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Let me tell u boys that buy that bullshite. The year Auburn won the West and crushed bama but Bama went on to win the Natty, Bama had to play 3 top 25 teams in 4 week period. LSU, Mississippi State then Auburn. All very very physical game. They got by LSU in tight game, should have lost to Mississippi State but they missed chip shot FG or something and then got crushed by Auburn as they were beat to hell and had lots of injuries. Auburn lost several key player in Bama game then lost to Georgia. Meanwhile Bama got 8 weeks to get healthy for playoffs.

So if you think 12 game playoffs will be chalk you are an idiot.

Is it likely that the same few teams will get to the "Final Four"/championship game in a 12 team playoff? Yep. But that doesn't mean there aren't more that 4 teams deserving of playing for a championship in the playoffs.

2017 Auburn is probably the best example of why it is needed. That year Auburn beat Georgia and Alabama in November, and won the SEC West. They were ranked #2 in the CFP poll at the end of the regular season. Had the season ended after the Alabama game Auburn would have been in the playoff. However, their "reward" for beating Alabama was a rematch with UGA in the SECCG. Auburn lost that game. As a result, Alabama got the final spot in the CFP. The ONLY reason Alabama made the playoff is because Auburn was forced to play a 13th game Alabama was not. Thus, Alabama was able to "jump" a team to whom they lost by literally doing nothing more than sitting at home and not playing a game.

I'm not saying Alabama wasn't one of the best teams in the country and deserving of a playoff spot. But it was complete chicken shite they got in ahead of a team to whom they lost simply by not having to play an extra game. Fairness would have been both Alabama and Auburn making a playoff.

On the flip side, had Oklahoma St. beaten Baylor in the Big 12 championship game last season they likely would have gotten into the playoff ahead of undefeated Cincinnati when in reality BOTH teams should have made the playoffs if they weren't forced to play an extra conf. championship game as a "reward" for a good season.

It doesn't matter that the same 3-4 teams will more likely than not win the championship. The playoffs should be about rewarding teams who had a great regular season the OPPORTUNITY to compete for a championship in a playoff...even if I agree that 12 teams is probably 4 too many