General playoff thoughts and questions

[saturdaysarebetter2]

Hypothetical question: As a fan, would you rather your team win a conference title (unlikely this year for Penn State) and lose your first round playoff game OR not win a conference title and win a first round playoff game and making the elite eight? Conference titles are forever.

Financially for a school, does it benefit them to not finish in the top four but rather five through eight and host a first round playoff game? Certainly seems that way and for the school's town/area hotels, restaurants, etc.

When I was working, those that couldn't get their work done were rewarded with overtime which to me was rewarding inefficiency. Seems like finishing ranked five through eight is better financially than finishing in the top four.

 

[84Lion]

As a fan, I'd rather my team be so damn good that they finish undefeated (destroying every opponent during the regular season), decisively win the CCG, then maul all the competition in the playoffs. And of course, win the championship.

That doesn't seem like asking for too much...does it?

 

[GreggK]

Who cares about a conference title. I could give zero shits about a B1G championship 0.

The only thing that matters is the playoffs. Lets win as many as possible.

 

[m.knox]

Who cares about a conference title. I could give zero shits about a B1G championship 0.

The only thing that matters is the playoffs. Lets win as many as possible.

Strongly disagree Gregg.

Seeds 1 - 4 get a first round pass.
Seeds 5 - 8 get a first round home game
Seeds 9 - 12 get a first round away game.

I know it is obvious, but the higher the seed, the better the chance to get to the finals. A conference title helps greatly.

 

[mgkpsu]

Strongly disagree Gregg.

Seeds 1 - 4 get a first round pass.
Seeds 5 - 8 get a first round home game
Seeds 9 - 12 get a first round away game.

I know it is obvious, but the higher the seed, the better the chance to get to the finals. A conference title helps greatly.

Losing in the conference championship game could be disastrous in terms of playing an extra game AND getting smoked enough to drop from a home game to an away game.

And some teams could use an extra week to recover depending upon their injury situations, so I don't think there is one correct answer.

 

[m.knox]

Losing in the conference championship game could be disastrous in terms of playing an extra game AND getting smoked enough to drop from a home game to an away game.

And some teams could use an extra week to recover depending upon their injury situations, so I don't think there is one correct answer.

Good point.

 

[KCLion]

Who cares about a conference title. I could give zero shits about a B1G championship 0.

The only thing that matters is the playoffs. Lets win as many as possible.

Cael? Is that you?