Nope.
Larry Legend...8 team playoff is the answer. 16 is too much. 8 is so simple if you take the conference champs automatically and have 3 at-large teams. Undefeated group of 5 cannot be left out for an at-large power-5 team...if there are more than 3 undefeated group of 5 teams, they can have their own little argument over which of those 4 are the best 3, and I don't think it will cause any real issues since they'd probably all lose in the first or second round anyhow.
When this happens I can say "I invented the playoff"
Michigan beat the brakes off of penn state, and then lost to Ohio state who lost to penn state. I personally because it's only 4 don't mind the committee doing the "eye test" imo that's the best way to get the top 4 teams to create the best games, because no body wants a blowout in the playoffs. I honestly don't think penn state is better than Michigan or Ohio state even though they beat Ohio state.
I don't care if Michigan beat them 222-0. They beat Ohio State straight up and will have only one less loss than Ohio State. If they win their conference they 100% deserve to get in over OSU. Different teams match up differently against different opponents. Florida State got their **** spanked by Louisville who lost to Kentucky. Does that mean Kentucky is better than Florida State?
You make this argument and then say Ohio State is better than Penn State. It doesn't make sense.
My point was to show its just part of football, just because you win your conference doesn't make you one of the best 4 teams in the country. it also doesn't mean you are better than another team just because you beat them. should penn state get in over a Michigan? They have the same record. If college football was ran like the NFL I would 100 percent agree, but it's not. It's called the top 4 for a reason, it's not called the teams who win their confidence. So whats the only real way to determine the top 4? Sos, record, how bad was your loss and the eye test. They want the absolute best teams to play each other and just because you win your conference doesn't mean your in that top 4. What if Clemson losses to VT? Should VT get in? They would more than likely get rocked. Imo the way it's ran is wrong and it should be changed to a different system, but until then I want them to get the best 4 to create the best games and there is so much controversy that there is no other way with the way college football is ran than to do it by the eye test imo.
It was.
The whole system is messed up, and that's why as of now I'm ok with them doing the "eye test" to pick the top 4 until the system is changed (if that ever happens). Because the way the system is set up, if you win your conference it doesn't really mean your the best team. In the NFL they go by your overall record, because they understand there is a bigger picture than just confrences. If college football were to do the same thing as the NFL penn state probably wouldn't even be in the championship game right now because it would be a three way tie with penn state, Michigan, and Ohio state and I doubt they would win the tie braker over either of the other two teams, also out of the three teams when playing a round robin against each other penn state has the worst loss getting beat up bad against Michigan. Honestly no way is fair imo but I want the best 4 playing each other and imo the only way to determine that is by the "eye test".
The NFL still sends all division champs and they occupy the 1-4 seeds regardless if the wild card team has a better record http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures
I get that, my point is penn state wouldn't have the chance to play in the championship game if it was ran the way the NFL is ran because the NFL goes by overall record, not conference record like the ncaa does. You don't see controversy in the NFL as far as who the best team is in a conference because they don't allow there to be by doing it by overall record. If the Falcons went 6-10 with only conference wins and one of the other three teams had a better record then the Falcons wouldn't win the confrence, in the ncaa the Falcons would automatically be the winner even if one of the other teams went 14-2. I don't mind having conference champions playing for the playoffs, but only if they were to change the system to a better way like the NFL.
I agree they should make it an 8 team playoff system. Jmo that it's messed up no matter what until the system gets changed, and imo the NFL does it better figuring out the best teams per conference. I just don't see how it's fair that penn state would make it if they won over a Michigan team when they have the same record because there is a flaw in their system imo.
Forget the at large.....10 conference champions, bottom four play round one. Tournament of Champions.
