re: My Playoff Bracket - Conference Champs

I am OK with a larger system, but it also brings in issues that my conference champ idea avoids.

The first, is that choosing 16 teams is inherently subjective. The 17th team will always complain. Based on my idea, no one can complain because its there fault they didnt win their conference.

Secondly, the larger the playoff, the more it destroys the old bowl system, which for better or worse has alot of tradition. The BCS already has basically an 8 team structure, so instead of playing BCS games it would by playoffs. Plus the more teams the more weeks are required.

Lastly, the more teams the more it makes the regular season meaningless. If LSU gets in with 3 losses, then who really cares about the regular season.

So, that is why I would go with 8 teams. Picking conference champs pits the conferences against each other which would have alot of attraction for viewers, and it removes all subjectivity. Also, who cares whether a conference has a championship or not. The conference can choose its representative however it wants.