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Probably. It just seems that some's beliefs just disregard the outcome of games. If a team wins, they may or may not be the better team but they are the winners. The way things are now is probably the the best of both worlds for appeasing bowl and playoff folks.
If you let every P5 division winner in, then Georgia’s last two SEC games wouldn’t have mattered last year. Georgia was 7-1 and 2nd place South Carolina was 5-3 with Georgia beating South Carolina head to head. South Carolina had already lost 3 SEC games before Georgia’s last two SEC games. So those last two games wouldn’t have mattered.
The NFL doesn’t have rankings because they’ve got no use for them. They’ve got a much more thorough playoff system where games at the end of the season often don’t matter nearly as much. Much like you want to happen in college football.
My view:
Conference championships should never automatically qualify you. There have been years where due to the divisional setup and suspensions a team was in their conference championship who really ****.
Anything over 8 is insane. I don't LIKE college basketball. I don't want to follow their lead. The more post season championships let in, the less anyone cares about losses in the regular season. A loss should HURT.
I kind of like the Idea of 6 teams. Finishing in the top 2 matters a lot because you get a bye. But if there ARE 5 P-5 conference champs worthy of selection... they can all get in.
I definitely was a pro fan first. I grew up in the Midwest and watching div 2 football if I wanted to watch college football for the most part. They had a playoff too. It wasn't until I moved to Athens after military service that I became a bulldog (and college football) fan. And at first it was more of a way to watch the pro stars before the became pro stars. I love the college game, I truly do, there is more energy in general with the games that **** you in. But the whole bowl system thing baffles me and I don't get why anyone who is a fan of any team with even a mediocre shot at a title would not want a playoff system. I can understand the Alabama's of the world not wanting it because they have less competition to be crowned champs but for everyone else? no
I don't like my idea above, I just threw that out to show what an NFL-style playoff system would look like in college. I like the current system.
I've posted this several times as well. I think this is the best option. 6 teams. 5 from the P5 and one Go5 (or other top P5). #1 and #2 get a bye week in the first round.
I don’t think that eliminates whining. What if Bama’s loses in OT to a 2 loss SEC East ream. There will be lots of whining about the east rep being not as good as Bama. The PAC 12 champ is thought by many to be not as deserving as non-champs from other conferences. No selection method will elliminate whining and complaining.ask UCF. What if UCF ha d gone to the playoffs. Imagine the whining from one of the final 4 whose place they took. Whining is around to stay.
I'd say the head-to-head game proved otherwise. I mean, that's why they play the game, right? If a 9-3 SECE team beats a 12-0 SECW team in the SECCG...well, they settled it on the field. Tough-t!tties for the team that lost.
I’m with you but my point was there would still be whining from the one loss team.
Amen. "THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE GAMES"
I haven’t argued about anything once the playoffs start or about recruiting. So, not sure where you’re going with this... regarding head to head, that definitely matters, but you still have to take their whole body of work over the season into account. Them losing to Auburn on the road sure looks a lot better than OSU getting killed by Iowa and USC’s losses. Again, they got it right.
And trust me, I don’t want Bama in the playoffs ever. But they deserved it over the couple of teams that were close to them.
That bowl system is a big part of the reason there’s all the excitement all over the place. That’s what Saban was saying when he pointed out if you were in the Big 10, the biggest thing was making the Rose Bowl. And if you were in the SEC, making the Sugar Bowl was the biggest thing.
But if you centralize, and make it go top down like a pyramid scheme, you end going more and more in the direction we have today. Where fewer teams are winning the most important games every year. And not just because there’s only one most important game. But over the years, the teams who win that one game are becoming more and more the same teams. These teams being Alabama, Ohio State, I think there are one or two more. But back like when UGA won the national title, it wasn’t uncommon for a team to win the national title, then not hear from them again for a decade or two.
The disappearance of the importance of the bowl system is a big reason that year in, year out, it’s the same schools getting the best recruits. Kirby has flat out said a main thing he looks for is recruit s who want to win championships. Well, if there’s only one championship that’s really important. There are much fewer schools to choose from.
The whole thing is a cycle that doesn’t really have a start and an end. But hopefully I’ve gone though enough where you can understand the importance of the bowl system to college football.
The problem is both UGA and Bama were 11-1 in the regular season with a loss to Auburn at their place.
UGA got a second shot at a neutral site because we were from the other division. Bama didn't.
The "on the field" thing was a matter of luck due to what division we were in last year. Auburn was a much weaker team when they weren't at home. I don't think luck of what division or what conference you're in should get you an automatic playoff bid.