re: Playoff for college football and my take

Why do people continue to use the excuse that "the regular season wouldn't matter if we had playoffs"? Do they realize that you still have to win in order to win their conference? So any game that you lose drastically reduces the chances of making the championship game or winning the conference if they don't have a championship game. This excuse along with "the players would miss too many classes" are beyond ridiculous regarding the playoff argument.