cclxxxvdicere
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You think that letting a bunch of 2 and 3 loss teams in the playoff so they can get their asses handed to them by the elite teams that are making the 4 team playoff year after year is going to get elite players to go to the teams who got their asses handed to them instead of the teams that handed them their asses?As explained before, the "rarely more than 4 to 6 teams deserve to get in" was caused by limiting the access. Why go to Michigan? Why go to Texas? Why go to Auburn? They're not finishing in the top 4 unlike Bama, Clemson, & OSU, recruits see this and it is showing. Expansion to 8, 12, and 16 is just for the better of the sport, it doesn't matter if only 4 teams have a shot, you're still guaranteed to have multiple games worth watching except the unwatchable mess we have now. I'm perfect at 12, but then again 12 is a minimum for me for this to be worthy of being called a playoff.
4 teams were not the best option for reasons already explained. The Top 2 and 3 teams were never obvious hence the introduction of the playoff system due to messes in 2007 & 2011, and the difficulty of finding #4 makes it all the more worse. Every year there is controversy. Every. Year. There has not been a definitive ranking and we're practically punishing teams for losing just one game, and in some cases the fact they went undefeated on a schedule they set up years before that season. It's a ridiculously unfair system with a clear bias, not to mention player development doesn't equate to guaranteed victory as this is CFB, where upsets can happen on a constant basis. I do not see why this is a debate if I'm being honest.
This isn't a counter to what I said.
That's dumb arguing, firstly you should understand what figurative language is, and being only three percent more is within standard MOE, so once again, not a counter. Of the 28 total appearances, 78.5% comprised of teams who made multiple appearances. It's time for expansion.
That’s asinine.
Michigan, Penn State, Texas, and Auburn have all been getting highly ranked recruiting classes without making the playoff, and they won’t get any better recruits just because they get in the playoff with 2 or 3 losses.
The playoff is going to be expanded, because every year one or more of the P5 conferences is left out. I don’t think it should, even though it would ensure that Alabama is in the playoff for the foreseeable future, but they’re going to make it so the P5 champs get auto bids, and have 3 at large bids so Alabama and Ohio State get in even if they don’t win their championship.
This is all about the Benjamins, which is the same reason the conference championship games aren’t going away and why they won’t be reducing the regular season to make room for more playoff games.