2021 College Football

[jazzcyclist]

I don't see how a 12 team playoff would work. 6 games, 6 winners, three games, 3 winners, now what?

4 games, 4 byes, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 final

[lonewolf]

4 games, 4 byes, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 final

Hmmm???? So, who/how decides which four teams get a gimmie?

[Davidokun]

I don't see how a 12 team playoff would work. 6 games, 6 winners, three games, 3 winners, now what?

The NFL had a 12-team playoff from 1990 through 2019.

[bambam1729]

4 games, 4 byes, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 final

Similar to college basketball where the selection committee ranks the teams the ones ranked 1-4 get byes. "That's a matter for the committee."

[jazzcyclist]

The NFL had a 12-team playoff from 1990 through 2019.

I thought they used the 12-team format last year too. Isn't this the first year of the 14-team format?

[lonewolf]

Uh, Huh. So, like now, the committee selects four top-ranked teams and adds an eight-team, two-game play-in.
OK, more games. more $$$$$$$, and teams in the 5th rank bubble get a chance to advance. I still think it should be an eight-team field so everyone plays the same number of games. Sixteen teams are just too wieldy..

[Davidokun]

I thought they used the 12-team format last year too. Isn't this the first year of the 14-team format?

Expanded postseason to 14 teams last season:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E...1_NFL_playoffs

Expanded regular season to 17 games this season:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NFL_season

[Davidokun]

Uh, Huh. So, like now, the committee selects four top-ranked teams and adds an eight-team, two-game play-in.
OK, more games. more $$$$$$$, and teams in the 5th rank bubble get a chance to advance. I still think it should be an eight-team field so everyone plays the same number of games. Sixteen teams are just too wieldy..

Top four only sit out the first round.

[jazzcyclist]

Uh, Huh. So, like now, the committee selects four top-ranked teams and adds an eight-team, two-game play-in.
OK, more games. more $$$$$$$, and teams in the 5th rank bubble get a chance to advance. I still think it should be an eight-team field so everyone plays the same number of games. Sixteen teams are just too wieldy..

The SEC would only agree to expand to an 8-team format if there were no automatic bids and the PAC-12 refused to sign on to any format that didn't include automatic bids, so 8 teams was a no-go.

[Bruce Kritzler]

No need to expand the playoffs. There were clearly only two strong teams this year. In the past Clemson, Ohio St., LSU, and OK have been competitive.

[Alcyallen]

No need to expand the playoffs. There were clearly only two strong teams this year. In the past Clemson, Ohio St., LSU, and OK have been competitive.

I totally agree, it's very obvious the SEC simply plays another level of football, too much speed too many big dudes with speed. And that ain't going to change.

All we need are the top 4 teams.

Do hope to see USC get back to being relevant, if the Cali kids stayed home that would help.

[jazzcyclist]

No need to expand the playoffs. There were clearly only two strong teams this year. In the past Clemson, Ohio St., LSU, and OK have been competitive.

I don't recall any year in which there were more than 3 elite teams in the BCS/CFP era, and I don't consider Alabama elite this year. IMO Georgia was the only elite team this year.

[jazzcyclist]

I totally agree, it's very obvious the SEC simply plays another level of football, too much speed too many big dudes with speed. And that ain't going to change.

All we need are the top 4 teams.

Do hope to see USC get back to being relevant, if the Cali kids stayed home that would help.

I wouldn't go that far. Clemson isn't in the SEC and neither is Ohio State which has had more NFL draft picks since 2000 than any other school in the nation. FYI, Alabama got Jameson Williams, its best receiver, out of the transfer portal from Ohio State after Williams couldn't get on the field in Columbus because of all the 5-star athletes ahead of him on the depth chart.

[Alcyallen]

I wouldn't go that far. Clemson isn't in the SEC and neither is Ohio State which has had more NFL draft picks since 2000 than any other school in the nation. FYI, Alabama got Jameson Williams, its best receiver, out of the transfer portal from Ohio State after Williams couldn't get on the field in Columbus because of all the 5-star athletes ahead of him on the depth chart.

Well since 2010


2021 NFL Draft: 10 Colleges that have produced the most draft picks since 2010

• #10 USC.
• #9 Florida State University.
• #8 University of Miami.
• #7 University of Georgia
• #6 Clemson University.
• #5 University of Oklahoma.
• #3 Louisiana State University.
• #2 Ohio State University.
• #1 Alabama

Notice the southern flavor there?


Gotta admit does Bama/Georgia have some big fast bad cats or what and a lot of them. That is unique to the SEC.

Wlliams reminds me of Anthony Carter, he glides.

With 8 or 12 teams we'd see more SEC teams in it, do we really need that?

[jazzcyclist]

Well since 2010


2021 NFL Draft: 10 Colleges that have produced the most draft picks since 2010

• #10 USC.
• #9 Florida State University.
• #8 University of Miami.
• #7 University of Georgia
• #6 Clemson University.
• #5 University of Oklahoma.
• #3 Louisiana State University.
• #2 Ohio State University.
• #1 Alabama

Notice the southern flavor there?


Gotta admit does Bama/Georgia have some big fast bad cats or what and a lot of them. That is unique to the SEC.

Wlliams reminds me of Anthony Carter, he glides.

With 8 or 12 teams we'd see more SEC teams in it, do we really need that?

There are only 3 SEC teams on this list. The #4 team is missing. My guess is that it's Florida.