The Goat Pen

Happy that the previous rankings didn't mean anything.

We won't play them.

So much for the UA vs FSU conspiracy.

Yeah. We get to lose to Ohio State. Yay.

I may go to New Orleans anyway since I already have a room - that should be a good time - two fanbases that travel very well - should be some good trash talk, drunken excess, gambling etc

damn I hate the Steelers

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AlabamAlum wrote:And if we went to 8, trying to decide between Boise and Miss State or whatever would still have people up in arms.

Just think if it was still 2, would undefeated FSU be left out so Bama could play Oregon for the NC? Talk about pissed off fans...

Really, that's the biggest success story of the weekend. In the past Oregon, OSU, TCU AND Baylor would have been left out. That would have been a bigger tragedy. God bless this Final Four.

TCU and Baylor just didn't have the star power that tOSU has and since it would be harder to justify taking one over the other than leaving both out, that's what happened.

AA's right that there will still be complainers if the field were 8 (there are in the NCAAs with 68 teams invited) but at least with 8, you'd have pretty much everyone who has a reasonable shot at winning 3 games and being national champion. Baylor and TCU will always be left to wonder "what if" in this scenario.

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I said the same thing about myself playing QB for Cleveland. That's the power of the spectator to see the field better than the ones playing and to execute with precision better than them, too.

Yes thank god Hoyer was the QB yesterday for Cleveland or else the Colts would have gotten blown out.

I saw all the Dog Pound people giving shit to guy in a Colts jersey sitting with them in one of the end zones. Whatever direction the Colts backs were facing in the 1st quarter I believe.

I hope he told them to eat shit at the end of the game.

Nike unveils college playoff uniforms.....

http://news.nike.com/news/nike-teams-ce ... yoff-berth

This is what a 16 team college playoff would look like:

No. 16 Georgia Southern (Sun Belt Champion) at No. 1 Alabama (SEC Champion)

No. 9 Ole Miss (At Large) at No. 8 Michigan State (At Large)

No. 12 Boise State (Mountain West Champion) at No. 5 Baylor (Big 12 Champion)

No. 13 Marshall (Conference USA Champion) at No. 4 Ohio State (Big Ten Champion)

No. 14 Northern Illinois (MAC Champion) at No. 3 Florida State (ACC Champion)

No. 11 Kansas State (At Large) at No. 6. Texas Christian (At Large)

No. 10 Arizona (At Large) at No. 7 Mississippi State (At Large)

No. 15 Memphis (AAC Champion) at No. 2 Oregon (PAC 12 Champion)

At least the first 5 wouldn't be good games. Too many teams.

If we had a 16 team playoff would the regular season drop down to 10 or 11 games?

#1 Alabama vs. Georgia Southern ........ Bama by 40+

#2 Oregon vs. Memphis........ Oregon by 50+

#3 Florida State vs. Northern Illinois........ FSU by 35+

#4 Ohio State vs. Marshall...... OSU by 40

#5 Baylor vs. Boise State....... Baylor by 30

#6 TCU vs. Kansas State....... TCU by 17

#7 Mississippi State vs. Arizona...... MSU by 3

#8 Michigan State vs. Ole Miss..... Ole Miss by 7



8 team playoff

#1 Alabama vs. Michigan State.... Bama by 24

#2 Oregon vs. Mississippi State..... Oregon by 27

#3 Florida State vs. TCU...... FSU by 9

#4 Ohio State vs. Baylor..... OSU by 6

I think you're way off on your 8 team playoff predictions. I think Bama would beat MichSt, but doubtfully by 24 pts (but that is the one I most agree with), MissSt would have a good chance of beating Oregon (not saying they would, but in any case I don't see Oregon running them by 27 pts), TCU could easily beat FSU, ditto Baylor over tOSU. In short:

F! Take a seat!

Manziel gets a start against the Bengals

Finally a reason to watch a Browns game

16 is way too many. 8 is the perfect number. only 2 teams will have to play 3 games and 4 teams will play 2 games so it's really not that many extra games. 8 is completely doable and should be done as early as next year.

Pivot: I think Winston not getting an invite as a finalist for the Heisman (not shocking, but still) spells a bit of trouble for Oregon.