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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 776593" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>One of the primary reasons many teams pushed for the playoffs were incidents like the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, where #5 BYU was snubbed for #7 Penn St. There was a real impetus to fix the lack of access for teams on the margins that weren't blue bloods. This argument persisted up until the point where Bama vs LSU II happened, and the BCS argument of "every game matters" was proven to mean zilch if there was money to made on a marquee rematch. At that point, the desire for a playoff hit fever pitch and the P5 conferences could no longer ignore it. </p><p></p><p>The primary reason was not to have a singular clear champion, but to lessen the argument about WHICH TEAMS should be in said game. The idea was that if there were 2-3 teams with identical records vying for the #2 spot, then a playoff could include all of them and let them duke it out. Getting a single champion was an ancillary bonus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 776593, member: 1191"] One of the primary reasons many teams pushed for the playoffs were incidents like the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, where #5 BYU was snubbed for #7 Penn St. There was a real impetus to fix the lack of access for teams on the margins that weren't blue bloods. This argument persisted up until the point where Bama vs LSU II happened, and the BCS argument of "every game matters" was proven to mean zilch if there was money to made on a marquee rematch. At that point, the desire for a playoff hit fever pitch and the P5 conferences could no longer ignore it. The primary reason was not to have a singular clear champion, but to lessen the argument about WHICH TEAMS should be in said game. The idea was that if there were 2-3 teams with identical records vying for the #2 spot, then a playoff could include all of them and let them duke it out. Getting a single champion was an ancillary bonus. [/QUOTE]
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