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Originally Posted by miraja2
I certainly see the points in favor of a playoff, and I'm not saying I am completely opposed to it, but I do think something would be lost. There is no doubt that the regular season would be less meaningful for the top 5 teams in the country under a playoff system. Your idea regarding conference championship has its merits, but obviously the big non-conference games that do exist (Alabama - Va Tech this year for example) would lose a great deal of meaning with regards to the National Championship. Under the current system the national championship was on the line that first game. Under your proposed playoff system, that game really wouldn't matter.
The thing I don't like about a 16-team playoff is this:
Let's say Florida goes undefeated through a regular season and beats LSU in the process. LSU finishes the regular season at....let's say...10-2. Then in the SEC championship game, Florida beats LSU again.
In a 16-team playoff they both make it in and have to win four games for the title. What is Florida's reward for their two victories over LSU? Just home field in the first round? I think that sucks. The business about "settle it on the field" sounds good - and there are good points about it - but I'm not sure that a system which gives a three-loss team an equal shot at the title as an undefeated team is really embracing a "settle it on the field" approach, because it is basically saying that none of those previous games matter.
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I see what you are saying but FL's lack of reward for beating LSU cant supercede the common good of the entire sport. The VA Tech-Alabama game will still be important as winning big out of conference games will certainly help with seeding and for gaining an at large bid as well. The in your previous post you talked about #1 OSU and #2 Michigan. What what if they were #12 and number #14 with Penn State being number #1? That would effectively be a playin playoff game. There are a million scenarios. Think about the chase in the SEC alone? FL, Alabama, TN, GA, Miss, Ark etc all fighting for 2 spots in the playoff? The smaller bowls can still fill the midweek holiday football fix.
But if you got the 11 conference champions together with the 5 best at large teams and played a playoff you would have something far bigger and better than the current system