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Subject: Re: 1-7 Record of Teams With A Bye

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Date Posted: 05:39:20 01/23/26 Fri
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "1-7 Record of Teams With A Bye" on 22:07:32 01/22/26 Thu

Hard to see FBS and FCS byes as apples to apples. The reward of the former is i) a neutral-site game, ii) a month after your last (just enough time to get cold), and iii) against a team ranked between 5 and 12, probably between 5 and 8. The reward of the latter is i) a home game, ii) following a single bye week (just enough time to heal up), and iii) against a team ranked between 9 and 24, maybe 9 to 16.

Under the current format I'd rather be the fifth seed in the FBS than the four seed. That can't make for a healthy tournament, right?

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Author: An Observer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:45:20 01/23/26 Fri All fair points. FBS bye =/= FCS bye. FBS #5 seed gets a home game against the #12 seed, which could be substantially weaker than the rest of the field. At the risk of a nonzero chance of losing, you get what amounts to a pep rally for your fans and a chance to showcase your stadium and campus to the television audience. That's a good deal.

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Author: observer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:35:31 01/24/26 Sat Not to mention coaching carousel and transfer portal shenanigans from the end of the regular season until the first playoff game...