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Posted on 11/5/10 at 7:48 pm to Tiger Phil
And I would argue that the chief problem in college football is not the means by which we determine a champion.
It's the means by which we determine who qualifies to play for the championship. There's a difference.
In English soccer, again, each team plays every other league member twice, home and away. So clearly the team with the best record is the best team.
However, in college football, there is not enough games between ranked teams from different conferences to adequately determine the best teams. For instance, how do we really know who is better: Boise State, TCU or a theoretical one-loss SEC Champion? Because of the former's record against an ACC Champ or a Pac-Ten bowl team? Hardly a real measure.
The true solution is not "more teams in a playoff!!", and the previous poster alluded.
Rather, it would be more meaningful games among contenders. A better measure to find out who the best two (or better yet, FOUR, but no more) teams are.
It's the means by which we determine who qualifies to play for the championship. There's a difference.
In English soccer, again, each team plays every other league member twice, home and away. So clearly the team with the best record is the best team.
However, in college football, there is not enough games between ranked teams from different conferences to adequately determine the best teams. For instance, how do we really know who is better: Boise State, TCU or a theoretical one-loss SEC Champion? Because of the former's record against an ACC Champ or a Pac-Ten bowl team? Hardly a real measure.
The true solution is not "more teams in a playoff!!", and the previous poster alluded.
Rather, it would be more meaningful games among contenders. A better measure to find out who the best two (or better yet, FOUR, but no more) teams are.
Posted on 11/5/10 at 8:32 pm to Tiger Phil
quote:
World Cup, yes.
Domestic Soccer Leagues, no.
Just sayin that "every sport in the world" is an over-reach.
Every sport in America...
well there is also the champions league, where the champions of the domestic leagues get to move on and play the other champions to determine the best on the pitch
that would be akin to not requiring the different conferences to have a full on playoff to determine their champ, but have a playoff to determine the overall champion.
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