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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Certainly they appear the two best teams -- but that's the system that the conference championship game should produce.
Why did Georgia need to play LSU last week? Boise State ran circles around them.
The National Title game should be determined by an 8-team tournament where each conference is represented by a single champion.
SEC, ACC, Pac 10, Big 10, Big 12. Big East are the six automatic confrences whose champion always gets represented.
The other two playoff slots go to the two highest ranked Champions among: Conference USA, Mountain West (TCU), WAC (Boise State), MAC (they have a good team once every 5 years) or an Independant such as Notre Dame.
The regular season would be more important -- the confrence championship games would all be more important -- and the playoff would be interesting.
Seed the highest against the lowest. 1 hosts 8. 2 hosts 7. 3 hosts 6. 4 hosts 5. Championship game played at select venue.
Pretty. Fucl<ing. Simple.
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ga played because they won the sec east. the sec is divided into two divisions, much like other conferences. it doesn't always produce the two best teams in the conference in the championship game, much like other conferences...witness oregon vs ucla the other day for example.
the system you advocate above would preclude alabama from playing. how would that be 'fair'? some conferences produce teams who don't stack up vs other conferences ( southern miss anyone? big east winner?), which would mean some champs who don't belong in the finals would be in automatically while deserving teams ( such as alabama, who wouldn't be in the finals as you suggest them) would be left out.
currently, the system brings in the top teams in the bowls, conference championships notwithstanding.
the current system isn't perfect; but neither is what you just suggested. every game currently does count, which is why okla state is on the outside looking in.