Posted on 12/02/2006 9:05:42 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin2
If the 8th and 9th ranked or 16th and 17th ranked teams are involved in a controversy to see who gets the last playoff spot few (outside of those schools) would give a darn. ....unlike the current system where the controversy revolves around the top 2 or 3 rated teams.
sounds to me like the OSU fans are afraid to play michigan again.
If every game in college football is meaningful without a playoff, how did Nebraska get to the national championship 5 years ago after getting demolished by Colorado, and not even winning their conference?
As far as I know, division 1 college football is the only sport on the face of the planet except Euro soccer leagues that doesn't have a playoff, and at least the soccer leagues play each other the same number of times.
Think what you want. I have no doubt that with Tressel and Troy leading the Bucks, the Wolverines wouldn't make the cut. Buckeyes would beat Mich-again! Too bad we won't get to find out. Tell the Wolverines to take out their frustration on USC in the Rose Bowl.
Well... like FL has a chance... please... BTW what round is troy smith going to be drafted in? LOL
The only way we get rid of all the controversy is to go to a 16 team playoff. The format would include all 11 Conference Champs, and 5 at-large teams. The at large teams would be the 5 hghest ranking teams other than the conference champs. That would be the only fair way to do a playoff. The BCS conferences have had a lock on this for too long. The only way to get a "true National Champ" is to include the so-called Mid-Major conferences.
Don't get me wrong, I love College Football, it's the only game in town where every game, every week matters. But is very unfair that 6 conferences get to play for the prize, while the other 5 can only watch from the sidelines. A true playoff would go a long way in helping the Mid -Majors with recruiting, they still won't get the 5 star blue chipper, but they would be able to land a few more 4 and 3 star guys who would otherwise go to Texas or Ohio St. Those kids might just stay home because they know their conference now has a legitimate shot in tournament format.
While I agree that a playoff would have to include conference champions, I would disagree about the at-large bids. 11 conference champions only, highest-rated get first-round byes.
That way you MUST win your conference to play for the NC.
No question in my mind that Florida deserves to be in this game. I don't necessarily believe that they are any better than Michigan or LSU or USC but they deserve this game more than them.
Boise State is not in the same class as any of those three.
I put the at-large teams in there to keep the BCS pimps happy. But the only true playoff system is one that takes ALL 11 conference champs. By the way, do you know what the true meaning of the acronym BCS is? Big Crock of S@#t!
Michigan should not be in that game. It is no better than USC, Florida or LSU.
Florida beat 9 bowl teams. Michigan 6.
And the OSU beat Michigan handily. The final score is not indicative of the game and Michigan was pretty much out of it after the first quarter. If they were to meet again the score would not be that close.
Why should a second place team in their own conference get a shot at the national title?
However, I hope this situation really puts some spurs in the NCAA to give us a playoff.
3 points at home?
"Boise State is not in the same class as any of those three."
Why? Because you say so? I guess we will never find out untill there is a playoff system in place. I also recall the same being said about Utah when they busted the BCS 2 years ago. Everyone said "Utah doesn't belong, they can't hang with the big boys". What did they do in the Fiesta Bowl? They not only proved they belonged, but they completely embarased a BCS school. Enough of this BCS crap, decide the damn thing on the field!!
Big 10 has seven bowl bound teams and three top 20. SEC has 9 and five top twenty.
If an Arkansas punt returner had not lost his mind you would be seeing OSU vs UM once again though.
If OSU not fumbled the ball twice, the OSU/UM game wouldn't have been close enough for anyone to even consider a rematch. 'Ifs' and 'buts'.....
Meaningless tds at the end does not mean the game was that close. I watched in and never felt UM was going to win it after the first quarter.
And what was that Utah coach's name? His name escapes me at the moment.
Boise State's schedule is just too weak.
Football in college is not conducive to a playoff either. Football has too many injuries as the games pile up and now some schools are already playing 14 games. That is a lot of games for kids. Adding another 3 just does not seem good.
Anyone believing playoffs would help this must not be watching the playoffs in the NFL and MLB if they believe they invariably select the best team.
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