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Todd H.'s avatar

Enjoy not having an automatic bid…. lol

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John Canzano's avatar

No conference has an automatic bid. Why don't people understand this? The CFP gives automatic bids to the five highest ranked conference champions. If the Pac-12 champ is among the five highest ranked conference champs, it gets in. Same for the SEC. Same for the Big Ten.

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Jim T's avatar

Thanks John. Todd is a bit daft, and you’ve helped him avoid further ridicule.

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Chuck's avatar

Wanna bet?

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Jim T's avatar

As you surely know, that would be a sucker bet

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Chuck's avatar

Indeed.

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Todd H.'s avatar

My mistake

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John Canzano's avatar

Wasn't aimed at you alone. I spent all day yesterday trying to tell people and realized that there's a lot of confusion, even among media. Appreciate that you post here.

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Todd H.'s avatar

No problem. I figured it was like the NCAA tournament, like the automatic bids in basketball. There’s still teams that make the playoffs, but I figured the power conferences had a part in getting the byes. I did not realize.

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EA Flash's avatar

That is true, but the SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Big-12 have DeFacto automatic bids because of the way the system is set up.

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Shad Nichols's avatar

Until they kick out the Pacific State Conference

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Kent Crawford's avatar

Thanks for clarifying JC!

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Matt L.'s avatar

Good on WSU & OSU to chart their survival. I think the medium term endgame is for WSU/OSU/Boise St./San Diego St. to have shot at 12 team CFP, and one or more of these gain exposure and gravitas so they can eventually be invited to the B12. That’s where the real $ money awaits. To allow this, PAC need to add 2 more teams that these 4 can consistently beat. So I’d say North Texas and UNLV are likely targets to reach 8. It’s all about the money now and teams will leave their conferences in the dust chasing it.

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Chuck's avatar

Enjoy another dissapointing, underachieving year, you're well on your way.

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

Oh. we have the bid....you don't read very well.

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Todd H.'s avatar

Just not an auto bid

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

And wrong again....top five conferences. Just need to be in the top five. That will happen.

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Todd H.'s avatar

I’ll wait….

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Todd H.'s avatar

Show me where you get the bye in the playoff pal… you don’t. There are four spots. I can add.

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

Who said anything about a bye.....nice change on not knowing what you're talking about. Trolling doesn't really seem to be your thing. You might want to give it up.

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Todd H.'s avatar

I guess I’ll have to use some sign language… 12 spots, yes. 4 auto spots for power conferences. Do you still need a tutor??

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John Canzano's avatar

Play nice fellas... the four byes go to the four highest ranked conference champs.

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

Sigh.....auto bid does not equal bye. We started with that, but you decided to jump to bye. Whoopdi doo...you get a bye IF you win your conference. And here I thought getting in the playoff was the really important thing. Foolish me.

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Chuck's avatar

Don't waste your time feeding a troll. He's just playing the one dissonant chord he knows on the keyboard. If he keeps on doing it at this hour, he'll wake his mother and she'll come down to the basement and give him what for.

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

I know, but it was kinda fun.

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Todd H.'s avatar

You’re the one wanting to perish on the playoff hill, not me.

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Bruce Ver Burg's avatar

Dude....it's really hard to argue with nonsense. Can you come back with something that makes sense? We can do this all day...Thanks for the softballs.

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Todd H.'s avatar

I was just sitting here.

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Matt L.'s avatar

Todd, me thinks if the re-constructed PAC at 8 teams has enough 'weak teams' then the OSU/WSU/Boise State's of the PAC have better opportunity to make the playoffs where the bigger $ awaits

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Todd H.'s avatar

They’ll get a seat at the dinner table, most likely… they’ll just need a couple more teams. It’s whether the stronger Pac teams get respect in seeding. That remains to be seen.

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