(11-30-2017, 01:40 PM)rfc17 Wrote: Sounds like I'm the contrarian here but I don't think you should have to win your conference to get into the playoffs.  I want the 4 best teams.  Just too plausible that one conference could have two of the best teams in the country.  If you had an 8 team playoff, then it would make more sense to me to guarantee spots for conference champs.  Maybe guarantee the 5 best conferences get their champion in and then take 3 at large teams.  One of which could be guaranteed to a mid tier conference champ like UCF if they go undefeated and play a worthy enough schedule.


And I think this discussion is part of the fear of playoffs in the first place.  4 teams is fun but it'll never be enough.  We move to 8 and people will want 16.  Move to 16 some people will want 32.  It never stops.  Even 8 starts to jeopardize the regular season to a degree.... and any system that guarantees conference champions definitely makes out of conference games a lot more irrelevant.

So Bama doesn't deserve a chance to compete for a national championship because they lost 1 game to Auburn? Ohio State has 2 losses and may still get in. They got obliterated at Iowa during the regular season so the regular season clearly doesn't mean that much.

This whole "Jeopardize the regular season" talk is nonsense. CFB regular season means less than preseason rankings and the date when you lose your game. Alabama loses the first game of the season to Auburn and I bet they're in. It's why Clemson is #1. It's why OU is 3rd. If OU had just lost to Iowa State, you still think they'd be 3? Highly doubtful.

I just think college football in general is a joke. Preseason rankings dictate everything and all these randos sitting in a room talking about who they think is best. Imagine if the NFL did this. It would drive people insane.

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