Saban said in his presser yesterday something which surprised me. He said that if bowls and a playoff cannot coexist then we should consider expanding the playoff.
USA Today: Break up Saban's Monopoly
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This is what gets me. This would be so cringy to write much less really believe
Some of the rating has to be contributed to the length of the game and the night of the week. If you were a regular non fan of one of the teams and had to get up early the next morning, you probably turned it off. Tuesday morning came early the other day for me. I wish they would just leave it on a Saturday like we play every other game of the year.
What does "cannot coexist" look like? Viewership and attendance gets so low it's not worth having the games? Players begin to opt out to the point of impacting to be able to play the games?
"How people easily forget that between 93 and 2007, we averaged a 7 - 4 record"
With ncaa investigators a constant companion. Started with Langham in '03 right after the game. Serious penalties in '95. I recall our recruiting class in '96?? Was only 11 players? DuBose takes over in '97. With ncaa watching...enjoying a cigarette....THE reason Saban is in T-Town happens. Bama is bombed again in '02. Saban realizes he is built for College ball in '06. Chaps the world by going back on his word....and SOOOOOOO glad he did! All the coaches who contributed to Bama's demise and attempted burial are.....I dont know where with exception of one.
To say Oklahoma would beat Notre Dame and Clemson is a bit of a reach. To say A&M would beat ND and could play with Clemson and OSU just makes me laugh.
Nick was talking about rule changes that favored the offenses in general that gave birth to HUNH and the spread. Talking heads mocked him for whining , and said coaches figured out how to compete with Alabama with inferior talent by exploiting those changes! Nick has the last laugh. It’s their fault, he basically predicted what would happen, they (the media and the rest of college football) underestimated Nick’s ability to adapt and dominate with this style of football. Change the rules again, and Nick will adapt . As the article said, making him retire is the only true solution!
What bothers me is not just this article. Every caller and announcer or Sirius radio is demanding expanded playoffs. They all want at least 8 teams, some want 16.
My thing is, how many games should we expect these kids to play and risk injury? The season and the conference championship adds up to 13 games, no? What do these people want? Should these kids have to play 4 more games and take an even greater risk of injury which could result in losing out on millions of dollars? To be honest, I am not even a fan of conference championship games.
Coach Saban's method of winning is not a secret and even if it was, how big is his coaching tree? I mean really. The haters and the jealous whiners would do well to emulate his methods, work ethic, and greatness instead of whining about it.
My thing is, how many games should we expect these kids to play and risk injury? The season and the conference championship adds up to 13 games, no? What do these people want? Should these kids have to play 4 more games and take an even greater risk of injury which could result in losing out on millions of dollars? To be honest, I am not even a fan of conference championship games.
Coach Saban's method of winning is not a secret and even if it was, how big is his coaching tree? I mean really. The haters and the jealous whiners would do well to emulate his methods, work ethic, and greatness instead of whining about it.
This article is a joke.
Alabama lost in the CFP title game in the 2018 season and they didn't even make the playoff in 2019, yet this article treats it as if no other teams have ever won or ever have any sort of chance to win it all. It also fails to credit the way Saban & this Bama team bounced back this season after all of the talks about how "the dynasty was over" following last season.
Saban has earned his success at Bama the hard way, and there are no "rules" or "policies" that are preventing other teams from being successful as this article seems to suggest. I think the creation of the 4-team playoff was a positive thing and has already provided more opportunity for other teams to win. No reason to do anything else, in my opinion.
1) The suggestion to "redistribute recruiting talent" is a ridiculous. It's basically saying we shouldn't let the top kids choose where they want to go to school as freely as they currently can, even though the kids have earned that right.
There are also plenty of other programs who have the necessary resources and "brand name" to recruit and compete against Bama (Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, Clemson, LSU, USC, Michigan, and more) and some of these teams have recruited on a similar level. It's not Bama's fault that these teams (aside from Ohio State and Clemson) haven't been able to put together and maintain elite consistent success the way Bama has.
2) Only THREE of the FOURTEEN total CFP semi-final games that have taken place so far have been truly competitive/close games (2014 OSU-Bama, 2017 UGA-Oklahoma, 2019 OSU-Clemson). Therefore, it's tough to convince me that the playoff should be expanded because it would just mean more blowouts.
Expanding the playoff also increases the likelihood that a team suffers an injury before getting to the title game.
Last reason I'm against an 8-team playoff is that it takes away the importance of regular season games and will likely lead to more rematches.
3) I won't get into the third suggestion. I just have to assume this suggestion wasn't serious.
Alabama lost in the CFP title game in the 2018 season and they didn't even make the playoff in 2019, yet this article treats it as if no other teams have ever won or ever have any sort of chance to win it all. It also fails to credit the way Saban & this Bama team bounced back this season after all of the talks about how "the dynasty was over" following last season.
Saban has earned his success at Bama the hard way, and there are no "rules" or "policies" that are preventing other teams from being successful as this article seems to suggest. I think the creation of the 4-team playoff was a positive thing and has already provided more opportunity for other teams to win. No reason to do anything else, in my opinion.
1) The suggestion to "redistribute recruiting talent" is a ridiculous. It's basically saying we shouldn't let the top kids choose where they want to go to school as freely as they currently can, even though the kids have earned that right.
There are also plenty of other programs who have the necessary resources and "brand name" to recruit and compete against Bama (Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, Clemson, LSU, USC, Michigan, and more) and some of these teams have recruited on a similar level. It's not Bama's fault that these teams (aside from Ohio State and Clemson) haven't been able to put together and maintain elite consistent success the way Bama has.
2) Only THREE of the FOURTEEN total CFP semi-final games that have taken place so far have been truly competitive/close games (2014 OSU-Bama, 2017 UGA-Oklahoma, 2019 OSU-Clemson). Therefore, it's tough to convince me that the playoff should be expanded because it would just mean more blowouts.
Expanding the playoff also increases the likelihood that a team suffers an injury before getting to the title game.
Last reason I'm against an 8-team playoff is that it takes away the importance of regular season games and will likely lead to more rematches.
3) I won't get into the third suggestion. I just have to assume this suggestion wasn't serious.
I missed the memo, does Clemson suddenly suck now? I mean, they do, but in terms of being able to win football games they’re still better than Oklahoma in my opinion.
Usually, yes, but the Sooners were playing great football in every phase at the end of the season and they get almost everyone back next year.
I agree that this coming season they will likely be one of the playoff contenders. I’m not on the Rattler hype train yet though.
Maybe Sark will take them down a peg. I wouldn't be surprised.
Moving it to a Friday even would be great. Still, if you take the three games together, the broadcasters are most certainly making more than they did with BCS.
I’m going to say this writer is just coming up with a snarky way of saying we need more playoff teams. He thinks he’s clever but the problem is that he’s spawned some writers to pick up his ideas as serious. Finebaum just had one on and he was very serious about the redistribution idea.
He might. I’m glad he’s taking some familiar faces out there. Hopefully they’ll be a good and positive support system out there. He’s going to need it when those billionaire boosters come knocking.
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