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re: BCS has achieved consensus on 4-team seeded playoff.
Posted on 6/20/12 at 8:21 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Posted on 6/20/12 at 8:21 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Way to go guys, lets just make it the NFL where you can lose 9 games yet theoretically still win the Super Bowl.
ETA: What is that, the college football equivalent of 5-7?
A grand total of 1 team has ever made the NFL playoffs with 9 losses. 5-7 in college would not be anywhere close to being 1 of the 4 highest ranked conference winners. I do agree that the regular season should be more important and systems like the NFL where 37.5% of the league makes the playoffs, does diminish the regular season (BTW 37.5% of D1 is 45 teams, no one has proposed a playoff that big.
I've defended the BCS because the regular season becomes very important, but last year both proved and disproved that. I don't think a 4 team playoff diminishes the regular season, at least no more than allowing a team a rematch after losing at home to a higher ranked team.
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 9:29 pm to H-Town Tiger
I'm well aware that they wouldn't approach the Top 4 seeds.
The point is, you are devaluing the regular season AND adding a selection committee. It won't stop here and more teams will be added to this playoff, which means the fluke of a 2 loss BCS champion like 2007 LSU just shot up dramatically. Hell, if they touch 8 teams, there is an outside chance at a 3 loss team winning it. Michigan State finished with 3 losses at #10 last year which is a pretty standard ranking for a 3 loss team, so maybe all is not lost yet, but when you add the selection committee, there will be lower ranked teams picked over higher ranked teams, and you'll have a bigger mess than we have now.
Just my opinion, but no 3 loss teams should EVER have a shot at an NC.
The point is, you are devaluing the regular season AND adding a selection committee. It won't stop here and more teams will be added to this playoff, which means the fluke of a 2 loss BCS champion like 2007 LSU just shot up dramatically. Hell, if they touch 8 teams, there is an outside chance at a 3 loss team winning it. Michigan State finished with 3 losses at #10 last year which is a pretty standard ranking for a 3 loss team, so maybe all is not lost yet, but when you add the selection committee, there will be lower ranked teams picked over higher ranked teams, and you'll have a bigger mess than we have now.
Just my opinion, but no 3 loss teams should EVER have a shot at an NC.
This post was edited on 6/20/12 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 6/20/12 at 10:24 pm to H-Town Tiger
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I've defended the BCS because the regular season becomes very important, but last year both proved and disproved that.
Last year was such an anomaly, and given the events that played out throughout the season I do think the two best teams were chosen.
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