The pervasive scent of bias ruined a championship structure that was supposed to bring fairness to the sport.Īfter all, it’s remarkable how much Cincinnati had to do just to clinch the fourth and final playoff spot. The BCS never had enough spots to accommodate non-power-conference teams, and the College Football Playoff committee never seemed to give those teams a real chance. While this sport has always prided itself on being chaotic and unpredictable, it’s long been impossible for most of the teams in the FBS to compete for national titles-regardless of how good they are or how well they perform. That’s why this is also a cathartic moment for college football. The committee put Notre Dame in the playoff even though the Fighting Irish lost to Clemson by 24 points in the ACC championship. It was slotted eighth in the final rankings, after two-loss Oklahoma and three-loss Florida. Despite Cincinnati winning those games by an average margin of 22 points, the committee barely seemed to consider it as a playoff candidate. Yet In 2020, the Bearcats went 9-0 in a pandemic-shortened season. Just a few years later, the Bearcats were being coached by Tommy Tuberville and were left outside the sport’s new power structure. Then head coach Brian Kelly left Cincinnati for Notre Dame, and the Big East subsequently crumbled. In 2009, the Bearcats went 12-0 and won the Big East while the computers said they belonged in the BCS national championship game, the humans gave that spot to Texas instead. It’s a cathartic moment for a program that has now finished the regular season undefeated three times in the last 13 years. 4 seed in this season’s playoff, and will face off against top-ranked Alabama in the Cotton Bowl semifinal on New Year’s Eve. On Sunday, it became official: Cincinnati is the no. These Bearcats beat every team they played-and more importantly, they beat a system designed to keep them out.

gvL9WXZ5wA- Mike Petraglia December 5, 2021 “We are the Champions” rings through an ecstatic Nippert.

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