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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 167163" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>The advantage of 8 teams is that is does take a little bit of the politics out of it since in a six team playoff you still have to choose two teams to get a bye. In the past I would have been fine with a bye because it seems just to me that a team that has earned a top seeding by beating everyone during the season should not have to jump through too many hoops to play for a championship. At least that is the principle in the NCAA basketball tournament. Likewise, a team that limps into the playoff ought to have to take a more difficult route to prove itself. </p><p></p><p>But when the committee anointed Alabama number one just because they were from the SEC and almost bumped an undefeated FSU team out of the playoffs because they were from the ACC, I realized that picking the top seeds in a playoff still has a chance to be very political. So a six team playoff has that one disadvantage. </p><p></p><p>The counter argument is that an 8 team playoff might give the committee more opportunities to stack the playoff with SEC teams. This past year would not have been too bad since the 7 and 8 teams would have been Mississippi State and Michigan State.</p><p></p><p>I could be persuaded to either 6 or 8. I am very dubious that a 4 team playoff is the ultimate solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 167163, member: 1640"] The advantage of 8 teams is that is does take a little bit of the politics out of it since in a six team playoff you still have to choose two teams to get a bye. In the past I would have been fine with a bye because it seems just to me that a team that has earned a top seeding by beating everyone during the season should not have to jump through too many hoops to play for a championship. At least that is the principle in the NCAA basketball tournament. Likewise, a team that limps into the playoff ought to have to take a more difficult route to prove itself. But when the committee anointed Alabama number one just because they were from the SEC and almost bumped an undefeated FSU team out of the playoffs because they were from the ACC, I realized that picking the top seeds in a playoff still has a chance to be very political. So a six team playoff has that one disadvantage. The counter argument is that an 8 team playoff might give the committee more opportunities to stack the playoff with SEC teams. This past year would not have been too bad since the 7 and 8 teams would have been Mississippi State and Michigan State. I could be persuaded to either 6 or 8. I am very dubious that a 4 team playoff is the ultimate solution. [/QUOTE]
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