Re: I want to see if this is possible
What if there was a playoff this year? It's clear that USC and Texas are 1 and 2 this year - if a playoff was in place, either of those teams could lose, and then your national championship game isn't matching the two best teams.
Just as the Super Bowl, World Series, NCAA hoops final, etc. often don't match the two best teams. Should we eliminate all those playoff systems?
Also, if it's a 4-team playoff, who are the other two teams? Penn St, Va Tech, LSU? What about an 8 team playoff, who gets left out - OSU, ND, Oregon, Miami, Auburn?
Obviously, there will always be controversy. But the point is to decide who the BEST team is, and give all teams with a legitimate claim to that title a chance to decide it on the field. IMO, an 8-team playoff offers that.
There's no perfect system, but the one in place still keeps the regular season games extremely important.
Not really. Once a team loses a single game, they know their title hopes are pretty much snapped. With an 8-team playoff system, the mid-late season games would still be absolutely crucial for a bunch of teams (and not just to see whether they go to the Peach or the Alamo Bowl).
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