2009 College Football Playoff

.... And then there were two. We are down to the final two teams in our college football playoff, and it is a great game with the #3 and #4 seeds, Cincinnati and TCU, respectively.

Mr. Green: Cincinnati

Roget: TCU

Dr. G: TCU

Jack Flack: TCU

Willard: TCU

Hollywood: TCU

C-Money: Cincinnati

WINNER: TCU (5-2)

TCU takes the national Championship in a very close game. Congratulations to the TCU Horned Frogs, the 2009 Kotite's Corner National Champions.

So what does this all mean? Did the BCS get it right this year? Once again, the answer is a resounding 'No.' In fact, the question "Did the BCS get it right?" is a stupid question to be begin with, because the BCS cannot get it right, the BCS is not right to begin with. The BCS means a computer chooses two teams to play for the National Championship. Whether the two teams selected are the best two teams in the nation is meaningless. There are plenty of teams this year who haven't lost a single game, including TCU and Cincinnati, who will not get to play for the National Cahmpionship. There are arguments for and against all of the top teams, which is why we need a playoff system in college football. Division I-AA, and all Divisions below that have a playoff system.

College basketball will always be better than college football, because of college basketball's playoff system, March Madness. Did anybody ask whether UNC and Michigan State deserved to play for the National Championship last season? Did anybody ask whether March Madness got it right? No, because March Madness is a great playoff system, which always features classic, memorable games, upsets, buzzer beaters, and memories. A playoff system in football would probably create the same result.

To close our 2009 college football playoff, here is the final bracket, and how the tournament played out.

2009 College Football Playoff

The final two teams are set, and we just saw the first two major upsets of the tournament with the top two seeds both going down in the semi-final matchups. The remaining two teams square off in the Rose Bowl. The matchup is as follows--

#3 Cincinnati vs. #4 TCU - Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.

It will be interesting to see how this game plays out. The explosive spread offense of Cincinnati led by Tony Pike and Mardy Gilyard against TCU, who has maybe the best defense in the nation.

Here is the updated bracket--

2009 College Football Playoff

The final four teams are set and we are ready to go with the games. Two good matchups square off with #1 Alabama facing off against #4 TCU, and #2 Texas playing #3 Cincinnati. The winners advance to play in the National Championship game in the Rose Bowl.

Mr. Green: TCU

Roget: TCU

Dr. G: TCU

Jack Flack: TCU

Willard: TCU

Hollywood: TCU

C-Money: Alabama

WINNER: TCU (6-1)

Mr. Green: Cincinnati

Roget: Texas

Dr. G: Cincinnati

Jack Flack: Cincinnati

Willard: Texas

Hollywood: Cincinnati

C-Money: Cincinnati

WINNER: CINCINNATI (5-2)

Upset alert - Both top seeds go down. This is huge. Neither game was close either. TCU wins in a landslide over Alabama, and Cincinnati wins in a landslide over Texas. This is why they play the games. Well, in real life, they actually don't, but if they did, something like this could happen. We will never know, and unfortantely for TCU and Cincinnati, they will not get a chance to play for the National Championship in real life. However, they will get to play for the 2009 Kotite's Corner National Championship.

2009 College Football Playoff

Well, the 2nd round games were played, and there really has not been an upset yet in terms of how the teams were seeded. The final four teams are now set, and will match up at 2 randomly chosen sites. The final four matchups are as follows--

#1 Alabama vs. #4 TCU at Cowboys stadium in Dallas, TX.
#2 Texas vs. #3 Cincinnati at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.

These are some great games that we all would love to see played out on the field. It will be interesting to see if the underdog, TCU, can stay alive against the #1 overall seed.

Here is the updated bracket--

College Football Playoff

We are down to the final 8 teams of our 2009 college football playoff. Of the 8 teams, there is 2 SEC teams, 2 non-BCS teams, 1 ACC team, 1 Big 12 team, 1 Pac-10 team, and 1 Big East team. The only major conference not represented is the Big 10 (Big 11).

Mr. Green: Alabama

Roget: Alabama

Dr. G: Alabama

Jack Flack: Alabama

Willard: Alabama

Hollywood: Alabama

C-Money: Alabama

WINNER: ALABAMA (7-0)

Mr. Green: TCU

Roget: Florida

Dr. G: TCU

Jack Flack: TCU

Willard: Florida

Hollywood: TCU

C-Money: Florida

WINNER: TCU (4-3)

Mr. Green: Oregon

Roget: Texas

Dr. G: Texas

Jack Flack: Texas

Willard: Texas

Hollywood: Oregon

C-Money: Oregon

WINNER: TEXAS (4-3)

Mr. Green: Cincinnati

Roget: Boise State

Dr. G: Cincinnati

Jack Flack: Cincinnati

Willard: Boise State

Hollywood: Boise State

C-Money: Cincinnati

WINNER: CINCINNATI (4-3)

The #1 overall seed Alabama cruises into the Final 4, and the other 3 games come right down to the wire. TCU edges defending National Champion Florida 4-3. Texas barely survives an upset big by Oregon and wins 4-3. Cincinnati, the Big East champion survives Boise State, and wins 4-3. The final 4 is now set. We have the SEC champion, the Big East champion, the Big 12 champion, and underdog TCU. These are the top 4 seeds in the tournament, so the seeding held up.

College Football Playoff

....And then there were eight. The first round of action has been completed. The higher seeds took care of business, leaving some very intriguing 2nd round games. The four games will take place at the four respective major bowls chosen randomly. The matchups are as follows--

#1 Alabama vs. #9 Georgia Tech in Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)
#4 TCU vs. #5 Florida in Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)
#2 Texas vs. #7 Oregon in New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)
#3 Cincinnati vs. #6 Boise State in Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)

Imagine if we actually got these see these matchups play out on the field and not on the computer.

Here is the updated bracket--

College Football Playoff

The first round continues with the right side of the bracket, which features #2 overall seed, the Texas Longhorns.

Mr. Green: Texas

Roget: Texas

Dr. G: Texas

Jack Flack: Texas

Willard: Texas

Hollywood: Texas

C-Money: East Carolina

WINNER: TEXAS (6-1)

Mr. Green: Oregon

Roget: Oregon

Dr. G: Oregon

Jack Flack: Iowa

Willard: Iowa

Hollywood: Oregon

C-Money: Oregon

WINNER: OREGON (5-2)

Mr. Green: Virginia Tech

Roget: Boise State

Dr. G: Boise State

Jack Flack: Boise State

Willard: Boise State

Hollywood: Boise State

C-Money: Virginia Tech

WINNER: BOISE STATE (5-2)

Mr. Green: Cincinnati

Roget: Cincinnati

Dr. G: Cincinnati

Jack Flack: Cincinnati

Willard: Cincinnati

Hollywood: Cincinnati

C-Money: Cincinnati

WINNER: CINCINNATI (7-0)

The first round conclues with all the home teams and higher seeds winning on the right side of the bracket... no surprises here. The trend of no close first rounds games continues as well.

College Football Playoff

We will kick off the first round of action with the left side of the bracket, which includes #1 overall seed, Alabama.

Mr. Green: Alabama

Roget: Alabama

Dr. G: Alabama

Jack Flack: Alabama

Willard: Alabama

Hollywood: Alabama

C-Money: Alabama

WINNER: ALABAMA (7-0)

Mr. Green: Ohio State

Roget: Georgia Tech

Dr. G: Georgia Tech

Jack Flack: Georgia Tech

Willard: Georgia Tech

Hollywood: Georgia Tech

C-Money: Georgia Tech

WINNER: GEORGIA TECH (6-1)

Mr. Green: LSU

Roget: Florida

Dr. G: Florida

Jack Flack: Florida

Willard: Florida

Hollywood: Florida

C-Money: Florida

WINNER: FLORIDA (6-1)

Mr. Green: TCU

Roget: TCU

Dr. G: TCU

Jack Flack: TCU

Willard: TCU

Hollywood: TCU

C-Money: TCU

WINNER: TCU (7-0)

No surprises on the left side of the bracket in the first round, as the home team wins each game, except for Georgia Tech over Ohio State, which isn't much of an upset anyways. All 4 teams advance convincingly.

2009 College Football Playoff

It is time for the start of the much anticipated 2nd annual Kotite's Corner College Football Playoff. Since actual real life college football doesn't have a playoff, which again is a joke, we will do our own. It isn't too hard to figure out, as every other sport, including the sub-divisions of college football seem to be able to have a playoff.

The rules are simple. The 11 conference champions all were given at-large bids. This includes Alabama, Texas, Cincinnati, TCU, Boise State, Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Central Michigan, East Carolina, and Troy. We then took the next 5 at-large teams according to the final BCS standings. These teams were Florida, Iowa, Virginia Tech, LSU, and Penn State. The 16 teams were then seeded, and a bracket was created. The first round games are to be played at the higher seeded teams’ home field. The 2nd round games would be played at the respective major bowls (Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta), and the semi-final games would be played at two random neutral sites, which we chose as the new Cowboys stadium in Dallas, and Indianapolis, so there would be a game in the north in a dome. The National Championship game would be played as it will be this season in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Check out the opening 16 team bracket below, and stay tuned to see who is voted the winner--

2008 College Football Playoff

.... And then there were two. We are down to the final two teams in our college football playoff, and it is a great game with the #1 and #2 seeds, Oklahoma and Florida, respectively.

Mr. Green: Oklahoma

Roget: Florida

Willard: Florida

Dr. G: Oklahoma

Jack Flack: Oklahoma

WINNER: OKLAHOMA (3-2)

Oklahoma takes the national Championship in a very close game. Congratulations to the Oklahoma Sooners, the 2008 National Champions.

So what does this all mean? Did the BCS get it right, since we ended up with Oklahoma and Florida in the championship through a playoff? The answer is a resounding No. In fact, the question "Did the BCS get it right?" is a stupid question to be begin with, because the BCS cannot get it right, the BCS is not right to begin with. The BCS means a computer chooses two teams to play for the National Championship. Whether the two teams selected are the best two teams in the nation is meaningless. What about Texas? Alabama? USC? Boise State? Utah? There are other teams still with just one loss. Oklahoma lost to Texas, Florida lost at home to Ole Miss. The point is there are arguments for and against all of the top teams, which is why we need a playoff system in college football. Division I-AA, and all Divisions below that have a playoff system.

College basketball will always be better than college football, because of college basketball's playoff system, March Madness. Did anybody ask whether Memphis and Kansas deserved to play for the National Championship last season? Did anybody ask whether March Madness got it right? No, because March Madness is a great playoff system, which always features classic, memorable games, upsets, buzzer beaters, and memories. A playoff system in football would probably create the same result.

To close our 2008 college football playoff, here is the final bracket, and how the tournament played out.

2008 College Football Playoff

The final two teams are set, and there really have been no major upsets in this college football tournament. The top two teams square off in the Orange Bowl. The matchup is as follows--

#1 Oklahoma vs. #2 Florida - Orange Bowl, Miami, FL.

This is the same game as the real live National Championship game this season, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. It may be a face off of the two best quarterbacks in the nation with Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford.

Here is the updated bracket--

Stay tuned, as we will vote on who will be crowned the National Champion.

2008 College Football Playoff

The final four teams are set, and we are ready to go with the games. Two good matchups square off with Oklahoma playing Alabama, and Florida going against USC. The winners of the games will play each other in the National Championship game in the Orange Bowl.

Mr. Green: Oklahoma

Roget: Oklahoma

Willard: Alabama

Dr. G: Oklahoma

Jack Flack: Oklahoma

WINNER: OKLAHOMA (4-1)

Mr. Green: USC

Roget: USC

Willard: Florida

Dr. G: Florida

Jack Flack: Florida

WINNER: FLORIDA (3-2)

The top two seeds are able to survive, including a close matchup of Florida and USC. This means that the #1 and #2 teams in the nation will match up to play in the National Championship. The Big 12 champ Oklahoma vs. the SEC champ Florida. An updated bracket will soon follow showing the showdown for the National Championship.

2008 College Football Playoff

Well, the 2nd round games were played, and there was only one upset, in terms of how the teams were seeded. The final four teams are now set, and will match up at a randomly chosen site. The final four matchups are as follows--

#1 Oklahoma vs. #4 Alabama in Houston, TX.
#2 Florida vs. #5 USC in San Diego, CA.

These are some great games that we all would love to see played out on the field. It will be interesting to see who wins the matchup between Florida and USC, with the great offense of Tim Tebow and Florida going up against the fast, hard-hitting USC defense.

Here is the updated bracket--

Stay tuned, as we will vote on the last two games next week, to determine what two teams will play in the National Championship.

2008 College Football Playoff

We are now down to the final eight teams of our college football playoff. Some intruiging matchups highlight these 2nd round games, let's see how they play out.

Mr. Green: Oklahoma

Roget: Oklahoma

Willard: Oklahoma

Dr. G: Oklahoma

Jack Flack: Oklahoma

WINNER: OKLAHOMA (5-0)

Mr. Green: TCU

Roget: Alabama

Willard: Alabama

Dr. G: Alabama

Jack Flack: TCU

WINNER: ALABAMA (3-2)

Mr. Green: Florida

Roget: Florida

Willard: Florida

Dr. G: Florida

Jack Flack: Florida

WINNER: FLORIDA (5-0)

Dr. G: USC

Roget: Texas

Willard: USC

Dr. G: Texas

Jack Flack: USC

WINNER: USC (3-2)

The top two seeds continue to take care of business, with both Oklahoma and Florida winning handily. Boise State didn't have the magic this time to beat a great offensive Oklahoma team. We saw two great matchups, and the "cindarella" of this college football playoff, TCU, was finally beaten, but almost upset Alabama. Another close game saw USC top Texas.

The final four is set. There were three Big 12 teams in the final eight, and only one advanced to the final four. There are two SEC teams left, and a Pac-10 team. An updated bracket will soon follow, showing the final four teams, the matchups, and the location of the games to be played.

2008 College Football Playoff

....And then there were eight. The first round has been completed. We saw a couple upsets (Boise State, TCU), but for the most part, the higher seeds took care of business, leaving some very intriguing 2nd round games. The four games will take place at the four respective major bowls chosen randomly. The matchups are as follows--

#1 Oklahoma vs. #9 Boise State in Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)
#11 TCU vs. #4 Alabama in Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)
#2 Florida vs. #7 Texas Tech in New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)
#5 USC vs. #3 Texas in Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)


Imagine if we actually got these see these matchups play out on the field and not on the computer. Oklahoma and Boise State square off in a rematch of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, which was probably the greates BCS bowl game ever played. The underdog, Boise State, scored on a hook-and-ladder on the final play of the game, and then scored on a 2-point conversion in which they ran the "statue of liberty" play to win the game. So that game is no given for Oklahoma on a neutral site. The 2nd round also features an unbelievable matchup of USC against Texas in the Fiesta Bowl.


Here is the updated bracket--

We will be voting on the winners of the 2nd round games shortly, so check back to see what teams make it to the Final Four.

2008 College Football Playoff

The first round ends with the right side of the bracket. The four winners of these games will round out the final eight teams of the 2008 college football playoff.

Mr. Green: Florida

Roget: Florida

Willard: Florida

Dr. G: Florida

Jack Flack: Florida

WINNER: FLORIDA (5-0)

Mr. Green: Ohio State

Roget: Texas Tech

Willard: Texas Tech

Dr. G: Texas Tech

Jack Flack: Texas Tech

WINNER: TEXAS TECH (4-1)

Mr. Green: USC

Roget: USC

Willard: USC

Dr. G: USC

Jack Flack: USC

WINNER: USC (5-0)

Mr. Green: Texas

Roget: Texas

Willard: Texas

Dr. G: Texas

Jack Flack: Texas

WINNER: TEXAS (5-0)

The remainder of the first round sees four easy wins, all by the home teams, including three sweeps. Florida, Texas, Texas Tech, and USC all advance to the final eight teams easily.

Stay tuned as we continue our college football playoff to determine the real #1 team in college football. An updated bracket with the final eight teams will follow soon, there are some great matchups.

2008 College Football Playoff

Below are the results of the left side of the bracket, the first set of first round games.

Mr. Green: Oklahoma

Roget: Oklahoma

Willard: Oklahoma

Dr. G: Oklahoma

Jack Flack: Oklahoma

WINNER: OKLAHOMA (5-0)

Mr. Green: Boise State

Roget: Penn State

Willard: Boise State

Dr. G: Boise State

Jack Flack: Penn State

WINNER: BOISE STATE (3-2)

Mr. Green: Utah

Roget: TCU

Willard: TCU

Dr. G: Utah

Jack Flack: TCU

WINNER: TCU (3-2)

Mr. Green: Oklahoma State

Roget: Alabama

Willard: Alabama

Dr. G: Alabama

Jack Flack: Oklahoma State

WINNER: ALABAMA (3-2)

The left side of the first round sees #1 overall seed Oklahoma win easily, and three other close contests. Boise State goes into Happy Valley and knocks off the Big Ten champions. Alabama almost gets upset by Oklahoma State, and TCU takes the first real upset with a close victory over Utah.

The first round will conclude tomorrow, with the right side of the bracket.

2008 College Football Playoff

We all know that the BCS is a joke. In fact, I will take it a step further, and call Division I college football a joke, as they are the only league, including other divisions of college football, who do not have a playoff. Who plays in each bowl game, including the National Championship game is determined more by a computer than a teams’ play on the field, leaving numerous teams with legitimate beefs as to why they do not get a shot at the National Championship game. Everyone loves college basketball and March Madness. Every team has a shot at the championship, there are so many great games, and there are always the cindarella stories that we all love. A college football playoff is feasible, with every team playing 12 regular season games, and then a 16-team playoff throughout December and into early January. This could be easily solved in college football. So we took the time to do our own college football playoff.

The rules are simple. The six major conference champions (Penn State, USC, Oklahoma, Florida, Cincinnati, and Virginia Tech) all were given at-large bids. We then took the top 16 teams according to the final BCS standings, which all of the above teams were already included in except for Virginia Tech. Because Virginia Tech was not in the top 16, the #16 team, BYU, was bumped for Virginia Tech. The 16 teams were then seeded, and a bracket was created.

The first round games are to be played at the higher seeded teams’ home field. The 2nd round games would be played at the respective major bowls (Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta), and the semi-final games would be played at two random neutral sites, which we chose as Houston, and San Diego, being two warm-weather major cities with major football stadiums. The National Championship game would be played as it will be this season in Miami. And guess what? It's not that hard to do, so let's hope that college football soon finds a way to get a playoff done, because who wouldn't want to see some of these matchups.

Stay tuned, as we will be projecting the winner over the course of the next week.