re: The SEC Should Only Send One Team to the Playoff: The Champion

I think it should be conference champions only, until it gets to at least 8 teams.

You know who goes to the Super Bowl? The NFC Champion and the AFC Champion.

You know who goes to the World Series? The NL Champion and the AL Champion.

You know who goes to the NBA Finals? The Eastern Conference Champion and the Western Conference Champion.

In all of those sports, some wild-cards exist before you get to the championship round, but in baseball and football, the division champions have some sort of benefit over the wild cards regarding playoff game sites and/or byes. In the NBA, the divisions don't mean as much, but the better teams have home court advantage each round.

College football is the only sport that uses any type of "eye test" to pick a champion, resulting in the possibility of a team that has not won a lower level championship of any kind to play for it all. It was BS in 2011 and it would be BS now.

GEAUX TIGERS

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What NONE of you are recognizing is the very real possibility of an SEC champion being left out using this process. I want a guaranteed spot for our champions, not some secret vote by a committee of, what? Political appointees???

Just minimize the subjectivity and you will have the best system, imv.

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With four playoff spots and five major conferences PLUS Notre Dame...we guaranteed a maximum amount of subjectivity.

AT LEAST have enough slots for the major conference champions and debate the at large slots. With a minimum of one conference left out, possibly two with Notre Dame, and possibly three if two SEC teams make it in...this is as subjective as ever.

I dont want any 3 loss team guaranteed a spot. They are not one of the top 4 teams if they have 3 losses IMo

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AT LEAST have enough slots for the major conference champions and debate the at large slots. With a minimum of one conference left out, possibly two with Notre Dame, and possibly three if two SEC teams make it in...this is as subjective as ever.

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yep, it's even worse than the BCS.

But even if we went to an 8-team format, I would still want all conference champions. 'Wildcards' are for children playing poker.

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Anything to limit the SEC and keep out some of the best teams in football. Because after all we want to be fair and liberal. How dare a Dr make more than a fry cook.

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First of all, EVERY SEC team has the same chance to make it to the playoffs, no one is left out, all they have to do is win the conference.

Second of all, there is nothing more liberal than a mulligan. "Oh, give the poor boy another chance, it's the only fair thing to do." frick that, win - you're in. Lose and you're out. Keep your communist-minded, 'fairness' ideology out of an objective determination of a champion.

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I dont want any 3 loss team guaranteed a spot. They are not one of the top 4 teams if they have 3 losses IMo

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You say that now, but you would sing a different tune if it was an SEC champion Alabama being left out.

I am ok with 8 teams. And if each of the 5 champs get a bid with 3 more top ranked teams I could live with that. Because if a 3 or 4 loss champ gets in there are enough teams out of 8 to weed out the bottom feeders.

But we have 4 only now and one Champ at minimum will automatically be left out. So obviously Conference Champs are not the most important part of choosing the teams. If one can be left out then 2 or more can if it means we get the best teams on the field.

Let me throw this in. People want to hate on Bama just because. Bama has been one game away from going to every BCS championship game 6 of the last 7
Years. So yes. Bama w/Saban should be looked at differently. At least when you are comparing teams with similar records. At least until their run and talent drops off. But no team should get a free pass regardless. You can identify the top 5-8 teams with the eye test alone. Watching game film and teams playing is subjective but its much better than just looking at records. Stats are just numbers. They dont always tell you what you can see with your eyes.

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No I would not. We lose 3 games. We do not Deserve anything.

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I see, so you would have Bama forfeit the SECCG to the SECE champs.

Interesting.

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My college term paper was on perceived biases

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Oh, you college boys are too smart for me.

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If you cannot win your conference or division, you should not get invited to the playoff for the National Championship.

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Honestly it is a somewhat arbitrary qualifier since it doesn't value out of conference results and it doesn't value all conference games the same.... BUT it would add value to the conference championship.

I wouldn't have a problem with this criteria - really I'd just like the criteria for playoff admission to be spelled out instead of remaining unclear because people have a variety of different ideas for what should be most important

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That is subjective and irrelevant.

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A panel is determining who the best 4 teams are. Even in YOUR scenario, they would have to choose the "best" conference champs, which may or may not be cut and dried.

The entire premise is subjective. To imply otherwise is intellectually dishonest.

butt still sore from 1/12?