re: Mike Leach wants 64 team playoff in college football

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It's probably less likely in basketball, actually

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because its not 1 v 16, like it would be in a 16 team playoff. In a 64 team field, its #1-4 v #61-64, really lower since the 16's are from 1 bid leagues and some bubble teams would be seeded ahead of them if all were in.

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Some of these CBB #16 seeds, it's really #1-4 vs #248 or something lol.

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That's really probably not far off since some of them have losing records and just won their conference.

It would be more like LSU playing a 6-6 SWAC team in football. There is no scenario that 2011 LSU would lose to a team like that.

I'm all for a playoff but any more than eight IMO (existing bowls and reg season relevance aside) and you're talking attrition,I wouldn't want a backup DT from Rice rolling up my team's QB in a 1/16 matchup.

I'll take just about anything vs. what we've had though.

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If you're #2 in a conference, you're clearly not the best team in the country

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This would only be true if teams only played a conference schedule.

But since that isn't the case, there can rather easily be situations where the best team in the country can be #2 in their conference.

Just a hypothetical last year, Bama loses to LSU only, but LSU loses 2 nonconference games and 1 game to Florida, and every other team in the nation loses 2 or more games.

In that instance, who is better than Bama? It's certainly not "clearly" the #1 team in that conference.

you have to decide what value you will place upon the conference schedule.

except for people in Alabama, I think most members of the public would have preferred that Okie lite get the spot in the BCS champ game.