As I said earlier in the thread, you're simply taking these 8 or 9 games (assuming the assertion is true) and putting them at the end of the year, instead of during the year. Ohio State - Texas doesn't happen, because Ohio State schedules certain victories to get to the playoff.
That's not 'more exciting' It's putting excitement off to some particular set of weeks. Meh... I'm not willing to piss away a great season just so I can have potentially interesting games in December.
Likewise, 16 teams? Just what the hell has Miami Fla or West Virginia done that makes you think they should be in the conversation along with Alabama and Texas (or even TCU, Cinci and Boise, for that matter).
You continue to refuse to address the regular season concerns. Until you do, I have to think you're simply not thinking it through reasonably... instead letting your desired result drive your rationale.
I don't refuse to address them, I just disagree with them. As I have said before, I believe that your argument that there would be less "big" OOC games in unfounded. Right now most teams DO NOT play big OOC games. Ohio State is one of the VERY few schools that does so every year. The reason major conference schools don't do this, is because they'd rather schedule easy opponents, and win them all, and not risk losing one game. Because often one loss takes you out of the NC picture. It would have this year. If there was a 16 team playoff...then losing one game wouldn't take you out of consideration, UNLESS you played a weak schedule. If you played a tough schedule, but still had a few losses, you'd go to the playoffs. If anything you could make an argument that teams would schedule more difficult opponents, so that if they end up 10-2 or 9-3, they look stronger.
But in any case, the reasons you state that teams would not schedule tough teams would apply to the current system. So I do not see how the regular season would get worse. Why would Ohio State not schedule USC? Why do they play them now? Wouldn't Ohio State be better off being like Florida and just scheduling crap teams, and hope to go 12-0, in this current system? I just don't understand why it changes with a playoff.
I think you are making a big assumption that the scheduling would change. I do not agree with this assumption.
I have also pointed out that I believe that more regular season games would have importance, not less, and therefore would make the season more exciting. Ohio State loses to Iowa and they are likely not in the playoffs. So it's not just for the Rose Bowl anymore, it's for a chance at a NCG. Oregon/Oregon State is the same thing. The list could go on and on. There would be at least as many games to decide if people get a chance to play for a NC game as their are now.
You made the comparison to week 17 of the NFL. Yes some week 17 NFL games stink. But so do some last week college football games. But there are also many week 17 NFL games that mean a lot and are very exciting. I will argue that week 16 and 17 are the most exciting weeks in the NFL. I believe that the same would apply to college football. November would be even more exciting than it is now, not less.
Again, it's just a belief, but it's not just an ends justifies the means argument by me. I truly believe that the whole college football season would be as exciting if not more exciting when coming down to the wire in November than it is now.
I also feel that a playoff is a better way of deciding a champion than just one game. I'd rather the debate be between 2 and 3 loss teams, than zero loss teams. Sure, maybe some teams might get in the playoff that don't deserve it, but to me that is A LOT better than teams being left out of the NCG that DO deserve a shot at it, which has happened before, is happening this year, and will happen in the future.
And if a team is good enough to get in, and then goes on an amazing run winning 4 games against top 15 teams, then yes they deserve the national championship. Beating 4 top 15 teams in a row is very difficult...especially if you had to do it on the road. If a team can do that, then they deserve it more than a team like Texas does this year, who hasn't played a top 15 team yet.
So I actually do feel that a playoff system is a more fair way of deciding a champion over just a regular season and then one NCG.
My desired result is a fair national champion. I feel this is the best way of getting there.
You argue that Miami FL and WV don't deserve to be there? But either of these teams would be Texas' toughest game. So why does Texas deserve to be there?
