College football needs an 8 team playoff ASAP

Did the other 8 team playoff thread drop to 2nd page?

yea so we can have people crying about #9 and #10 not getting in. then we can go to 12, then 16!

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yea so we can have people crying about #9 and #10 not getting in. then we can go to 12, then 16!

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Just because I'm getting tired of this stupid arse statement, no one has been clamoring (barring a rare minority) for more than 8 mostly. I know you're about to say something about slippery slope, but the gap between say #8 and #12/#16 is bigger than some of you seem to realize.

For the record, I've been wanting an 8 team playoff since before the first playoff system was instituted.

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Do y'all never learn? All it does is push the controversy somewhere else? You don't think they're would be the same debate about who gets the 2 at large?

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I think 5 to 7 have an argument this year. It happens pretty often. I don't remember a year where number 9 has a legit argument. Just my opinion though.

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For the record, I've been wanting an 8 team playoff since before the first playoff system was instituted.

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Well whooped doo, doesn't prevent other people from flavoring for more teams (which they will)

If you didn't win your conference, you have zero reason to gripe about getting left out

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Why have 3 at larges? You're just putting subjectivity into your system again

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I literally stated in my post that there will always be subjectivity. There is NO system in CFB that can exist in its current state that will not have subjectivity. The goal is either:
1) Overhaul CFB to a way that subjectivity will be eliminated.
2) Minimize subjectivity.

The direction things are going is 2.

The 3 at larges is simply because I think that will be a little less chaotic than sorting at 1 single at large team. There will be bitching no matter what however.

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Well whooped doo, doesn't prevent other people from flavoring for more teams (which they will)

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While true, the argument against a system larger than 8 is stronger than the argument against 8 exactly.

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If you didn't win your conference, you have zero reason to gripe about getting left out

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I strongly agree. However, we have a significant problem. We have FIVE main conferences. Odd number kinda fricks us over.

Edit: Fixed typo

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#4 and #5 never griped when we had two teams play for a national championship. It's just a shocking coincidence that now they do

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Oh yeah, I'm sure there has never been a time that #4 and #5 didn't complain

4 doesn't work. What happens when fhe big 12 adds a championship and you have
5 12-1 conference champions

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Just because you can't eliminate all subjectivity doesn't mean you should unnecessarily add into your system with 3 at larges.

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*sigh* Here's the issue. We have a shite ton of subjectivity in the current system. We can't just expand to a 5 team playoff because that just doesn't work. A 6 team playoff is going to have an at-large UNLESS the system tries to go a route that pulls in a G5, but then subjectivity arises there as well as uproar over a G5 being in. 1 at-large will see significant bitching. 8 suffers from similar problem as 6, but I think the extra 2 slots cuts down on the bitching slightly, and having 8 rounds things out because a 6 team deals with the idea of byes for #1 and #2.

That is unless you want that.