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Posted on 4/23/13 at 5:03 pm to Cockopotamus
Posted on 4/23/13 at 5:03 pm to Cockopotamus
I'm afraid not. 2004 had 5 undefeated teams. You had your 3 BCS teams and then Utah and Boise, on top of 1-loss Cal and Texas both ahead of them. 2009 had Alabama, Texas, Cincinnati, Boise State and TCU, plus 1-loss Florida.
Furthermore that wouldn't be close to sufficient to handle bullshite like 07 and 08, where the top ten teams had some form of argument that wasn't completely outrageous.
Four would also have been suboptimal in years like 2002 (where you had undefeated Miami and Ohio State; 2 > 4 there).
I recommend a six-team playoff where the top 2 seeds get first-round byes. It covers the awkward 5-team scenarios which were surprisingly common, it's better than 4-teams for 2-team scenarios (since the undefeated teams get rewarded with a bye while the other four less worthy teams have to fight it out to prove their worth), and it does a better job (although imperfect) of handling the crazy years like 07 and 08.
Furthermore that wouldn't be close to sufficient to handle bullshite like 07 and 08, where the top ten teams had some form of argument that wasn't completely outrageous.
Four would also have been suboptimal in years like 2002 (where you had undefeated Miami and Ohio State; 2 > 4 there).
I recommend a six-team playoff where the top 2 seeds get first-round byes. It covers the awkward 5-team scenarios which were surprisingly common, it's better than 4-teams for 2-team scenarios (since the undefeated teams get rewarded with a bye while the other four less worthy teams have to fight it out to prove their worth), and it does a better job (although imperfect) of handling the crazy years like 07 and 08.
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Posted on 4/23/13 at 5:09 pm to lsutothetop
Getting a bye would be way too big an advantage. And I don't care about teams that aren't in AQ conferences. If they're in the top 4 they're in. If not, they don't deserve to be in.
the top 4 is enough and you can view the conference championships as the first round
the top 4 is enough and you can view the conference championships as the first round
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