re: Chris Low (ESPN): All SEC Schedules Aren't Created Equal

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I would argue that a playoff system allows teams to make riskier schedules during the season. If you didn't win your conference then you better have beaten someone good to have a shot at an at large pick.

It also means a fluke loss isn't a national title dream killer.

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Yet another reason I hate the thought of a college football playoff. Despite BAMA's rejoicing at having won the NC in 2011 without having even won their god damned division, I want no part of that for college football. Win your conference...it ought to matter.

But, much like deciding what's important about the sport (my examples of an entertaining schedule or one that lends itself for a title run), it brings up two scenarios. Do you want a playoff where a team that had a lesser year plays its way into a playoff, gets hot, and wins the title...or do you want the team that wins the title to be the best approximation of the team which was the best team that whole season. A tournament gives you a champ...but it's not necessarily the same champ you'd get if you were awarding the team with the best season.

for my money, I want the champion of college football to be the team most would look back on and agree was the best team that season. That can ONLY happen with a VERY small playoff system with no more than 4 teams. Any more than that, and in a one and done system you're going to have a Cinderella frick things up...which again, may be what some like. Not me.