re: We don't need 8 teams in the playoff, we need four balanced conferences

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To add to this... Why would anyone in their right mind want the SEC to go to 9 games under the current format?

The West damn near cannibalized themselves into oblivion.

Auto entry for a conference winner would solve most ills and de-incentivize scheduling OOC cupcakes.


Well said.

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I think just the opposite would happen if a conference winner was automatically receive an invite to the playoff. Because the conference winner would only have to concern itself with its conference calls, there is no incentive to schedule a tough OOC schedule. Is my thinking incorrect?