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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
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
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Your point about what if they were #12 and #14 is accurate. Your 16-team playoff would certainly make regular season games at the end of the season extremely important for teams in that situation, but I think it would tend to make it less important for teams in the top 5, which I think would be unfortunate.
There is one other thing that I personally kind of like about the current system. In every other sport there are pretty much only three scenarios for a team.
#1) You suck so bad that you don't make the playoffs.
#2) You have a good season, make the playoff in your sport, and then end the season with a loss at some point in that playoff.
#3) You win the championship.
Basically only one team gets to finish the season on a high note. I just kind of like that in the current system some other teams (like Iowa and Ohio State this year) get to finish with a big win too. It is nice for the seniors to finish their careers like that, etc. etc. Now, is maintaining that tradition as important as making sure that teams like TCU and Boise State get a legitimate shot at the national championship? Perhaps not. But it is one kind of cool (and unique) aspect of college football that would largely disappear.
As I've said there would be a lot of good things about a playoff, but I just don't think the BCS is as
completely indefensible as the overwhelming majority of others seem to think. That being said, I certainly don't blame people for being frustrated when BCS proponents trot out ridiculous arguments about injuries and academics.