The arguement that the regular season would suffer if there was a playoff is incorrect, and I think many times it is used as misinformation by the bowl proponents. The regular season would benefit from a playoff because teams such as LSU could schedule some interesting and difficult non-conference match ups without having to worry about being eliminated from national championship contention with one or two losses. Schools could schedule with a focus on improving for the post season playoff rather than having to schedule cupcakes to put up easy wins.

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Posted by Cornholio

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Posted on 1/7/09 at 10:01 pm to Coach C

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The arguement that the regular season would suffer if there was a playoff is incorrect, and I think many times it is used as misinformation by the bowl proponents. The regular season would benefit from a playoff because teams such as LSU could schedule some interesting and difficult non-conference match ups without having to worry about being eliminated from national championship contention with one or two losses. Schools could schedule with a focus on improving for the post season playoff rather than having to schedule cupcakes to put up easy wins.

This I agree with.

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Posted by themunch

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Posted on 1/7/09 at 10:16 pm to Coach C

The thing about discussing a playoff for Div 1A that really gets to me is it seems that not one of the persons talking about it has looked at the FCS system that has been in place for some good many years and it works.
They have a recognized NCAA champion each year and the Football Bowl Series which it is now called ( Div 1A) has a poll, the BCS poll.
Why is it that everyone thinks there is a need to re-invent the playoffs when in fact there is a proven system already being implemented in the FCS (better known as in the old days Div 1AA).
There are 120 some schools in that division, with 16 conferences, and they have a Champion.
If they want there damn bowl game money install them in the playoff games. As it is now there is only one bowl that is the championship game and the only thing lacking is recognition by the institute that governs the sport. It is still the only sport in the US that has no champion.

rant on.