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Unfortunately, Division I CFB is probably the most difficult sport for which to make a championship—fora myriad of reasons.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-12-team-playoff-wont-fix-college-football-but-this-will

This at first sounds great but then when you consider how soft a couple of these conferences would be, certain teams (Penn State) would get almost an auto-bid to the playoffs each year while multiple other teams would get left out.

1 hour ago, jAUSon said:

Recruiting isn't that important.

How's Idaho been treating ya?

1 minute ago, ellitor said:

Yeah but even I'm disappointed. We are literally kicking ass or doing well at every other position except RB (no needs) & TE (small need). I understand Edwin wanting to wait on Bama, especially given their OL development this season, but I feel a real good recruiter would have gotten Edwin committed a while ago. We have to do better on the HS OL. Gotta knock it out of the park in 2025.

For now, I'd just like to keep who we have. Thought UAT didn't want Perry anyways? 🙄

7 hours ago, woodford said:

Unless the conference makes adjustments it seems like one year your schedule will be impossible and the next rather manageable. For Auburn in 2025, we have Texas, Tennessee, LSU, OM, and Florida on the table on top of Bama and Georgia. 
 

Can’t imagine any of these schools complaining about schedules though. They voted and asked for. Admin, not fans. No South Carolina fan in their right mind would want Texas and OU in their conference. 

3 hours ago, Cardin Drake said:

I don't think it is determined yet if we will play Georgia in 2025. 

They’ll cobble together another schedule for 2025 in the same method as ‘24 before going to a permanent route (nine games)  in 2026.

I could be wrong but I think all 24 of the rumored permanent matchups from back in March are on the 2024 schedule (UAT, UGA and Vandy for us obviously are). (Edit: I WAS wrong—Florida doesn’t play either USCe OR Oklahoma, their two rumored permas alongside UGA.)

4 minutes ago, DAG said:

We need the schedules ! 

(I realize this is just opponents/locations but still. All dates are released a week from tonight.)

Florida and South Carolina get HOSED. A&M makes out like a bandit--aside from having a new coach it all sets up very well for them.

Man, I miss the days when the Florida bowls generated excitement. Nick and Kirby have truly broke people's brains.

Anyhoo, this is a bowl we've played in TWICE and it's not Birmingham. Get a freaking grip.

Unpopular opinion: the bowl selection process for even the non-NY6 bowls is fun. It's just sad to see that nowadays people are despondent/apathetic to even non-playoff NY6 bowls (of course, that changes a bit next year).

Citrus = Iowa vs. Tennessee

1 minute ago, aubiefifty said:

i have a partial list i just found. they will be updating all day i assume and we can update it. thanx for replying!

Side note, I do feel like Citrus should be ahead of Cotton and Peach in the pecking order though I they do need six “big” games and I can understand not wanting more than one per state. 

4 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

they pick someone? i heard folks dreading us going there..........

Just basic math. When Florida and USCe lost it basically guaranteed it, but even more so now with both OM and Missouri getting in the NY6. Five remaining >=6 win teams in the SEC, seven SEC games between NY6 and Bham.

1 minute ago, aubiefifty said:

i am hoping we go somewhere other than b'ham.also jax state i hear was going bowling for the first time ever. thanx if anyone knows

No chance of B-Ham.

Ooooh, next year's Florida-FSU game is going to be nasty given that Rodemaker would've been playing if not for that hit.

2 minutes ago, yngwie1995 said:

Speaking of 12-team playoff, I think it should be 16-team. 

Not really fair for one team to sit at home and rest, while others have to play tough games. 

See: bama in 2017 (sits at home while Auburn has rematch with uga), bama in 2011 (doesn't win the West, but still gets a rematch with LSU), etc

Devil's advocate: I like it better than 16. Still makes the regular season important by breaking it up into three tiers. I do think that three of the first round games and two of the quarterfinals should be on campus, though. The NY6 games rotate as 8v9 first round game, quarterfinals which 3 and 4 earn automatic bids to, semifinals and the NC (the 24 and 25 NCs are at NY6 sites anyways).

2 minutes ago, yngwie1995 said:

Was Auburn one of the "best 4 teams" in 2017, when we got left out? (because we had 3 losses: AT #1 seed Clemson, AT ranked LSU, rematch in SECCG vs uga in Atlanta)

Meanwhile, bama (who we beat) got to sit at home and rest, and sneaks in as #4 seed and wins it all. 

Forget about the LSU and SECCG games. What would've happened if we had played an easier OOC opponent? While I do think UAT *deserves* it here, if the AP poll is accurate once more, this would be well-overdue karma for 2017.

Time has come to re-post:

Turds ranked #5 in AP poll.

The AP poll, in regards to what four teams have gotten in, has yet to be different from the final CFP poll.

While I did pick UAT, with regards to teh whole "four BEST teams" debate, of course they're going to say four best teams.

It's crazy how this is really only the second time it's been this uncertain in the ten years when it would've probably been the case almost every year in the BCS era. Just one instance, 2004...the same Texas vs. UAT vs. FSU debate would've applied to Texas, Cal and Utah (respectively).

25 minutes ago, yngwie1995 said:

bama AD whining saying that “If we would have played a Group of Five game instead it Texas, there’d be no debate right now.”

Well, what's the incentive for Texas to schedule a tough OOC game, if winning it means nothing? 🙄

In *all* fairness, he's probably referring to FSU.

15 minutes ago, gr82be said:

Just saw a prediction of Bama vs Oregon in the Cotton. That would be nice in more ways than one. 
 

It had FSU 3 and Texas 4

Who, if you don't mind me asking?

Also, it's crazy how many times that matchup has been predicted yet has never happened.

Ignoring UAT, as a casual Texas fan I'll be pissed if they get bumped out.

As much as I hate it (getting CC is very much an Advil, though), my pick is Michigan vs. UAT in Rose and Washington vs. Texas in Sugar.

Rodemaker (sp?) is out for just this week right?

3 minutes ago, E'Town4Bama said:

My sister graduated from Bama with a bachelors in Nursing. My frather is from t-town. Really don't care at this point. Bama may not make it to the CFP but they won the SEC in 2023! 

I despise you guys as much as anyone, but I'm getting sick of this "you have to have gone to a school to be a fan" argument. Sorry, but university at this point is not a viable goal for everyone.