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For anyone thay wants more than a 4-team playoff
This. And none of those stadiums would be empty. You're talking about the No. 9 to the No. 16 teams in the country hosting playoff games (or as I would call them play-in game) in which most would be favorites to win. The one thing we learned this year is that home playoff games in December had some of the best home atmospheres we've seen. I mean, which of these host home venues would have been "empty" for a playoff game? It's a revenue bonanza that I think would more than make up for doing away with the CCGs at bland NFL venues. The only people who would be out money would be the NFL owners and their bs parking and concession revenue.
- 2026 Armed Forces Bowl - Rice vs. Texas State
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Tell me about Texas Tech
OU is 4 of those losses and UT is 1 from 2023-2024. So current Big 12 is 1-3 with TCU having the sole win (and adding a loss). The system has changed so much too it's hard to make any solids conclusions. If ASU wasn't required to be 4 last year could they have won a first round game? (probably not looks like they'd have been 12 and played at Notre Dame who made it to the finals but who knows, they played well against UT). If Tech had been seeded 5-8 instead of 4 could they have won a home game? Almost certainly if they got JMU or Tulane. Big 12 will be a one bid league most years and that's fine with me but saying the conference has to be kicked out of the system entirely because Tech's QB shit the bed is asinine.
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2025-26 CFP General Discussion
I think it's fair to include any G5 team that ends the season ranked in the top 24. I just wouldn't guarantee a spot and, unless they finish top 8, they always have to earn their way past the playin round.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
When NHL does these Winter Classic games in baseball stadiums I literally cannot stand that they use this as the alignment. Like even if I was all in on hockey I couldn't watch. Even if the TV angle hides it well just knowing this pisses me off to a very illogical and unreasonble degree. Just seeing the pictures in my social media feeds is triggering as fuck.
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Charlie Kirk Assassinated [Shooter in custody]
And vice versa, lol. He'd be afraid of catching the gay by being too close.
- 2026 CFP Quarterfinals Rose Bowl - #1 Indiana vs. #9 Alabama
- 2026 CFP Quarterfinals Orange Bowl - #5 Oregon vs. #4 Texas Tech
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Tell me about Texas Tech
History tells us they'll throw the hammer at OKST because they always fuck with us and only us with real punishments and nobody else especially bluebloods. Rumors are we're backing up a Brinks truck for Drew Mestemaker, if they're gonna try to step in, that is where they'll do it, but I doubt they will even try at this point cancelling any deals. If they do I suspect with established precedents we'll push back.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
That's my understanding, the revenue share is limited to $20M (approx.) and there is no real limit on NIL but they have a "clearing house" that is meant to ensure that NIL payments are actual market value for NIL and not pay to play. But that's fucking absurd and will never hold up in court imo. If Big Red Sports and Imports wants to give a guy $3M in exchange for a 10 second radio spot what legal basis can there be to deny that payment? Neither the player nor the company ever agreed to be hamstrung by a "clearing house" nor did they agree to arbitration as discussed on the linked article. And isn't market value whatever someone is willing to pay? If not Big Red Sports and Imports in Norman that player probably could get a similar deal from some cheesy car dealership in Baton Rouge. I'm kind of a broken record but the reason salary caps and other limitations work in the pros is the collective bargaining agreement where the players agreed to those limitations in which they negotiated and usually receive higher salary caps (and therefore higher paychecks). Without that the NCAA and whatever other entities are created to try and limit this stuff will fail in court. I can even see federal legislation failing to reign it in based on constitutional rights to economic freedom (that's a bigger discussion for a different time just throwign it out there because it's definitely an issue). https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2025/arbitration-nil-clearinghouse-lawsuits-1234855588/
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2025-26 CFP General Discussion
I was having this discussion yesterday, itโs gotten so annoying. Also overreactions to every result and extrapolating it to certainties. Whatโs really being exposed is the absurdity of realignment, mega conference scheduling, and having to make decisions based on subjectivity and speculation. Aggy and Ole Miss had weak SEC schedules, one flailed out immediately the other is in the semis. Miami didnโt even play for their conference title because of a five way tie atop the ACC and is in the semis while also putting to bed any argument that they didnโt deserve the spot. The Big 12 got one team in which is probably right and isnโt the first CFP shut out, the other two were in the 4 team setup with much larger margins of victory, not to mention that ASU played well just last year. Now we have the bye teams losing (except IU). It all supports my plan to do away with CCGs and have a playin round the first week of December of the 9-24 ranked teams, then a 16 team playoff with games weekly instead of huge time gaps between rounds. I agree with Lanning that the NFL should give December Saturdays back to CFB.
- 2026 CFP Quarterfinals Sugar Bowl - #3 Georgia vs. #6 Ole Miss
- 2026 CFP Quarterfinals Orange Bowl - #5 Oregon vs. #4 Texas Tech
- 2026 CFP Quarterfinals Rose Bowl - #1 Indiana vs. #9 Alabama
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Tell me about Texas Tech
OKST scored 3 on Oregon this season. Just sayin.
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