Should teams be penalized for losing their conference title games??

[rolltide14_0]

are you not in favor of that?

Depends.

 

[HizzleRocker]

Everybody, except Team SEC, should be penalized. In fact, I think the NCAA should implement a rule mandating that both the winner - and loser - from the SEC game both get in the playoffs. No questions asked.

 

[7Samurai13]

Everybody, except Team SEC, should be penalized. In fact, I think the NCAA should implement a rule mandating that both the winner - and loser - from the SEC game both get in the playoffs. No questions asked.

And the best team not in the CCG

 

[ericd7633]

Give me the four best and most deserving teams regardless if they won their conference. Last year I would have gone with Florida State, Auburn, Alabama and Stanford. MSU and Baylor just didn't have the SoS. You can also make an strong argument that Missouri should have been picked over Bama too, but I doubt the committee would have done that.

 

[HizzleRocker]

And the best team not in the CCG

Good point. The 3rd best team from Team SEC should at least be in the discussion as well.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

So in your opinion a 12-0 Ohio State that loses to a 11-1 Wisconsin in their league title game by a score of 35-31 should still go to the playoff ahead of an 11-1 Stanford that doesnt make their league title game?? Assuming SOS and the such are comparable?? Id tend to agree but I have a feeling it wouldnt work out that way. Its going to be interesting.

For your example, Stanford's SOS > > > Ohio State's SOS, so that would certainly factor in.

 

[Nightcrawler]

If you lose in your conference title game, then too bad so sad, you're out of the playoffs. You know why? B/C YOU FUCKING LOST! Yes, I know today where everybody is a winner, it's kind of unheard of that losing a game will hurt you. There is no such thing as a quality loss, or a good loss. You lost, end of story....

Easy for you to say..... Your league doesn't have a Conference Championship game.

 

[longhorn718]

Easy for you to say..... Your league doesn't have a Conference Championship game.

It doesn't need one...

 

[ralphiewvu]

 

[4down20]

Everybody, except Team SEC, should be penalized. In fact, I think the NCAA should implement a rule mandating that both the winner - and loser - from the SEC game both get in the playoffs. No questions asked.

And the best team not in the CCG

I like the way you guys are thinking here.

 

[4down20]

It doesn't need one...

It needs one, it's a great statement game to end the season on as you are all but guaranteed a quality opponent to put a stamp on.

But you gotta find 2 more teams before you can have one again.

 

[longhorn718]

It needs one, it's a great statement game to end the season on as you are all but guaranteed a quality opponent to put a stamp on.

But you gotta find 2 more teams before you can have one again.

That's the part my comment addresses. When we did have 12 teams, of course we had a conference title game. That only makes sense. Right now since we've got the round robin set up going, we should come up with a clear cut champion most years.

 

[4down20]

That's the part my comment addresses. When we did have 12 teams, of course we had a conference title game. That only makes sense. Right now since we've got the round robin set up going, we should come up with a clear cut champion most years.

I think you guys would be better off going to 12 teams. I wouldn't mind giving Missouri and A&M back to be honest. Nothing against them personally, but I don't care for the slower rotation between teams we get with 14.

 

[longhorn718]

I think you guys would be better off going to 12 teams. I wouldn't mind giving Missouri and A&M back to be honest. Nothing against them personally, but I don't care for the slower rotation between teams we get with 14.

No backsies! They're your problem now. I'd love to see us get to 12 as well, but at the same time I can't think of two teams out there that I'm just jonesing to add - at least that aren't already part of a power conference. That being said, I admit I like that we all play each other every year.

 

[potzer25]

I've said for years that a title game for an AQ conference can only hurt the conference's chances of placing a team in the title game.

If a conference wants to complain about how their money-grab known as a title game hurts their conference in terms of the national champion hunt, then maybe they shouldn't have CHOSEN to go the route that created the title game. Choices have consequences - some are good, and some not so good.

How many times has the CCG actually hurt, though?

 

[nddulac]

How many times has the CCG actually hurt, though?

Every time the top-rated team in the conference has lost (with the exception of the year that Oklahoma lost and still played in the championship game.)

 

[4down20]

Every time the top-rated team in the conference has lost (with the exception of the year that Oklahoma lost and still played in the championship game.)

Shocking...another non answer.

 

[nddulac]

Shocking...another answer.

FIFY

 

[7Samurai13]

How many times has the CCG actually hurt, though?

2011 Michigan State missed out on a BCS bowl because they lost their CCG, the following year Georgia missed out on a BCS bowl game because they lost their CCG. There's two off the top of my head for recent ones.

 

[4down20]

2011 Michigan State missed out on a BCS bowl because they lost their CCG, the following year Georgia missed out on a BCS bowl game because they lost their CCG. There's two off the top of my head for recent ones.

I'm guessing he is more talking about National Championship problems.