That’s all gone because they turned it into all about money but what’s the point of only 4 in the playoffs. Ok, so two SEC teams, Ohio State and then a fourth team every year. That’s not fun. At least give others something to play for.
It should have been 6. The 5 power conference champions and one at large independent that isn’t from the 5 power conferences
There are 124 teams in FBS and once conference realignment shakes out, 69 teams in the P5 conferences. Four just isn't enough to engage all fanbases and six isn't either. College wastes an entire month of potential games for a four team playoff. Sure, typically two of the teams are so much better than the rest, but with 12 or 16 teams you give 8-10 teams who otherwise would never have a chance the opportunity to advance to the semifinals.
I agree. The winner of each conference gets a playoff spot. Football is a corporate money grab now.
So you don't think that Alabama and Georgia deserved to play for the national title last year, because they happen to be in the same conference?
They never dropped out of the top 4 in the AP under the current format. If they decide on more teams, it should be conference winners.
I'm talking about madinsomniac's scenario of a six-team playoff, with five conference winners and one at-large independent. If that had been in place last year, then Georgia would have been left out. Makes no sense. Some conferences are better than others -- a great team shouldn't be penalized because they didn't win their conference, as UGA proved last season when they lost the SEC Championship yet won the national title.
3 to four teams from any conference is a joke in my opinion… this will quickly turn into the six guaranteed conference winners, notre dame if they are in the top 20, runners up from the sec and big ten, two other power conference schools, often some third place sec teams, and maybe one other token mid major.. go back years and 8 covers what you need … four is to little… 12 or 16 is just too much… that is a whole extra week for some of those kids… its not a great thing and frankly if im an agent who is illicitly in contact with these kids as they are, I tell anyone with draft aspirations to not play the extra four games for sure… just bail.. its too much
nope. They both had the chance to win the conference. To me that should be the first step of the playoffs…
Alumnus/alumni same thing lol.I'm talking about madinsomniac's scenario of a six-team playoff, with five conference winners and one at-large independent. If that had been in place last year, then Georgia would have been left out. Makes no sense. Some conferences are better than others -- a great team shouldn't be penalized because they didn't win their conference, as UGA proved last season when they lost the SEC Championship yet won the national title.
And you're an alumnus of Georgia. "Alumni" is the plural form.
I mean following that logic, great teams shouldn’t be penalized for not winning that first playoff game against an inferior program either…I'm talking about madinsomniac's scenario of a six-team playoff, with five conference winners and one at-large independent. If that had been in place last year, then Georgia would have been left out. Makes no sense. Some conferences are better than others -- a great team shouldn't be penalized because they didn't win their conference, as UGA proved last season when they lost the SEC Championship yet won the national title.
And you're an alumnus of Georgia. "Alumni" is the plural form.
So I suppose you wouldn't believe in wild cards in the NFL, either. After all, they weren't good enough to win their own division.
Conference championships are single, independent games. Playoffs are tournaments. So, logically, they're different. Alabama is not "an inferior program." Georgia was one of the best teams in the land, and they proved it by winning it all. Not allowing a team like that to compete in the playoff system is just senseless.
The nfl is a different beast. If you win all of the games in your division, you don’t automatically win your division… this is more like the NFC sending two teams to the super bowl… No single conference should ever have two teams playing for the national championship its just stupid
No, what's stupid is NOT having the two best teams in the country playing for the national championship.
It's a little late for that, my man.
Has that ever actually happened?
How is it any different if the two teams you think are the best get eliminated in their first playoff game or of they get eliminated because they lost in conference play at some point enough to not win their championship?
Yes. The raiders did it a decade or so ago and missed the playoffs iirc.. i think it has happened other times too
As I already explained, a playoff system is different than a solitary game to simply declare a conference winner. And you're not going to convince me that teams like Georgia or Alabama shouldn't be in the tournament which decides the national championship, just because some other team is a "champion" of a shittier conference.
8 probably was enough, but I don't have a problem with 12, either. 4 teams was not adequate.