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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 264361" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>I understand a desire to have the best teams playing. I really do. The only problem is NOBODY really knows who the best teams or conferences actually are. You could probably count on two hands the people who watched enough CFB to even say they have seen every team in every conference play a game and even then, against who, somemone from within their own conference or a cupcake? Think back to 2014 and the debacle that was the SEC West. For the ENTIRE season everybody was convinced that was the best division in CFB, as the top of the poll was a rotating door of SEC West teams from August to December. The superiority of the SEC was trumpeted to the highest hills at every opportunity and there could be NO DEBATE possible. Well, the SEC West got crushed in the bowl games, many of them historically one sided affairs, rendering them hardly even competitive, let alone dominant. If some of you on this board had your way, the SEC West in 2014 would have represented half the field, if not more, in an 8 team playoff. This is real sports. Real sports get settled on the field, for this very reason. Every year, I have my opinions about who the best teams are and who the best conferences are. However, despite believing myself to have a decent knowledge of the game, I am under no illusion that I am capable of determining, without fail, who deserves to go. The most basic fundamental principle in sports is that you have to win to advance. If you can't win your conference, that means somebody finished ahead of you. Therefore you have no claim to being considered for a national title. I don't care if it was your only loss to a 4 loss team from the other division. You still lost to a 4 loss team when you had a chance to advance and you didn't get it done. The 4 loss team who was victorious earned the right in that they defeated a zero loss national contender, defining them as competitive and worthy of a shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 264361, member: 639"] I understand a desire to have the best teams playing. I really do. The only problem is NOBODY really knows who the best teams or conferences actually are. You could probably count on two hands the people who watched enough CFB to even say they have seen every team in every conference play a game and even then, against who, somemone from within their own conference or a cupcake? Think back to 2014 and the debacle that was the SEC West. For the ENTIRE season everybody was convinced that was the best division in CFB, as the top of the poll was a rotating door of SEC West teams from August to December. The superiority of the SEC was trumpeted to the highest hills at every opportunity and there could be NO DEBATE possible. Well, the SEC West got crushed in the bowl games, many of them historically one sided affairs, rendering them hardly even competitive, let alone dominant. If some of you on this board had your way, the SEC West in 2014 would have represented half the field, if not more, in an 8 team playoff. This is real sports. Real sports get settled on the field, for this very reason. Every year, I have my opinions about who the best teams are and who the best conferences are. However, despite believing myself to have a decent knowledge of the game, I am under no illusion that I am capable of determining, without fail, who deserves to go. The most basic fundamental principle in sports is that you have to win to advance. If you can't win your conference, that means somebody finished ahead of you. Therefore you have no claim to being considered for a national title. I don't care if it was your only loss to a 4 loss team from the other division. You still lost to a 4 loss team when you had a chance to advance and you didn't get it done. The 4 loss team who was victorious earned the right in that they defeated a zero loss national contender, defining them as competitive and worthy of a shot. [/QUOTE]
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