They don’t matter. Texas A&M losing? Doesn’t matter, still in the playoff. Ohio State could lose, doesn’t matter, still in the playoff. Ohio State could lose the next two, doesn’t matter, still in the playoff. Indiana, too.
The regular season is worthless.
I’ll be keeping an eye on the first ever FCS playoff games with Ivy participants. Harvard plays at Villanova. Yale visits Youngstown State for about as big a culture clash I can imagine.
I was watching the sdsu New Mexico game today. There might be a 4 way tie for first in the MW that will be decided by a computer
To be fair, it’s just now the same as the regular season in all other sports. If you do well in the regular season, even if you don’t win the conference championship, you still advance to the postseason.
Now they just need to make it that if you win your conference, you make the playoffs, regardless of what conference you are in. Just like every other sport
Yeah, but that sucks. The beauty of college football (used to be) that one loss early (or late, to a rival) ruined your season.
Now, it’s like everything else. Which makes it . . . like everything else.
Lieutenant Governor Jim Tressel with the voiceover promoting the game. No news on if Jim Trafficant’s hair piece will be the Grand Marshal
Harvard loses to Yale? Doesn’t matter, still in the playoff
I’m glad Ivy League teams are finally eligible to play in it. It was so odd that the schools were banned from participating in the 1-AA/FCS playoffs for football… but teams from every other sport could legitimately compete for national titles in their respective tournaments/meets.
Overall, I like the Ivy commitment to shorter seasons and minimizing time away from campus, but apparently the students presented to the league board on why football should participate in the playoff and the ADs and presidents listened. It will be interesting to see how non scholarship teams fare against traditional FCS powers.
If they lose today (they won’t), they won’t be playing next weekend.
Youngstown St was leading 42-14 with less than 3 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter and Yale came back to win.
Very true about the Bucks.
Total yards today 419-163.
Underwood getting $3 million per year (NIL). Just one game, but he looks overpaid!
The 18-year old true freshman played like an 18-year old true freshman, nervous. And he played that way in Michigan’s 3 biggest games, which cost them. Hopefully he gets better with experience. That was the difference between him and Sayin. Sayin waits that extra beat for his receivers to come open while Underwood bails early. Michigan had receivers open down the field if the QB would’ve been a little more patient in the pocket, but he bailed early like he did a good chunk of the year. It’s still a good investment.
The more disappointing investment was in most of the defensive tackles Michigan brought in. There was no way they were going to match Grant and Graham, but their Power 4 pedigree, except for Pierce, never showed up and even Benny as a returner underwhelmed. 24 straight games the team what wins the rushing battle has won the game and that held true today with Michigan decisively losing the line of scrimmage.
He certainly has the physical tools…and maybe a healthier and better OL next year.
Two questionable calls as well.
FOSU
During the old model, most regular season games were worthless. With the current model, a lot more regular season games have an effect on the playoffs.
Cal is on the brink of stunning SMU to send 7-5 Duke to the ACC championship game.
If Duke wins the ACC title we might see two G5 teams make the playoffs
If the ACC title game goes as expected, the result is that the Virginia Cavaliers will be in a playoff for a national title in football. Let that sink in.
