Bobo's Playoff System (Week 12)

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 16, 2009 3:40 PM EST

Week 11 bracket, plus explanation of the system, here.

(1) 10-0 Florida Gators (SEC Champion) vs (16) 7-3 Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Champion)

(8) 9-1 Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East At-Large) vs (9) 9-2 Ohio State Buckeyes (Big 10 Champion)

(4) 10-0 TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Champion) vs (13)7-3 Virginia Tech Hokies (ACC At-Large)

(5) 10-0 Cincinnati Bearcats (Big East Champion) vs (12) 9-2 Iowa Hawkeyes (Big 10 At-Large)

(6) 10-0 Boise State Broncos (WAC Champion) vs (11) 8-2 Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12 At-Large)

(3) 10-0 Texas Longhorns (Big-12 Champion) vs (14) 8-2 CMU Chippewas (MAC Champion)

(7) 10-1 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets (ACC Champion) vs (10) 8-2 Oregon ~~Punchers~~ Ducks (Pac-10 Champion)

(2) 10-0 Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC At-Large) vs (15) 6-4 SMU Mustangs (C-USA Champion)

Changes:

The only changes to the top 8 was (formerly #8 seed) Southern California dropping out of the polls completely to be replaced by the Pittsburg Panthers. Apparently an overtime win over the-team-which-cannot-be-defeated-which-has-now-been-doubly-defeated for Ohio State last week wasn't as impressive as the Panthers ~~survival~~ ~~narrow~~ ~~victory~~ ~~win~~ beatdown!!!! of Notre Dame. Iowa only dropped 3 seeding spots after the loss. Dang expectations, and living up to them!
#10 Oregon is only up 2 spots after an easy win over Arizona State. Next week's game against Arizona is big, if the 'Cats win out, they will be the Pac-10 champion. That's easier said than done, the Wildcats have to win home against Oregon and at USC, as well as a trip to Sun Devil Stadium.
Virginia Tech replaced formerly #13 Miami Hurricanes this week in the "last team in" spot, Penn State and LSU were both overlooked for the "only two teams per conference" rule. I really don't get how the ACC has two teams here, for that matter. Really, I'm somewhat surprised that the Pac-10 doesn't have two in there.
If Nevada defeats Boise State on November 17th, they would seal up a spot in the system. That game is, now, the "conference championship" of the WAC. Nevada is 7-3 (6-0). Man, though, it's a shame a playoff system would mean that each game doesn't matter -- tell that to Houston, Southern California, and Miami who all dropped out of the playoffs. Oh, and Temple is also undefeated in the MAC, so they could squeak in here.

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So TCU gets Virginia Tech while Texas gets Central Michigan.

Seems like there’s a pretty stiff gradient there.

by David Hooper on Nov 17, 2009 3:24 PM EST reply actions

Prize of being

A top teir team, you get the automatic qualifier :-P

Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 17, 2009 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

purely an observation

not a criticism

by David Hooper on Nov 17, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Just like the bastketball version

by Hook85 on Nov 17, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions

utopia is unattainable in college football

I say to hell with the BCS system altogether. don’t even give it the time of day in the playoff system. The BCS is like socialism. if you allow it to survive in limited form, it will eventually regain control and we all be living in a world of seeing games that no one is interested in. Incorporating the Bowl System into the playoffs has been bounced around for a while, but there is just way too much money involved for them to relinquish. I think that is the determining factor in this BCS debacle – the almighty dollar is on the throne.

My dad told me when I was 8 years old, "Never hit a man while he is down... it so much easier to kick him!!!!"

by zanshin on Nov 18, 2009 1:52 AM EST reply actions

Where's USC!?!?!?!?!?!

Oh wait…

36-0

by Bamabrave4 on Nov 18, 2009 8:50 PM EST reply actions

lawl

Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 18, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions

Week 13 Bracket:

I’m putting it here to save the space of a fan post ;-)

(1) Florida (SEC Champion) vs (16) Troy (Sun Belt Champion)
(8) Oregon (Pac-10 Champion) vs (9) Pittsburgh (Big East At-Large)
(4) TCU (Mountain West Champion) vs (13) Virginia Tech (ACC At-Large)
(5) Cincinnati (Big-East Champion) vs (12) Oklahoma State (Big-12 At-Large)
(6) Boise State (ACC Champion) vs (11) Iowa (Big-10 At-Large)
(3) Texas (Big-12 Champion) vs (14) Central Michigan (MAC Champion)
(7) Georgia Tech (ACC Champion) vs (10) Ohio State (Big-10 Champion)
(2) Alabama (SEC At-Large) vs (15) East Carolina (C-USA Champion)

The absolute only change in the top-8 seeds was Oregon leapfrogging Pittsburgh and Ohio State to claim the number 8 spot to face Pittsburgh, who will definitely change their location on this bracket in two weeks when they play Cincinnati, for better or for worse.
Having Iowa on here makes me cry. Does any team deserve a spot less than Iowa?
For all the talk about how boring everything in the College Football world is, only 3 teams have already won their conferences: TCU, Ohio State, and Troy. All things considered, only the Big-12 championship game has the air of inevitability surrounding it, but with a win at Colorado this weekend, Nebraska will enter the game riding a 5-game win stream. Don’t count them completely out of it. Teams that can still show up in the bracket as conference champions include: Clemson, Nebraska, Southern Miss, Houston, SMU, Temple, Ohio, Oregon State, and Nevada. Man, I’m glad those games don’t matter, though, since a playoff ruins the fun of the regular season!

Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 23, 2009 2:23 PM EST reply actions