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I keep on hearing this over and over again, and I have to say something. Not all. But definitely "many".
"We don't need to expand. Just look at 2018 with Bama and Clemson"
Not sure if I understand this thought process here. All what December 29th showed was Clemson beating Notre Dame by 27 points, and Alabama beating Oklahoma by 11 points. Nothing else. Nobody knows what the results would have been on December 29th if Alabama played Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia, Clemson, Michigan, Washington, or UCF.
The whole point of expanding is to include more teams into the tournament for money and opportunity reasons.
Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma were not the ONLY teams with great, cream of the crop seasons. You had Ohio State, Georgia, UCF, Michigan, and Washington in the mix.
Keep in mind that in 2014, Ohio State, a team that the AP had 5th, beat the #1 seed Alabama, and then ripped apart the #2 seed Oregon. In 2017, Alabama was the 4th seed, and they beat Clemson by 17-18 points, and then beat Georgia in OT. If there were only two teams, then Ohio State would have never won in 2014 and Bama in 2017.
"Georgia should have been in over Notre Dame/Oklahoma"
Why? Georgia didn't win their conference and lost by 20 points to LSU. Could they have beaten Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma in a two-round tournament? Sure. But the system is built on the concept of RESUME. Note Dame won all its games, and played a pretty good schedule. Oklahoma won its conference, played a quality schedule, and won 12/13 games.
In fact, I would argue everything still holds true. Until the day the SEC, ACC, Big-10, Pac-12, and Big-12 play the same opponents and actually have meaningful common opponents, it's extremely hard to tell which teams deserve to play for the National Championship. In other words, give Oklahoma Alabama's schedule. Give Notre Dame Georgia's schedule. None of us here know how those results would pop up. We can speculate, but you don't know for sure. If you did, you would lying on the beach 7 days a week and have more money than Oprah.
"We don't need to expand. Just look at 2018 with Bama and Clemson"
Not sure if I understand this thought process here. All what December 29th showed was Clemson beating Notre Dame by 27 points, and Alabama beating Oklahoma by 11 points. Nothing else. Nobody knows what the results would have been on December 29th if Alabama played Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia, Clemson, Michigan, Washington, or UCF.
The whole point of expanding is to include more teams into the tournament for money and opportunity reasons.
Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma were not the ONLY teams with great, cream of the crop seasons. You had Ohio State, Georgia, UCF, Michigan, and Washington in the mix.
Keep in mind that in 2014, Ohio State, a team that the AP had 5th, beat the #1 seed Alabama, and then ripped apart the #2 seed Oregon. In 2017, Alabama was the 4th seed, and they beat Clemson by 17-18 points, and then beat Georgia in OT. If there were only two teams, then Ohio State would have never won in 2014 and Bama in 2017.
"Georgia should have been in over Notre Dame/Oklahoma"
Why? Georgia didn't win their conference and lost by 20 points to LSU. Could they have beaten Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma in a two-round tournament? Sure. But the system is built on the concept of RESUME. Note Dame won all its games, and played a pretty good schedule. Oklahoma won its conference, played a quality schedule, and won 12/13 games.
In fact, I would argue everything still holds true. Until the day the SEC, ACC, Big-10, Pac-12, and Big-12 play the same opponents and actually have meaningful common opponents, it's extremely hard to tell which teams deserve to play for the National Championship. In other words, give Oklahoma Alabama's schedule. Give Notre Dame Georgia's schedule. None of us here know how those results would pop up. We can speculate, but you don't know for sure. If you did, you would lying on the beach 7 days a week and have more money than Oprah.
