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Yeah they were, but they were not close to being better than USC or Texas in 2008. Or obviously Utah

While the mostly unwatchable regular season in NCAA hoops can mostly be attributed to the NCAA Tourney, I think that the conference tourneys have done more to ruin it in the last two decades than anything. Same goes for these conference championship games in football. Its a freakin joke. What are you going to do about the team that was 12-0 going into the conference title game who loses with this four team playoff format?

Example of a mythical year...

Alabama wins in Gainesville by a FG

Alabama regular season record 12-0
Florida regular season record 11-1
USC regular season record 12-0
Ohio St regular season record 12-0
Texas regular season record 12-0

Florida wins SEC title game by a FG, USC, OSU, Texas all win their conference championship game, all 13-0.

Guess who's going to the four team playoff? Hint, it ain't Alabama. How fair is that? I understand this is an extreme example but there's no reason it couldn't happen.

Very much so considering you have four undefeated regular season BCS Teams ad under that crazy ass scenario, I would be completely fine since all those other teams are clearly ridiculous good and accomplished.

However, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about 8-4 Big East Champs and 9-4 ACC Champs.

A straight four-team playoff from the Top 4 BCS is fine with me.

But like NCAA and professional leagues, it'll keep expanding and expanding under thiny-veiled equity and fairness, while only being about money.

Yea....there is no way there is going to be a 16 team playoff with 11 FBS conference champions.

Because it is not consistent with what playoffs should be.

There are not quantitatively and qualitiavely equitable divisions in which to draw from. What about Independents?

It would be stupid.

All the butt hurt people use an M, the trophy is anything but mythical.

Teams that get into the playoffs should be the best teams,not the best team from a VERY conference like the Sun Belt or WAC.

Hopefully the power conferences form their own division and solve the numbers and quality part.

Id be fine with an eight team playoff with 5 conference champion plus three WC teams if the 5 12 team conference super division comes true.

The standard deviation of quality in professional playoffs is MUCH lower than what would occur in college football.

Not to mention, the standard deviation of quantity would be greater (conferences ranging from 8-14).

If there were five 12 team conferences and one might be weaker, the difference is negligible compared to what it would be in the current college football landscape.

On the new division, I think and agree it will happen.

Unless the entire FBS realigns,then yea.

You're talking about completely changing CFB so we can change 50% of FBS teams chances at a championship from 0.00001% to 1.00000%.

How noble of you.

College football is not like other sports. There are rarely ever splashes you speak of.

You talk about fairness but how is it fair that a 8-4 Sun Belt gets the nod over a 10-2 Arkansas or a 10-2 USC or Illinois or Kansas.

That precedent will force realignment alone.

You still are not adding the reality that a majority of profitable schools make most of their money on non-conference home games,which they would lose in a large number playoff scenario.

The men in charge realize these realities thankfully and aren't on the whims of major change for ostensible ideals of "fairness".

Also you are only saying that only a few select teams should be allowed to play for it... if that is the case then no need for more than what 30 or so teams.... and if any of those start to falter do we tell them to leave and bring up another program in their place....

Let me say this again... that 10-2 LSU team still has a chance to make it in...

you keep harping on the fact that a Sun Belt winner doesn't deserve to be in the play off..

how is that fair... tell me... if there is 11 conferences and all other sports ( and yes it is the same no matter how you try to spin it, game is played the exact same as the NFL ) then you have to grant them that much...

But instead you would tell them no need to worry about winning your conference cause in the end it means nothing.. cause you will still be on the outside looking in.. until we don't have the 11 conferences there is no other true way to go about it.. doing the 4 team play off is no better than the BCS formula cause you will still have voting that takes place that determines who the 4 are.. which a play off would take some of the voting away...

If is makes you happy go to a 6 team play off using the " Big 6 " conferences... and no wild cards... would that be ok with you are is someone still getting short change...

oh right I forgot it has to be the best teams only...

and all I am saying is that not every division in pro sports is equal.. so do they just say hey your conference was weak, you do not get in... that is what you are saying... but wait that is right only 32 teams so that is the difference... wrong... 120 teams or 32 teams.. win your conference get rewarded... so unless they change the landscape of CFB then you can't turn away conference winners... are you saying you are afraid that one of those teams might luck up and win it all..