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   Ken Olson to The NOTBCS Guy   
   Re: So let's see here... (Undefeated FBS   
   26 Oct 23 21:08:01   
   
   From: kolson@freedomnet.org   
      
   On 10/26/2023 6:44 PM, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   >>> Yes, but not only would neither of them get a bye, I doubt that either of   
   them would even get a home game in the first round, unless the CFP Management   
   Committee decides to have a "if an at-large team plays a conference champion   
   in the first round,    
   the conference champion hosts the game even if it is the lower seed" rule,   
   which I doubt will happen ("hey - be glad you're in the playoff at all").   
   >> I actually dispute that. I think they would want to give preferential to a   
   conference champ, even if...   
   >   
   > Somehow, I don't see the CFP committee telling, say, Alabama, "Sorry that   
   your only loss this season was to #1 Georgia because your winning field goal   
   was declared no good as an official thought the tip of the ball passed over an   
   upright, and by NCAA    
   rules, it was not reviewable, and since only conference champions can be   
   seeded 1-4, you are a #5 seed, but since 12 seed Boise State won its   
   conference, your first round game is in Boise...in mid-December. Hope you like   
   the cold."   
      
   Sweet   
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