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2014 College Football Playoff Open Thread

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Not sure if posted, but if the BCS was still used it would be the same top 4 AND the same matchups. The only difference would be FSU wearing home uniforms.

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As a critic of playoffs in general I have to admit that the four team playoff worked perfectly - but few folks seem to be understanding why that is.

Pretty much anybody who watches a lot of football agrees that the two best teams in the country are Alabama and Oregon. But if only two teams were playing there is no way FSU could have been kept out. They are undefeated and although their flaws are on display every week that perfect record would have trumped any system. Even the committee IMO would have bowed to the pressure and voted them #2 if they had to.

But because we have four teams we can include FSU with minimal harm to Oregon. And if you look at the points in either the AP or USA polls you will see a substantial gap between #3 and #4. A gap that IMO matches the eye test.

But now everyone is bickering about the fourth team even though none of the three candidates for that spot has a strong argument to be #1. The third and fourth teams are simply there to allow for a margin of error - and those two teams provided all the tolerance we needed.

But now we will hear the inevitable arguments for an expanded playoff. Not because we got #1 wrong, but because we might have gotten #4 wrong. We will go to 8 teams and add four more teams who will have even less of a case to be ranked #1. And that is what this is supposed to be about, isn't it? Getting the #1 team right? So how does diluting the field increase the chances of that happening?

Sure, one of 3 through 8 can - and likely will - pull an upset. Especially as we move to a three game path for final victory. A path filled with hard hitting and injuries to key players. A path that subsequently leads to a championship game without one or more of the stars who were part of a team for 14 or 15 previous games.

For all those who argue football should have a playoff just like baseball and basketball there is a big difference. Football is a violent sport. Injuries are a huge part of it. Wisconsin considered pulling a redshirt off a Frosh center to take his first snap of the season on Saturday. At QB we are one snap from doing the same - or converting an RB. Sure, the NFL does it. But they have the ability to pull players from taxi squads. Players who have the experience to move right into an offensive or defensive scheme. Players who have proven themselves. And even then injuries are a big factor in who reaches and wins the Super Bowl.

And when we do go to 8 teams we will again forget the purpose of the playoff. The argument will move to asking why #9 was excluded. We will keep going until we include the Florida Marlins and the Villanova Wildcats.

We got it right this time. It ain't broke - it worked. But we will fix it nonetheless.
 
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Oh8ch said:
As a critic of playoffs in general I have to admit that the four team playoff worked perfectly - but few folks seem to be understanding why that is.

Pretty much anybody who watches a lot of football agrees that the two best teams in the country are Alabama and Oregon. But if only two teams were playing there is no way FSU could have been kept out. They are undefeated and although their flaws are on display every week that perfect record would have trumped any system. Even the committee IMO would have bowed to the pressure and voted them #2 if they had to.

But because we have four teams we can include FSU with minimal harm to Oregon. And if you look at the points in either the AP or USA polls you will see a substantial gap between #3 and #4. A gap that IMO matches the eye test.

But now everyone is bickering about the fourth team even though none of the three candidates for that spot has a strong argument to be #1. The third and fourth teams are simply there to allow for a margin of error - and those two teams provided all the tolerance we needed.

But now we will hear the inevitable arguments for an expanded playoff. Not because we got #1 wrong, but because we might have gotten #4 wrong. We will go to 8 teams and add four more teams who will have even less of a case to be ranked #1. And that is what this is supposed to be about, isn't it? Getting the #1 team right? So how does diluting the field increase the chances of that happening?

Sure, one of 3 through 8 can - and likely will - pull an upset. Especially as we move to a three game path for final victory. A path filled with hard hitting and injuries to key players. A path that subsequently leads to a championship game without one or more of the stars who were part of a team for 14 or 15 previous games.

For all those who argue football should have a playoff just like baseball and basketball there is a big difference. Football is a violent sport. Injuries are a huge part of it. Wisconsin considered pulling a redshirt off a Frosh center to take his first snap of the season on Saturday. At QB we are one snap from doing the same - or converting an RB. Sure, the NFL does it. But they have the ability to pull players from taxi squads. Players who have the experience to move right into an offensive or defensive scheme. Players who have proven themselves. And even then injuries are a big factor in who reaches and wins the Super Bowl.

And when we do go to 8 teams we will again forget the purpose of the playoff. The argument will move to asking why #9 was excluded. We will keep going until we include the Florida Marlins and the Villanova Wildcats.

We got it right this time. It ain't broke - it worked. But we will fix it nonetheless.
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BUCKYLE said:
Yes! A bull[Mark May] regular season like the NFL that I don't give a [Mark May] about!!!

THE END IS NIGH!
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That was always my concern with a playoff for CFB.

I have to say this year has proven me wrong.

I would tweak it so that a power 5 champ is guaranteed a spot but other than that this is the best New Years day lineup of games in ages. Bowls are fun again, kudos to the powers that be for that.
 
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