Expanded Playoffs? No. Two-loss teams don’t belong

[Born Boiler]

This year shows yet another example of why the four-team playoff format is sufficient for college football -- it’s to determine the national champion, not to validate the Top 25s by 62 sports writers and 62 student managers, aka “coaches.”

Teams with two losses already have two reasons they don’t deserve consideration.

Want more teams? Watch the NFL. They don’t have to take semester finals.

 

[POTFHBTFU]

The problem is notre dame fans with 1 loss think they belong and Teams like Baylor feel like they are better than Cincy. If this were a two team playoff it would be Michigan and Alabama and no one would be too upset. We go to 4 team playoff and now people are upset they missed the 4th seed. The minute you go to & team you will have Utah and Clemson screaming should get in with ND and Baylor taking the other two instead of Ohio state and Ole Miss.

 

[Riveting]

This year shows yet another example of why the four-team playoff format is sufficient for college football -- it’s to determine the national champion, not to validate the Top 25s by 62 sports writers and 62 student managers, aka “coaches.”

Teams with two losses already have two reasons they don’t deserve consideration.

Want more teams? Watch the NFL. They don’t have to take semester finals.

That is just a one-year sample. If Alabama had lost last week in OT vs Auburn, and then pounded Georgia like last night, would you be saying Georgia deserves to be in but bama does not?

An 8-team field can be done with just two additional games beyond the current system, without all the silly convolutions talked about with a 12-team field.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

An 8-team field can be done with just two additional games beyond the current system, without all the silly convolutions talked about with a 12-team field.

Huh?

 

[Riveting]

Huh?

Because all 8 are already playing in bowl games, so you have four teams left after New Years instead of just two like today.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Because all 8 are already playing in bowl games, so you have four teams left after New Years instead of just two like today.

Ahh I see. Wasn't thinking about it that way.

 

[DAG10]

That is just a one-year sample. If Alabama had lost last week in OT vs Auburn, and then pounded Georgia like last night, would you be saying Georgia deserves to be in but bama does not?

An 8-team field can be done with just two additional games beyond the current system, without all the silly convolutions talked about with a 12-team field.

Fair point, however, ND essentially played nobody this year...and, OSU lost to the two best teams that they played (and one of them ultimately sucked more or less)...I have a really hard time feeling like teams like that deserve the opportunity to play for a National Championship.

Had 'Bama lost...at least they ran the gauntlet of the SEC, and, then showed their worthiness by thumping Georgia.