2016 NCAA College Football

[IceMan]

Clemson will hang on and repeat as ACC champions.

My Final 4

Bama
Clemson
tOSU
Washington

NCG

Bama vs tOSU with Bama winning and getting revenge on the Buckeyes for what happened in 2014.

[ResAlien]

That means we're likely to get a Penn State and USC Rose Bowl and a Michigan and Florida State Orange. I'm not sure about the other two majors.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Thankfully we don't have to wait three days like normal for the rankings. They come out tomorrow at noon Eastern I think.

[IceMan]

Western Michigan probably gets the Cotton Bowl

[Cecil Terwilliger]

As a sidenote next year Fox's Big Ten deal comes into effect meaning that we will get more Big Ten games on Fox. Currently TSN picks up quite a few of ESPN broadcasts or we see them on abc. I think this will either be neutral or good news for Canadians since most of the Fox broadcast should be big-name games on the main fox channel and TSN should continue to pick up some of the ESPN broadcast. Apparently fox gets first choice of games in the deal so Mich vs OSU won't be on abc next year for the first time in a long time.

I prefer the ABC/ESPN broadcast crew but anything that gets us more college football is good news to me.

[nfotiu]

I think Penn St has a real shot at taking that 4th spot from Washington.

[ResAlien]

I'm 100% fine with anything that gets Herbstriet away from Michigan vs ohio state.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

That means we're likely to get a Penn State and USC Rose Bowl and a Michigan and Florida State Orange. I'm not sure about the other two majors.

Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl...who the heck is the SEC rep in the Sugar Bowl?

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl...who the heck is the SEC rep in the Sugar Bowl?

Auburn?

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl...who the heck is the SEC rep in the Sugar Bowl?

Florida I'd assume, do they have to take #2 in the conference or can they pick any bowl eligible SEC team?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Auburn?

Edit: the internet tells me it is Auburn.

[puffnstuff]

Theres a bowl game in the Bahamas? Eastern Mich and Old Dominion. Dec 23 Nassau, Bahamas

[Senator Clay Davis]

Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Michigan. Committee and ESPN simply will not be able to stop themselves picking a Saban-Harbaugh matchup. Penn State winning was needed to put Michigan in, and that'll be all the excuse the committee needs. Plus no offense Washington and Penn State fans, but Michigan is likely the only of the three who can give Alabama a game and not be down four touchdowns at halftime.

[GirlySports]

I would make OSU #4 putting the 3 conference champs 1 2 3 and that gets me a huge ratings semi Alabama-OSU.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Nothing changed in the final rankings, Alabama-Washington and Ohio State-Clemson.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl...who the heck is the SEC rep in the Sugar Bowl?

OU is actually in the Sugar Bowl against Auburn I believe.

At the end of the day it's hard to argue against the committee selections, all four teams deserve to be there. There is a good case for Penn State too but at the expense of who? I'm happy with it, but I would argue that if you are going to put in a non-conference champion into the playoff, and especially if they are in ahead the the conference champion of that same conference then they should not be ranked any higher than 4. I know it's the way it is to set up a possible OSU-Alabama final but it still isn't right in my opinion.

[GirlySports]

i thought the big 12 champ was always in the cotton bowl.. shows have much bowls really matter these days.

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

i thought the big 12 champ was always in the cotton bowl.. shows have much bowls really matter these days.

Reading Wikipedia, it was the home to the champion of the South West Conference before it broke up and its bigger colleges formed the Big 12.

The Sugar Bowl is now the bowl for the best available Big 12 vs best available SEC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bids_t...otball_Playoff

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I don't have a strong opinion one way or another on going to 8 teams, but man do these matchups look good:

http://www.espn.com/college-football...otball-playoff

[Lubicon]

No arguement that those matchups would be great, but all having eight teams in the playoff would do is shift the debate of who is 3 or 4 down to who is 7 or 8, and in all likelihood there would be more debate as there are more teams potentially in the mix. In this instance, why not USC, or why not the only other undefeated team - Western Michigan? Or Wisconsin.

The debate will always be there. Stick with 4 teams and keep the bowl traditions alive as much as possible. That is one of the things that makes college football so great and 8 teams would take away from that in a large part.