No. They want foolish fans to continue to fork over more of their money and time. THAT is their objective.
IU did not deserve to be in CFP. Great article by USA Today
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And who was getting in over them? That's kinda the point. Alabama, Miami and Ole Miss screwed themselves. Miami is in with a win over Syracuse. Bama and Ole Miss are fighting for a spot if they don't lose to Kentucky and get destroyed by Oklahoma. Those teams sealed their own fates.
Boise State #3 and Arizona State #4 are additional problems with seeding…no one in the Big 12 or ACC belong in the playoffs.
It could be that none of them deserve to be in. By the results this past weekend that seems like a valid assertion. 12 is too many.
Clemson was an automatic qualifier.
Also herbstreit didn’t say the terms did not deserve to go in and in fact said they did. What he said was instead of selecting the teams that did deserve to go they need to go with the best teams. He’s advocating for a change.
Totally agree, but, similarly to most major college and professional sports, the trend is more teams involved means greater interest and certainly more $$$. Look for 16 teams sooner rather than later.
I think people greatly undervalue home field advantage. All of the home teams won. Say the game is at Clemson... Could have gone way different. Clemson had a shot. Game is in Bloomington? Could be different. Game is in Texas instead of Pennsylvania? Could be different. Game is in Knoxville? Definitely a lot different. And as far as the Top 8 go, Tennessee and Indiana were #7 and #8 in the Playoff Rankings. They happened to be moved down to the 9 and 10 seed(ranking and seeds are different things) because of Boise State and Arizona State getting byes.
na.. they just overvalued IU and SMU.
I agree there is an advantage to home field, statistically about 3 points for evenly matched teams (varies by source from 2.5-3.5 points). So the reality of Friday night in Bloomington vs south bend is 27-6 vs 27-3, and the eye test is the same IU shrunk from the spotlight of big games this season.
And seeding matters, want home field advantage? Then earn it by actually playing tough teams, especially non-conference and winning - and yes I get that the Domers scheduling is suspect as well, and they get all the breaks, which is why even as Purdue fans we would have been fine with IU embarrassing them at home. Instead you wrote another chapter in their “greatness” until they get crushed by 60 against Georgia
They say 3 points but you just don't really know. I think Indiana puts up a better fight just through pure adrenaline in a packed house. Tennessee definitely does. You're flipping from 80,000+ Ohio State fans to 80,000 Tennessee fans. That's huge. SMU was the biggest difference. It was 38-3 at one point. I mean I don't think Indiana wins either way, but even a 3 point difference is 24-20 and maybe that is in a different way than it was at ND. Teams will see how important it is to not just make the CFP, but get home field advantage.
As far as Georgia, I think Indiana would have been fine. Georgias offense is very suspect. Good defense as usual and a ton of talent but on a neutral field I think Indiana would be fine. I do think Notre Dame is looking like the favorite over Georgia.
Plus, they would be used to playing amid falling goose crap. That has to be worth 7-10 points.
I know you’re not used to seeing winning football, and you’re riding high from a miracle season (enjoy it). However, this claim is like Delaware declaring they’re a better basketball state than Indiana.
I watched Friday night, and you had no weapons on offense, were poorly coached with no halftime adjustments (he also gave up on his team with 6 minutes left), and your run defense that was supposed to be a strength that Notre Dame ran over you all night with their 2nd and 3rd string rbs while resting their starting rb’s knee. None of that changes in Bloomington.
I know you’re not used to seeing winning football,
SO TRUE.
You’re riding high from a miracle season (enjoy it).
100% YES; AND I HAVE ENJOYED IT. INCREDIBLY AND ABSOLUTELY YES AND SO VERY MUCH!!
Well, he's not wrong.
And the memes in that article that were linked were hilarious.
Paul Finebaum isn't a fan of anyone outside the SEC. The man gets paid to get on his knees for the conference.
All you have to do is listen to Finebaum's 'Tennessee most likely upset over OSU' prediction.
The guy slurps the SEC the way a cat slurps a bowl of milk.
