re: Change the playoff from 4 teams to 3

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This year proved 4 at max. Most years there won’t be 4 teams that deserve a playoff spot. The disparity between 1-3 and 4 was very evident this year. See OU getting waxed every year in the playoffs for more reasoning on not expanding.

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This year proved that conference championships are overrated, if not completely irrelevant, when picking the teams. Ironically, going to 6 or 8 teams this year would have yielded better matchups. The real problem is that Oklahoma is not even close to the 4th best team. A 4 seed Oklahoma loses to the 5th best team in the country, and I would argue probably loses to several of the next 4 or 5 teams.

By going to 6 or 8 teams, the 4 that advance are far more likely to be the best 4 teams, thus creating better semifinal matchups. Admittedly, if you go to 8, you would likely have some ugly quarterfinal matchups, but teams that have no business being in the semifinals (see OU and Notre Dame), but were selected due to strong win/loss records due to soft schedules, would be eliminated in the first round.