 2 balls thrown directly to defenders thus far. Time to find something to do until 4

Turnover was brutal. SMU has done a good job vs the Penn State O. SMU should pick up the tempo. That’s what makes them tough. Think they could get Penn St downfield

that SMU O went real fast from threatening to…oof

SMU had them. That’s brutal.

if SMU’s OL can find a way to have a good day…they might make it an entertaining game and of course if they, like all the road teams, can survive the initial opening wave that is going to favor all the home teams

It doesn’t even rank in the top 3 of just BIG10 beatdowns in the college football playoff era. Mich St lost 38-0 Ohio State lost 31-0 Ohio St lost 52-24 and if you want to talk Notre Dame, they have been embarrassed way worse than IU was in the playoffs media went hard turn quick, now forced to go say maybe the ACC, BIG12 better than thought. Nah, it’s just random hot takes after every game.

Sure. But the talent gap meant less time to throw, needing a couple better offensive lineman, having small windows….vs a Notre Dame team that really wasn’t even playing great.

Summary of ND vs IU game IMO is found on the roster. 4/5 star athletes. ND: 58 of them IU: 10 Indiana just not ready. Well coached team that still ain’t got the roster to really compete

Well, not JUCO guys based on that ruling for the Vandy QB. He just got a 6th year granted.

there they go highlighting another 6th year player. How bout we quit highlighting how college football, during the playoffs, is now old paid players. I want the illusion of watching kids

Think you can almost claim every conference is some version of overrated at this point lol. I think IU probably plays better football than Bama and Miami. Those teams got better overall rosters/athletes.

Dang, I can out punt this kid

No doubt. Coaching only takes you so far. You need to those 5/4 star rosters at this stage of football. I’d like to see the breakdown of IU’s roster vs ND. I doubt it’s that close. The weaker talent is going to get exposed bad in the playoffs,

I loved the IU coaches vibe in his introductory presser….not so much anytime else I have heard him talk. They ain’t ready for this type ball. Notre Dame less dislikable now that Brian Kelly not there anymore for me too.

Probably. But I think having to weather an early storm/issue is pretty normal thing to have to go through. Guess we will see if they can settle in after the early mess. I think the bright lights and big time stage is going to get a couple of these teams

College football playoff kicks off highlighting 30 year old Notre Dame kicker and transitions to talking about the 6th year IU QB.

NC State

you know what's great to hate...

It was year 2 for the staff in ASU this year. They went into this year with an upper half of the conference recruiting class. They added a new QB and new #1 WR in the portal. yeah, names on paper don't mean anything. Bodies and talent does. Bill (the name), needs time to add talent. I think the target would be looking at year 2 or 3. I mean in theory, I guess if the next portal window in April was just nuts I could change my tune. But I'd wager despite your hype, Bill is going to more stubbornly go about his business than your hype train suggests and try to build a culture in UNC (and that takes time and recruiting).