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Todays games prove 4 teams is the right number for Playoffs

Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 pm
Posted by 12thFairway
Member since May 2015
745 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 pm
There's a HUGE difference between the best team and the 4th best team. There's no need for more than 4 teams in the Playoffs to find the legitimate National Champion. More than 4 teams would create unnecessary games that would thin out attendance and burn out the country on college football.

eta - Average fans can't afford to attend a bunch of Playoff games.
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 9:34 pm
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
31173 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:33 pm to
#1 vs #2, what more can college football fans ask for?
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
43223 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:38 pm to
2 boring games
Posted by 12thFairway
Member since May 2015
745 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:08 pm to
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2 boring games

And how much more boring would it be to watch the #1 team beat the #6 or #8 seed by 50.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
104328 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:10 pm to
Not necessarily. What if Penn St comes out and blows the doors off USC?

Then it shows how important expanding is to make sure you get the right teams in
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
31173 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:12 pm to
The right teams were in, and y'all will get to witness another great championship game vs #1 and #2. Sit back and enjoy the entertainment.
Posted by Othello
the Neptonian Steel Mines
Member since Aug 2013
24416 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:13 pm to
The #6-8 teams have no business getting a shot at the title. I wish people would quit trying to turn college football into the NFL. I hate seeing shitty teams like the Giants with 6-7 losses pull together and get going on a hotstreak to win a title.
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 10:14 pm
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
104328 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:13 pm to
I'm not saying the right teams weren't in

But if the BIg 10 champ who beat OSU comes out and crushes USC, it will prove to me expanding isn't neccisarrily a bad thing
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 10:14 pm
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
57318 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:13 pm to
I disagree you left out two of the hottest teams in the nation at the end of the season. Penn state and USC. With a 8 team playoff they would have got in and created alot more excitement
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27843 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:16 pm to
quote:

Not necessarily. What if Penn St comes out and blows the doors off USC?

Then it shows how important expanding is to make sure you get the right teams in


Why? Because they needed a blocked FG to beat the abortion of a team we saw tonight? What a pile of bullshite.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27843 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

With a 8 team playoff they would have got in and created alot more excitement


Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
104328 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:18 pm to
I am just pointing out the flaw in the OPs logic

In 2004, USC crushed #2 OU by 30+ points

So did that show that the bcs should def not expand to more than 2 teams?



Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
57318 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:22 pm to
What is so funny?
Posted by bama1959
Huntsville, AL
Member since Nov 2008
4980 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 10:25 pm to
quote:

Then it shows how important expanding is to make sure you get the right teams in


The goal is to find the 2 best teams not the 4 best. If you are trying to get the 4 best you need 6 or 8 in PO to make sure. Screw that. 4 is enough to find the 2 best
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
12991 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 11:00 pm to
The same USC team that Bama beat by 46? Yeah I'm sure they would've faired well.

Before you say anything, I don't care if Tom Brady took over as QB, USC isn't 46 points better than week 1.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
12991 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 11:00 pm to
Delete
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 11:01 pm
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
12991 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 11:00 pm to
Delete too
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 11:02 pm
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 11:07 pm to
quote:

There's a HUGE difference between the best team and the 4th best team.


This year. Are you seriously saying this will be the case every year?

quote:

More than 4 teams would create unnecessary games that would thin out attendance and burn out the country on college football.


bullshite. So why hasn't the FCS and other football classifications died out?
Posted by viceman
Huntsville, AL
Member since Aug 2016
30688 posts
Posted on 12/31/16 at 11:37 pm to
quote:

n 2004, USC crushed #2 OU by 30+ points

So did that show that the bcs should def not expand to more than 2 teams?


That was the first major blow to the bcs. Undefeated mid majors and the LSU/Bama rematch is what got us to 4 teams. It is fine as it is. I do not want to devalue the regular season games, anymore than we have.
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 11:39 pm
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
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Posted on 1/1/17 at 1:20 am to
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