The case for 8

[Jonathan Scarfpin]

I would also agree that the 4 team playoff and BCS are worse for the reasons mentioned above.

 

[NU_FTW]

Ya sorry guys it is a bit wordy.
Could have divided it a bit.
Dont ever want to have a blog.
Yep, wrong the OSU 2014.
Can use shorter words next time and maybe some pictures to make it easier.
Thanks for all of the input.

Try having a clue as well

 

[DJ]

Why do you hate paragraphs?

HAPPY NEW YEAR, SLINKY!!!!!!

 

[DJ]

I would also agree that the 4 team playoff and BCS are worse for the reasons mentioned above.

Why do you hate 'Murica?

 

[Wild Turkey]

The Case for 8

As a college football fan, I am exasperated by some of the talking heads of college sports bemoaning a transition to an 8-team playoff in college football. It is evident that this would not only be a good idea, it would help make college football more enjoyable for all involved. The goal of college athletics is to help develop young men and women into responsible and honorable people of integrity. The current college football system does not allow for that. We should be taught to respect all involved including our opponents. The current system causes many major power 5 conference teams to schedule non-conference opponents that are much weaker as the teams fear one loss will not allow them to be one of the four subjectively chosen teams. Also, in these extremely lopsided non-conference games the major power 5 team is expected to win by a huge margin which does not teach our young men to be respectful of the opponent. It only teaches them to show no mercy and run up the score on an obviously lesser opponent to make the subjective choice easier for the committee. By including all power 5 conference champs plus 3 at large teams in the college playoff, you allow teams to schedule much more competitive regular season non-conference games as no one fears the loss with keep them from being subjectively chosen. Then coaches do not have to chide their fan bases for not showing up to watch them pummel a much smaller university. You could even structure the non-conference games a bit so that the conferences played each other based upon their ranking in their conference from the previous year. An early season Ohio State verses Alabama game would draw much more attention than either of them playing a tiny university non-conference game. The 8-team playoff allows for many more regular season non-conference match ups between ranked teams. It also puts more emphasis on winning the conference title. If teams know winning their respective conference title gains them a shot at the national title, then they are more focused on the conference championship. As of right now, the conference titles are meaningless unless you are in the SEC as shown by the subjective choices of the committee. This would also dramatically broaden the interest of the country in the national college football process instead of it only being focused in the southeast. Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to re-post it anywhere you can.

Blah Blah Blah....No

Once again there is barely 2 teams that were good enough to get in.


Also TLDNR

 

[Wild Turkey]

This season we would've been fine with just 2.

Name a season where we wouldn't have been?

4 is enough of a safety net. No one outside of the the top 4 had any argument to be there and neither did UCF.

 

[7Samurai13]

Well where to begin, the point of college athletics, to the universities, is to make money. It has nothing to teaching the players anything nor is it about respecting your opponent. We see huge disrespect in evenly matched teams every year, like Oklahoma or Michigan driving a flag/stake into the ground.

Big non-conference games are rewarded now. It’s a big reason for Ohio State going to the playoffs over Oklahoma in 2016 as well as why Oklahoma went over Ohio State in 2017. By giving a free ride to conference champs you are nullifying 1/3-1/4 of the schedule as meaningless because those games don’t help you towards becoming playoff eligible. I would argue it would turn it into the NFL preseason where teams are resting their top players to avoid injuries. If beating Bama doesn’t help you in getting a leg up over the rest of the country, why schedule them?

Even with your 5 P5 champs and 3 at large bids you are going to have subjectiveness with the at Large bids. I won’t agree that a team from a weaker conference should get into the playoffs over an arguably better team. Washington did nothing to prove they are a top 8 team this year and lost 3 games. If we expand to eight there should be no need for auto-bids at all.

 

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[Shanemansj13]

Ya sorry guys it is a bit wordy.
Could have divided it a bit.
Dont ever want to have a blog.
Yep, wrong the OSU 2014.
Can use shorter words next time and maybe some pictures to make it easier.
Thanks for all of the input.

Or you can go ahead and sell us the jerseys already you fucking POS!

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, SLINKY!!!!!!

You, too, Deej!

Hope you enjoyed your holidays and that 2019 is your best year yet.

 

[SignalBama]

There is no case for 8 this year when 3 and 4 lose by 2+ scores.

 

[SignalBama]

Just to put it in perspective. The final College Football Playoff rankings would have included UGA, UCF, and Michigan if there were an 8 team playoff. All 3 lost to teams ranked outside the Top 10 in Bowl season.

 

[PIBuckeye]

Everyone bitches about the low quality of the semi-finals every fucking year.

Solution: Add even worse games to the mix. Because if #1 Alabama and #4 Oklahoma didn't bring the excitement, then surely #1 Alabama vs #8 UCF would have surely been a great game after the way they played against LSU's 2nd string defense.




Just fucking stop with the stupid shit already. 4 is more than enough.

yea, shocking a bama fan finds no problem with the current system.........

 

[PIBuckeye]

There is no case for 8 this year when 3 and 4 lose by 2+ scores.

They just had the rankings screwed up between 3-6.......

 

[SignalBama]

They just had the rankings screwed up between 3-6.......

Not really. tOSU struggled with a bad Washington team in the end. They had no shot either.

 

[Bullitt08]

The Case for 8

As a college football fan, I am exasperated by some of the talking heads of college sports bemoaning a transition to an 8-team playoff in college football. It is evident that this would not only be a good idea, it would help make college football more enjoyable for all involved. The goal of college athletics is to help develop young men and women into responsible and honorable people of integrity. The current college football system does not allow for that. We should be taught to respect all involved including our opponents. The current system causes many major power 5 conference teams to schedule non-conference opponents that are much weaker as the teams fear one loss will not allow them to be one of the four subjectively chosen teams. Also, in these extremely lopsided non-conference games the major power 5 team is expected to win by a huge margin which does not teach our young men to be respectful of the opponent. It only teaches them to show no mercy and run up the score on an obviously lesser opponent to make the subjective choice easier for the committee. By including all power 5 conference champs plus 3 at large teams in the college playoff, you allow teams to schedule much more competitive regular season non-conference games as no one fears the loss with keep them from being subjectively chosen. Then coaches do not have to chide their fan bases for not showing up to watch them pummel a much smaller university. You could even structure the non-conference games a bit so that the conferences played each other based upon their ranking in their conference from the previous year. An early season Ohio State verses Alabama game would draw much more attention than either of them playing a tiny university non-conference game. The 8-team playoff allows for many more regular season non-conference match ups between ranked teams. It also puts more emphasis on winning the conference title. If teams know winning their respective conference title gains them a shot at the national title, then they are more focused on the conference championship. As of right now, the conference titles are meaningless unless you are in the SEC as shown by the subjective choices of the committee. This would also dramatically broaden the interest of the country in the national college football process instead of it only being focused in the southeast. Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to re-post it anywhere you can.

TLDNR.

 

[Neilcar]

there have been some seasons you might make a case for 6 teams in a play off ….. I do not think there ever has been a top 8 team separations …..

 

[Shanemansj13]

Not really. tOSU struggled with a bad Washington team in the end. They had no shot either.

Huh? At no point did they have a chance of losing this thing. tOSU dominated until late in the 3rd. Not sure what happened but their playcalling was different and they were playing prevent. I wouldn't say they struggled considering UW never actually had a chance to win

 

[Gatorchip]

I didn’t read how you came to your top-8, because your wall-of-text was too painful to make an attempt, but if you went by the top 8 then there are problems:

#10 blew out #7, yet would have been left out of the playoffs.

#11 soundly beat #8, yet would have been left out of the playoffs.

#15 soundly beat #5, yet would have been left out of the playoffs.



That being said, none of the teams above are anywhere close to Clemson and Alabama this season. If you want an 8 team playoff, then I ask why not a 16 team playoff? Why not a 32 team playoff? Hell, why not have every team in the playoffs?

 

[SteelersPride]

This season we would've been fine with just 2.

Yep clear Clemson n bama were the best