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I would like to see a playoff because it would give us a truer champion than what we get now. We wouldn't be in the NC if the cards didnt fall exactly right and neither would LSU. At least with a playoff we get the competion to determine the final 2.
Too bad the people who run the programs now won't give up the power.
 
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Personally, I do like the Play Off system better, don't get me wrong. I'm just suggesting that it doesn't really do anything to address the fan's insistance that the CFB champion be "the best"

To the extent that finding "the best" team is really at issue, the BCS works just fine. It considers several relevant factors. Maybe should consider more... maybe less.. I don't know.. that'd be a thing for someone like DBB to figure out (what factors are statistically relevant).
 
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BucyrusBuckeye;1035709; said:
I would like to see a playoff because it would give us a truer champion than what we get now. We wouldn't be in the NC if the cards didnt fall exactly right and niether would LSU. At least with a playoff we get the competion o determine the final 2.
Too bad the people who run the programs now won't give up the power.
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How so? Did Ohio State and or LSU Fail to win their Conferences? What's to say these two teams would not win their games leading up to a playoff styled championship game? I don't follow.
 
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I am trying to limit myself to one post in every 200 or so for this thread, so I guess I am about up again.

The sense that there is some sort of consensus on wanting a playoff is similar to the idea that the majority of American's share the Christian faith.

Truth is there are groups within the Lutheran Church who wont talk to one another because of differences in doctrine. And that is miles from the differences between Catholics and Protestants.

There are almost as many proposals for playoff systems as posters. They range from the ludicrous conference champions only to the more logical top 8 teams in the current BCS structure (if you don't agree with that it is because God did not grant you the same clarity of logic as he did I).

So on behalf of playoff opponents everywhere, let me submit a challenge. All you playoff proponents agree on a playoff format - then get back to us. (I will give you my grandson's email since I wont be around to argue by that time.)

Just keep one thing in mind. IF you do agree on a playoff format. And IF it is adopted by the NCAA. And IF CFB implements that format ......


..... You are all going to burn in hell.

(I know this for a fact. It came to me in a dream.)
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1035714; said:
How so? Did Ohio State and or LSU Fail to win their Conferences? What's to say these two teams would not win their games leading up to a playoff styled championship game? I don't follow.
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True, but there are those who claim that we still "backed in" because of all those ahead of us losing, and those same yayhoos probably will still diss us if we "lucked out" and happened to beat SEC's finest on Jan 7th. On the other hand, their argument would be virtually void if we instead had to win four playoff games to win the national title.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1035767; said:
True, but there are those who claim that we still "backed in" because of all those ahead of us losing, and those same yayhoos probably will still diss us if we "lucked out" and happened to beat SEC's finest on Jan 7th. On the other hand, their argument would be virtually void if we instead had to win four playoff games to win the national title.
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That's it right there. There would be more confidence that we belong there, not so much we Buckeye fans as all the others.

PS What's with the O H H O ? :tongue2:
 
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My stance on this issue doesn't have much to do with the probability of OSU vs. LSU facing each other if there had been a playoff, or whether or not the playoff crowns a "true" champion moreso than does the current BcS system.

My beef is the would-be matchups that we miss out on due to the YMCA-style-everybody-wins circus that is the bowl season. I am a fan of college football first, which is hard to imagine putting myself as a fan of Ohio State second, that's not what I mean. If it wasn't for college football in the first place, I would not have my Buckeyes, so they are one in the same. But over the years there are many holes left that are filled with "my team would have beaten your team" debate/discussion. You might call that good for the game, and I can't argue against that for a second. But, just for shits and giggles, what if those games were actually played? How many more big-time OOC games are left where the announcer starts off by saying, "Welcome to the first EVER meeting between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes!" That's pretty sad! All of the history that both schools boast, and the best we could do before 2005 was argue about nothing? That's my beef.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1035767; said:
True, but there are those who claim that we still "backed in" because of all those ahead of us losing, and those same yayhoos probably will still diss us if we "lucked out" and happened to beat SEC's finest on Jan 7th. On the other hand, their argument would be virtually void if we instead had to win four playoff games to win the national title.
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You're wrong Milli. Such as argument would be void, not "virtually void".
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1035714; said:
How so? Did Ohio State and or LSU Fail to win their Conferences? What's to say these two teams would not win their games leading up to a playoff styled championship game? I don't follow.
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[Sarcasm Font]You obviously did not watch the EA-ESPN ten team playoff. West Virginia and Hawaii kicked some ass. They obviously got screwed by the current system[/Sarcasm Font]
 
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sandgk;1038932; said:
Captain's Corner - Jerry Rudzinski chimes in (once again) in favor of a playoff.
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"The cards fell in favor." Well that was awfully nice of the cards. Someone ought to inform Mr. Rudzinski that when you are the only BCS team with only one loss all year, it does not take the luck of the cards to get you a deserving spot in the championship game.

I wish pro-playoff writers would argue the playoff on its merits instead of using loaded words. Then we could have this debate on a level field instead of tilting it by slyly inferring that the championship game participants somehow lucked into the game every year instead of earning their way in.
 
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