Game Thread: 1st Round CFBP Games 12/20/25

[DzynKingRTR]

garbage points are garbage

 

[RdunawayTX]

Why in the blue crap did Oregon kick a field goal there? My Lord, the game is over.

Lanning may be making the point, along with all of us, that the G5 have no business being in the playoffs with the big boys.

I don't see Oregon making it deep into this, though.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

And JMU gets the backdoor cover. Frustrating to get that pick wrong after the start by Oregon.

 

[Krymsonman]

Ole Miss and Oregon got a huge favor in these games. They get a decent team but not one that can straight up beat them, to knock the rust off from the layover. It’ll be beneficial in the next round against a rusty team.

Now that it's over, the JMU-Oregon game was like a glorified scrimmage for Oregon. JMU only scored what they did because Oregon quit caring.

 

[Krymsonman]

Just what the committee dialed up.

So, when Tulane played Ole Miss earlier this year, they lost 45-10. Looks like Tulane got about 4 point better since then, only losing 41-10 this time. What a playoff challenge!!

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Let cupcakes in the playoffs, expect cupcake results. ND and BYU are sitting at home because of this nonsense auto bid crap.

 

[cbi1972]

Let cupcakes in the playoffs, expect cupcake results. ND and BYU are sitting at home because of this nonsense auto bid crap.

Careful, you're selling me on G5 being in the playoff.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I’m glad I went to bed early and skipped the Oregon game…lol

It will be interesting to see just how long this nonsense of automatically putting G5 teams in will last.

Just about every fan over the age of 35 hates it and knows it’s not right and its’s leaving out 2 far better teams from the P4.

But fans under 35 love it and I’m not kidding they will literally say things like “They earned the right to get blown out”

It’s absolutely maddening.

It’s my Generations fault (Gen X) and Millennials for raising such soft everyone gets a trophy type of kids.

Life isn’t fair and neither is sports and some people and athletes and teams are just flat better at things and that’s a lesson that needs to be learned early and often.

A ‘We’re all winners!” mentality is a fairytale.

G5 teams need their own G5 Playoff. Lets them battle it out and name their own Champion.

Soccer/Futbol fans must think CFB is absolutely ridiculous and they’re right. It’s like letting teams from EFL League 1 and 2 take Playoff spots away from the Championship or Premier Leagues.

Insanity.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

This game has been on the telly for almost 2 hours. I forgot it was even on.

You missed...absolutely nothing!

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

It’s even worse. They aren’t “selections”. They’re guaranteed spots.

Why?

 

[CrimSonami]

Why?

See post #288 paragraphs 6-8.

 

[colbysullivan]

Why?

Why what? The format is what it is, and the G5 teams HAD to be in the playoffs. They weren’t at-large bids.

 

[MikeInBama]

Why?

You can blame the ACC for sucking and the PAC12 for not existing. The 5 highest ranked conference champions among P4 and G5 teams. Had Clemson won the ACC only one G5 team would have made it. They need to change the rule that they have to be ranked in the top 12 to qualify.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Why what? The format is what it is, and the G5 teams HAD to be in the playoffs. They weren’t at-large bids.

Why does a G5 team HAVE to be included?

Exactly who would sue and who would they sue?

If it's the best 12 teams (which is largely subjective), who could argue the case one way or the other?

 

[81usaf92]

You can blame the ACC for sucking and the PAC12 for not existing. The 5 highest ranked conference champions among P4 and G5 teams. Had Clemson won the ACC only one G5 team would have made it. They need to change the rule that they have to be ranked in the top 12 to qualify.

Clemson had no chance of winning the ACC. Had Virginia beat Duke then JMU and Miami would have been out.

Why does a G5 team HAVE to be included?

Exactly who would sue and who would they sue?

If it's the best 12 teams (which is largely subjective), who could argue the case one way or the other?

Because the Utah senator brought it up to the federal level and it became a federal issue after 2004 when Utah had no chance of competing for a BCS national championship and was given an opponent that didn’t generate wealth for a BCS bowl matchup as a prize.

Every change and tweak to the format has been done to limit but also include G5 participants because of that federal case. I know every Bama fan thinks the playoffs were made because of 2011 and that the BCS was a perfect system. But the reason that a playoff exists is because the BCS was one controversial call away from having a national title game between Bama and 1 of 3 G5 teams in 2009 and even closer to having it in 2010.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Why does a G5 team HAVE to be included?

Exactly who would sue and who would they sue?

The NCAA has lost antitrust lawsuits regarding television (1984) and NIL (2021), both lawsuits that languished in the courts for years. The reason - and I'm 100% serious here - that the Fiesta Bowl moved to January 1 (it used to be on Christmas Day) is because when ABC moved the Sugar Bowl from the afternoon (competing with the Rose Bowl) to the evening (competing with the Orange Bowl), there was an open slot, and the Fiesta Bowl wanted to be big time. The Fiesta petitioned to move their game, and while the NCAA wanted to flex their muscles and say, "To hell with you," their own lawyers told them that they didn't have a leg to stand on, so they allowed it.

With the NCAA now crippled beyond repair (thankfully), something has to at least give them some sort of access. One guaranteed spot, which is all that is guaranteed anyone at this point, means it would be very tough to win a lawsuit where you name all of the big schools as co-defendants.

"Hey, they gave you a seat at the table and you get a portion of money equal to what somebody else does based on how few fans you draw and TV rights, etc. Go home."


This is also why I think the inevitable is that the SEC and B1G secede and create two super conferences - and the net result for those other programs is shuttering of the football program, perhaps all athletic programs and (in some cases) closure of the schools.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Clemson had no chance of winning the ACC. Had Virginia beat Duke then JMU and Miami would have been out.

Because the Utah senator brought it up to the federal level and it became a federal issue after 2004 when Utah had no chance of competing for a BCS national championship and was given an opponent that didn’t generate wealth for a BCS bowl matchup as a prize.

Every change and tweak to the format has been done to limit but also include G5 participants because of that federal case. I know every Bama fan thinks the playoffs were made because of 2011 and that the BCS was a perfect system. But the reason that a playoff exists is because the BCS was one controversial call away from having a national title game between Bama and 1 of 3 G5 teams in 2009 and even closer to having it in 2010.

Yes, the late Orrin Hatch.

Senator asks for Justice Dept. probe of BCS

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is calling on the Justice Department to investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws.

www.espn.com

The other whiny little witch was Joe Barton, who graduated from the same high school class as my #2 boss at the time. Barton was cosplaying because TEXAS lost out to OKLAHOMA "but we won the head-to-head. And if they don't create a playoff for us, we gunna run dem out de bidness."

Texas senator: BCS should be called ‘BS’

WASHINGTON

www.vaildaily.com

You know, great free market economics at work......


Seriously - this whole thing began in the opening days of the Obama administration and was (wait for it) bipartisan.

https://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/obamas-unlikely-football-ally-018226

 

[colbysullivan]

Why does a G5 team HAVE to be included?

Exactly who would sue and who would they sue?

If it's the best 12 teams (which is largely subjective), who could argue the case one way or the other?

They have to be included because the school presidents agreed to it, otherwise the NCAA would be sued for violating antitrust laws. I don’t like it any more than you do.

 

[81usaf92]

Yes, the late Orrin Hatch.

Senator asks for Justice Dept. probe of BCS

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is calling on the Justice Department to investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws.

www.espn.com

The other whiny little witch was Joe Barton, who graduated from the same high school class as my #2 boss at the time. Barton was cosplaying because TEXAS lost out to OKLAHOMA "but we won the head-to-head. And if they don't create a playoff for us, we gunna run dem out de bidness."

Texas senator: BCS should be called ‘BS’

WASHINGTON

www.vaildaily.com

You know, great free market economics at work......


Seriously - this whole thing began in the opening days of the Obama administration and was (wait for it) bipartisan.

https://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/obamas-unlikely-football-ally-018226

Maybe im getting it confused but I thought Utah and hatch were complaining about getting served Pitt in 2004 and it only got reexamined after they beat us in the Sugar bowl in 08.