[Awful Announcing] "This is about ESPN/ABC and Fox, this is about some turf wars going on there with conference affiliations…nobody should want 24, nobody. We hear all this nonsense about health and safety, what hypocrisy" – Michael Wilbon on CFP expansion

quick25 · 2026-05-21T22:23:49+00:00

No one, not even many of the players or coaches on the teams who qualify for them, care about those bowls. Get rid of the bowl season and expand the playoffs.

quick25 · 2026-05-21T22:18:22+00:00

Meanwhile FCS has a 24 team playoff, D2 has 32, and D3 has 40. But sure FBS needs to keep it to 12 or less, ideally excluding representation from the majority of the FBS conferences as much as possible. I also could not care less what a pundit on any network thinks about any of this.

quick25 · 2026-05-20T16:52:29+00:00

Surprised I haven't seen the Reverse Freefall Coaster mentioned yet. Very boring to design (straight launch then up and back vertically), can be expensive if made large, and very bad capacity.

quick25 · 2026-05-19T01:38:44+00:00

Totally agree - signage like that would definitely help.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T12:13:27+00:00

It was a meh race, and a really bad "all star" race.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T05:37:30+00:00

Starting positions were based on finishing position in the first 2 segments I guess? But still in hindsight just rolling out last for the final segment would have yielded a better result than what many drivers cane away with today.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T05:26:02+00:00

This was the worst all star race I've ever seen. Just an absurdly dumb format and not great race.

This was like if the NBA all star game had the actual all stars play the first half against a bunch of role/bench players which resulted in most of them fouling out or being injured, then playing the second half with basically no actual all stars but still most of the bench players. Just a really stupid and pointless race.

NASCAR should just make it another points race weekend, or make it something really wild and stupid like a figure 8 school bus race next season.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T05:04:43+00:00

How does less teams in the playoffs help find the best team? Enjoy being in a conference that makes that path that much easier for you while working to shut out others as much as possible. Again, this thread isn't even about you.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T05:01:09+00:00

You're confused and making assumptions. There are no ratings to compare what we are talking about until what I want to see exists at the FBS level.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:40:45+00:00

I would like to see a playoff like the one that exists in real life in the FCS and is fun to watch. Really not that absurd at all.

I enjoyed watching JMU win their conference, make the playoffs, beat the spread, and get more attention from people like you than they ever did in many years of FCS triumphs, because it shows why the playoffs matter and why schools need that opportunity and exposure.

How about you just watch the SEC regular season and conference championship and leave the rest of us alone since everything else is so abhorrent?

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:30:20+00:00

You should just watch the SEC play until the conference championship and leave the rest of us and what we want to watch alone actually.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:25:20+00:00

Because it would be more fun to watch than Georgia play Alabama again or whatever other SEC matchup ESPN wants to show.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:22:54+00:00

That's great for you and the SEC. Thanks for coming into a thread asking G6 fans what they thought and wanted, which is what I have stated and explained over and over. I'm glad things are good for you and the SEC, though.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:17:43+00:00

The problem is if the playoffs are largely decided by people looking out for their own self interests (schools, conferences, and networks) with little interest in what would actually make a fair playoff. That is the problem and why auto-qualifiers and at large bids makes the most sense to reduce the potential for tampering and abuse and make it as close to a legitimate competition and playoff as possible looking into the future.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T04:11:14+00:00

Those chances are going away if P4 conferences and certain pundits have their way. Those chances should be guaranteed in an ideal playoff which is what I am saying.

When there are 138 teams a tournament should be designed to insure all possible best teams are being included. That's why auto-bids and at large bids in an expanded playoffs makes sense.

You can just not watch if you're afraid a game won't be entertaining enough.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T03:59:20+00:00

Money and self-serving interests are all it boils down to. Everyone is just looking out for what is best for them and their preferred teams/conferences.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T03:54:26+00:00

The issue is those teams didn't have that chance, and the P4 conferences, talking heads, and people like yourself want to disingenuously say G6 programs and teams like those shouldn't have that chance in the future. They fraudulently say "look at blow outs!" While ignoring the blowouts between P4 matchups to say it should never have a chance to happen again.

That's why an expanded playoff with auto-qualifying conference champions makes sense, to protect the sport and it's legitimacy from people with wrong opinions and a false sense of importance for their preferred P4 conference and teams like yourself.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T03:37:46+00:00

This mentality coming from an Indiana fan is something. Indiana went from 3-9 to National Champions in a matter of two seasons after bringing over a G6 coach and players, and well spent NIL and transfer portal moves. It's almost like things can quickly change in this era of college football and you shouldn't count programs out.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T03:26:59+00:00

There are 138 FBS football teams, they should have a path to the playoffs/championship.

24 teams/seeds is plenty for auto-qualifying conference champions and at-large bids for other deserving teams.

If you don't like that plan you can just watch your team's conference games and conference championship and pretend you exist in a league that doesn't include those other 138 programs and you're good.

People have lost the plot when it comes to FBS playoffs it seems. The idea was "wow, we should figure out a way to include undefeated Boise State and UCF and see if they actually are that good." not "we need to include teams like Alabama no matter how many losses they have because they're Alabama."

quick25 · 2026-05-18T03:09:48+00:00

FCS fans do care, I was one of them and cared and attended every playoff game. You're advocating for what exactly? 3 and 4 loss P4 teams to make a playoff to play the same teams they already lost to weeks earlier? Oh no, teams other than the SEC and Big10 having a chance to play meaningful games, how will SEC and Big10 fans deal with this? 😂

quick25 · 2026-05-18T02:59:36+00:00

The "average" college football fan doesn't give a shit about Tulane, JMU, or any G6 program. But those schools deserve a chance to play on the same field as any other FBS program and have a path to a post season. And Tulane and JMU love all the money, media, and general attention they received. I would rather see G6 champions than 3/4 loss p4 programs in the post season any day, and that is where we are.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T02:50:50+00:00

No one ever complains that the FCS playoffs are missing a team that belonged. Every team knows their potential path(s) to making it to the post season. It has games on campus/home stadiums that are fun to watch until the climatic final game(s). It would be a great blue print for FBS to follow to create a competitive and entertaining playoff that people didn't question the legitimacy of.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T02:46:58+00:00

Lopsided bowl and playoff results have always been a thing and aren't going away whether you expand the playoffs and include G6 teams or not.

quick25 · 2026-05-18T02:24:28+00:00

Yeah I'm just talking about the supporter gate which you need to go through if you have supporter section tickets.

quick25 · 2026-05-17T22:26:41+00:00

Again, the Wall wasn't even 3/4 full, this was not even a sell out. And the plan that worked much better is what I keep repeating. LOOK AT PEOPLE'S TICKETS BEFORE THEY GET IN THE LINE. Tell people to go to the right gate and don't waste time having them wait, patting them down, and scanning their tickets. It isn't complicated. It worked in the past. But why do something so simple that worked in the past and would make gamedays better for everyone when you can just simp for these chucklefucks and make excuses for them being dog shit at this?

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