re: Espn: Sizing up the SEC resumes

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There is no reason Alabama would be excluded from this year's playoff.

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Sure there is, Auburn took their spot by reason of a head-to-head win.

The problem here is that there is NO WAY to objectively determine who the "best" team was for a season. First, you have to even define "best". Was it the best over the course of the entire season? Should the back end of the season be weighted higher? Should it just be the best team of a post-season tournament?

"Wildcard" means 'bias'. As soon as you introduce wildcards, you introduce bias. I am in favor of minimizing bias, not increasing it.

Since you cannot objectively determine who the best team is, you might as well just have a tournament of champions and determine a National Champion.

Divisional round robin to determine divisional champ.

Conference championship game of divisional champions to determine conference champion.

National Tournament of Champions to determine the National Champion.

It's simple, it's objective, it's fair and it determines an indisputable champion.