That’s not being discussed enough, but in the current format, if you were Texas, Oregon, or Penn State, you needed to be TRYING to lose yesterday, so you get a better path.
That needs to be discussed, so that we start to understand how bad it is that this format exists with the structure of the byes.
Penn State gets to go SMU-Boise to get to the semifinals (teams ranked 10 and 9).
Texas gets to go Clemson-ASU to get to the semifinal (teams ranked 16 and 12).
Meanwhile, Oregon has to beat Tennessee or Ohio State (teams ranked 6 or 7), and Georgia has to beat Notre Dame most likely (team ranked 5).
We knew this coming in, but seeing it officially on paper should be eye opening.
That needs to be discussed, so that we start to understand how bad it is that this format exists with the structure of the byes.
Penn State gets to go SMU-Boise to get to the semifinals (teams ranked 10 and 9).
Texas gets to go Clemson-ASU to get to the semifinal (teams ranked 16 and 12).
Meanwhile, Oregon has to beat Tennessee or Ohio State (teams ranked 6 or 7), and Georgia has to beat Notre Dame most likely (team ranked 5).
We knew this coming in, but seeing it officially on paper should be eye opening.
