Who's Your Top Four?

In this weeks blog I wanted to make it more interactive with the readers of this blog. One thing I wanted to do was have viewers post a picture of a tweet that they made using the #CFBPlayoff. In the tweet I want to see who you have as your top four teams that you think will make it to the College Football Playoff. The field is still wide open and the schedules will only get tougher for teams down the road. We are almost halfway through the season and we have witnessed some incredible performances. Some in particular is the dominance of Texas A&M over South Carolina, Oregon's convincing win over then top ten Michigan state, Alabama proving their continued grasp of the top program in the nation with a dominant performance over the Florida Gators, and lastly our Georgia Bulldogs taking the fight to Clemson in our explosive opener. I want to see what you got and who your top teams are as of now. Lets see it in a tweet and make sure to also use the #mark4450.

1. Wes Disher ‏@copyDISHme  15s14 seconds ago

   My top 4 teams include @AggieFootball @OU_Football @WinTheDay and @FootballUGA #CFBPlayoff #mark4450

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Who's your top Four?

Let Me Tske A Selfie

Social Media has changed the landscape of how people communicate with one another. College football has used all aspects of social media to connect with everyone that follows it. Outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even google+. One outlet that I did not categorize as social media is snap chat. The use of snap chat continues to grow every day. I did not consider it as a tool to market or share experiences. Since snap chats only last up to 10 seconds, one would think that it is only used for quick interaction. Since the introduction of Mystery, that has changed. Now being allowed to connect and share experiences for 24 hours really allows people to be connected. 

College football has taken advantage of snap chat starting this year. They have started to allow fans to be right in the conversation and share their game day experience with the entire nation. First it was Oregon and then the next week it was the South Carolina vs. Georgia game experience. People showed their tailgating experience, whrh includes drinking games, shotguning beer, pictures with fans, and even live game play. How does this tie in with the #CFB Playoff? It doesn't, it just TS an awesome idea and something that I thought was an awesome concept to get people involved in the College Football world.

Playoff Promotion

How important is it to come ready to play week in and week out in college football? Well simply put, your team loses... You're fighting an uphill battle the rest of the year. Teams that stille have a chance in my opinion to get back into the conversation is: USCjr, USC, Georgia, Oklahoma State, and Michigan State. All with one loss have a chance to climb up the metaphorical hill. If any of those five teams win out that means they went on to win their respected conferences. Of those five I am going to go out on a limb and say that if Oklahoma State goes on to defeat Texas, Oklahoma, and Baylor than I think they have a great chance. USCjr and Georgia has a tough road ahead of them with that tough sec schedule and Michigan State and USC need to find out how to play within themselves.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Florida State (37)	2-0	1466
2	Oregon (17)	3-0	1424
3	Alabama (1)	3-0	1346
4	Oklahoma (2)	3-0	1325
5	Auburn	2-0	1252
6	Texas A&M (3)	3-0	1195
7	Baylor	3-0	1134
8	LSU	3-0	1114
9	Notre Dame	3-0	917
10	Ole Miss	3-0	840
11	Michigan State	1-1	832
12	UCLA	3-0	807
13	Georgia	1-1	729
14	South Carolina	2-1	718
15	Arizona State	3-0	680
16	Stanford	2-1	560
17	USC	2-1	459
18	Missouri	3-0	446
19	Wisconsin	1-1	414
20	Kansas State	2-0	326
21	BYU	3-0	246
22	Clemson	1-1	209
23	Ohio State	2-1	204
24	Nebraska	3-0	172
25	Oklahoma State	2-1	126

This being the AP top 25 means nothing at this point. There has only been 3 weeks of games and that is no where near to the end of the road. The first committee rankings come out Oct 28. Now this still only means that the committee has identified around 8-10 teams that could be in the conversation at that point. I expect the digital conversation to build and build leading up to this date only to explode upon the release at 6:30 on the 28th. Twitter is still the driver for talk about the #CFBPlayoff. Whether its bashing the system or selling your teams ability. I advise college football fans to join and follow the conversation on Twitter and Instagram. There is a long way to go and I think there are many more upsets to come! My prediction for a major upset is West Virginia over #4 Oklahoma. West Virginia is a tough place to play and after their tough play against Alabama I think they rise to the occasion. 

#CFBPlayoff Madness

With week 1 and 2 of the College Football season underway the chatter that is college football madness is blowing up social media. The most entertaining part of what this new football playoff has created is the already growing controversy that is who is in and who is out. Already we have a member of the college football committee surrounded by questions of can you be bias. The committee is represented by one member of each major conference in the form of the athletic director. On Saturday that representative from the Pac12, Pat Haden, athletic director for USC was seen arguing with the referees about a call during the intense game against Stanford. There was a controversial call and instead of arguing himself, head coach Steve Sarkisian called down AD Pat Haden to fight his battle for him. This was viewed as unacceptable by many in the college football world not just because an AD should stay out of the game but especially one that is on the Playoff committee.

On twitter the conversation has grown immensely and it is not coming from just the main twitter handle @CFBPlayoff. Colleges and TV stations are among the most active accounts on Twitter trying to market their individual brand. DR Pepper has also embraced the #CFBPlayoff and used it as a tool to advertise their brand as well and putting their name out their on an already massive conversation. 

I think that if companies position themselves in the right way they can use it to put themselves out their and really grow their image. 

So It Begins: The College Football Playoff

Something that needs to be known about me is my passion for sports. In particular I have a passion for College Football. This season marks the first year of "The New College Football  Playoff." It will showcase the top four teams in the country voted on by the new Selection Committee. The announcement of the selection committee was made official on October 16, 2013. Such names represent as Condoleezza Rice, Archie Manning, and five Athletic Directors from the five major conferences. There are a total of 13 members of the committee. 

The choice to have a four team playoff and go away from the tradition 1 vs. 2 match up has been a long time waiting. Social Media will give the entire digital world a chance to share their voice and opinions on who is in and who is left out. To think that these committee members will not be listening to the opinions of America is naive. Between Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook; the conversation will be huge digitally throughout the college football season. If you thought the drama was done with allowing four teams in... think again! Someone will still be left out that should have gotten in and someone might not deserve to be there? Tension will way heavy come the end of the season and I am ready for the roller coaster that is college football... Are you? Join the conversation by following @CFBPlayoff on Twitter and Instagram.