[dabigv13]

I don’t care about regular season analysis. Post season is different. Why do you think the Top 2 NFL teams  in each conference get a bye?  Because it’s a disadvantage?  You EARN a bye post-season NFL.

SC didn’t earn this bye. But they get it. And you can disagree on the amount of the advantage or even if it is one.

But don’t you think the game should not have that as a potential issue?  Whoever wins the North should be on the same footing as whoever wins the South. It’s not particularly difficult to assure the regular season ends on the same weekend.

Frankly I don’t get how there is an argument against this.

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=18086.msg213744#msg213744 date=1511126544]
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/31...ing_a_bye/

http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/...view/16473

And plenty more on Google. WSJ had an article that was paywalled from like 2010.

[/quote]

Well, the NFL teams get a bye so they play one less game. Pretty important distinction.

And I'm not sure why postseason versus regular season should make a difference.

Probably much more relevant is the fact that the Champ Game is essentially a home game for us. That's definitely worth something. I'll take that over the bye.

[dabigv13]

I don’t care about regular season analysis. Post season is different. Why do you think the Top 2 NFL teams  in each conference get a bye?  Because it’s a disadvantage?  You EARN a bye post-season NFL.

SC didn’t earn this bye. But they get it. And you can disagree on the amount of the advantage or even if it is one.

But don’t you think the game should not have that as a potential issue?  Whoever wins the North should be on the same footing as whoever wins the South. It’s not particularly difficult to assure the regular season ends on the same weekend.

Frankly I don’t get how there is an argument against this.

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=18086.msg213744#msg213744 date=1511126544]
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/31...ing_a_bye/

http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/...view/16473

And plenty more on Google. WSJ had an article that was paywalled from like 2010.

[/quote]

Well, the NFL teams get a bye so they play one less game. Pretty important distinction.

And I'm not sure why postseason versus regular season should make a difference.

Probably much more relevant is the fact that the Champ Game is essentially a home game for us. That's definitely worth something. I'll take that over the bye.