The first round of the playoffs was really boring

[Max]

Is it just me or was the first round of the playoffs really boring. Two of the games were blowouts and Clemson vs. Texas was kinda close and same with Notre Dame and Indiana.

[Daren Oddenino]

Kind of shows 8 team playoff might have been enough. 1-8 now in next four games.

[DataUte]

ND was up 27-3 late into the 4th, so it was not as close as the score indicated

[ALUF]

Totally agree was a snooze fest.

[Tony (admin)]

Also less interesting since we weren’t involved

[Roy Rangum]

This might sound dumb, but I was pretty ok with the blowouts. The whole point of a playoff is to prove on the field / court who is the actual best. A lot of those teams that got blown out were teams that a lot of people thought were pretty good. But now we know with a surety, those teams weren’t really all that close compared to the teams above them. And now we get a chance to do it again in the next round (and I won’t be surprised if ASU and Boise State similarly get whooped). With 12 teams, you eliminate the coulda woulda shoulda, and you get to prove who were the pretenders and who were the contenders.

[//r00t4Utes]

So the home teams and favored teams have so won?

Not exactly shocking. Home field is usually an advantage, especially for good teams.

I know the little I watched I’ve heard the media say how good it is to have these games at college stadiums, which is true. But then gloss over the advantage the Home teams have and instead say things like wins aren’t as important as who you play.

Again, there is some truth to that, but it’s lazy commentary and without context and small sample size, seeing as it’s the first time for this playoff format. And to me, it is just pushing the network agenda of keeping big names included to make the networks as much money as possible.

If they do that, then what’s the point of the regular season? Just automatically put every blue blood in the playoffs, and the new auto bid can give these blue bloods all Home games as a way to reinforce their confirmation bias and make more money.

[Utah]

Get used to it. With the money and the separation of the SEC/Big 10 from the rest of us…they are just better than us.

And the odds of a non-SEC/B1G team winning three games in a row…are pretty close to zero.

Kids don’t play anymore to compete or win or become a legend. They play to make money and go to the NFL. Having a kid wanting to go to a Utah or Oklahoma St or Boise St to prove the world wrong and show they can hang with anyone…maybe you find one or two…or ten. But that isn’t enough in football.

Why go show the world you are the best at Utah for $100,000 when you can get $500,000 from Alabama and win it all?

The SEC/B1G need to break off and do their own thing. The playoff just shows that.

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