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re: The Perfect Playoff System
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:47 am to i am dan
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:47 am to i am dan
Sorry, I can't agree with this; I want the best teams in the playoffs and if a particular conference is weak in a given season, you end up not having the best teams. However, I believe that's pretty much we are going to have with this playoff selection committee. The selection committee members are going to be instructed to disregard the polls so even if say Auburn and Alabama are #1 and #4 in the polls, there will be only one SEC team in the playoffs, bank on it. The committee WILL be biased toward the conference champions and since the Big 12 doesn't have a conference championship, they will be the odd man out all other factors being pretty equal. I promise you the other conferences NEVER EVER want to see another all SEC championship. 
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Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:06 am to davesdawgs
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I want the best teams in the playoffs
How else do you decide the best teams if not by conference champions?
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committee members are going to be instructed to disregard the polls so even if say Auburn and Alabama are #1 and #4 in the polls
I thought the whole reason behind a playoff was to get rid of the opinion poll approach to picking a champion.
Either a play off OR a poll, NOT both.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:18 am to davesdawgs
quote:So, you are opposed to the playoff systems that the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. have been using for decades?
I want the best teams in the playoffs and if a particular conference is weak in a given season, you end up not having the best teams.
I'd rather see the playoffs limited only to conference champs. Seed them #1 to #8 based on a BCS-like formula, higher seeds host the lower until the championship. Would only take three games, which even with a 12-game regular season and a conference championship, only two teams would play in as many games as the worst NFL teams play in every regular season.
I've been advocating this kind of playoff for years, maybe one day we'll get there.
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