re: College Football Needs a Playoff System

I'm amazed at the stupidity that some people show in this discussion AGAIN. So a few quick points just so lurkers don't think everybody here is a bunch of morons and I'm not clicking on this fricking thread again:

Playoff makes sense for the following reasons:

-People that say the regular season is a playoff are full of shite. It's not a playoff if the top teams ARE NOT PLAYING EACH OTHER. We are forced to watch them play other teams and eyeball how good they are based on how they "look" and then take another level and try to assess how good the teams they beat/lose to are based on how THOSE teams "look"...and the cycle continues.

-A playoff including 6 or 8 teams will NOT devalue the regular season: any given loss can potentially drop a team 6 spots. The regular season will be just as intense and it will be MORE meaningful since a team's season won't potentially be over after just one loss and they could still play themselves into the top 6. As it is now, a team that loses 2 games is playing for a spot in a meaningless exhibition "bowl" game. If more teams are alive, the CBB regular season would be even MORE intense. And if you do a 6 team playoff and award teams 1 and 2 first round byes, all you morons that make the argument that a playoff devalues the regular season have nothing to stand on since the incentive is still there to be in the top 2.

-A 9th or 7th ranked team getting screwed out of a playoff spot is NOT the same as a 3rd ranked getting screwed out of an NC game. Anybody who doesn't understand this concept or why it's true has absolutely no reasoning ability whatsoever.

-I understand that playoffs won't happen because of the vested interests of the Bowls themselves, the universities, and the conferences. It's about $$$$. They float this bullshite propaganda about it actually being a "good" competitive system b/c they can't just outright say it's about the $$$$ since it's bad PR.

-Show me ANY frickING SPORT ON EARTH that has a playoff system where the fans long for a BCS-style champ; or even where this is a discussion. Are you BCS honks really that dense that you actually think you're smarter than everybody else?

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Just take the BCS games (8 teams ) and make a play off out of it.

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There aren't 8 teams in college football each year that deserve to play for the title

Also, with the SECCG we basically have a national semifinal right now, which is awesome

I'd prefer a 4 team playoff over anything else (would keep every game important and allow for an awesome post-season), but if you did that, there would be a call for 8 teams, then 16 ect, so the current system is fine

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So the BCS has basically gotten it right in five out of the twelve years.

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who argues with the champ outside of 2003? nobody

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I'd prefer a 4 team playoff over anything else (would keep every game important and allow for an awesome post-season), but if you did that, there would be a call for 8 teams, then 16 ect, so the current system is fine

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Ah. The old "slippery slope fallacy." Nice to see people going to this well again. That's not an excuse. Like I said: 6 teams. Top 2 get a bye. Everyone else deal w/ it.

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Ah. The old "slippery slope fallacy.

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has CBB expanded? College baseball?

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That's not an excuse.

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you're right, it's a legit concern/worry

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Like I said: 6 teams. Top 2 get a bye. Everyone else deal w/ it.

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i'd like to see how you slice up these 6 teams

There is absolutely no question as to whether a college football playoff "would work." We already have 16 team playoffs working at every level of CF except for the highest. Of course, it would "work" and it would also make more money, offer the opportunity to be more equitable to smaller conferences and create interest in CF like we have never seen (in a 16 team field, I would be so glued to the TV that I might not survive the first weekend).

Of course, those who have all the money don't want to share and there are some some who make subjective arguments expressive preferences for the current system. Fair enough but I will counter one:

At least in an 8 or certainly 16 team field, OOC scheduling should actually improve because (1) SOS would presumably be important in getting one of a limited number of at large bids, and (2) a loss or two, especially to a top team, would be more forgivable than it is now.

The best argument against the playoff is that it is less likely than the current 2 team playoff system to have the "best" team prevail. maybe so, but I think a 16 team field - with a certain number of automatic bids - is going to be plenty restrictive such that whoever makes it through will be a deserving national champ. Does it just kill you that NC State beat Phi Slamma Jamma back in the 1980's or that Villanova beat G-Town? Not me.

We do have a play-off system winner of the SEC championship plays for the BCS National Championship, then they win and everyone is happy.

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Only one sport doesn't have a playoff. It's a shame

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Most trapeze artist use safety nets too.

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Also, if we go to playoffs it will be 8 teams:
6 BCS winners
1 non BCS
1 at large

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fact

The conferences aren't going to go to a playoff unless they are guaranteed a slice of the pie. One more reason a playoff would suck