12 team playoff

[G. Gordon Gator]

Eight years in and haven’t had a single 4-team playoff that didn’t feature a blowout, indicating team X had no business in the championship discussion. So we add even more teams that meet that description.

That's called, "playing the result." The fact that a team loses one game in a blowout doesn't mean they were totally outmatched and had no business being on the field with the other team.

When two teams have been playing at high levels without experiencing much adversity, sometimes it doesn't take much for one team to shatter the mental confidence of the other, resulting in a blowout despite the teams being evenly matched on talent.

After the 1996 season we beat FSU to win the Natty in a 52-20 blowout that wasn't even as close as the score indicated. It's hard to argue that FSU had no business being on the field with us, considering that they beat us just over a month earlier.

"Playing the result" is the same thing that people do when they argue that there's no need to expand the playoffs because there are never more than two truly "championship-caliber" teams in the first place. Yeah, that's the point!

The purpose of expanding beyond four teams is to break the cycle of only a handful of perennial top teams -- namely, Alabama, Clemson, tOSU and OU -- stockpiling the top talent and appearing in the CFP year in and year out.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

It will also render conference championships pretty meaningless

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

integration

 

[soflagator]

Desmond Howard thinks it's a good idea so that should be a clear sign that it is not.

Ironic though, because his Wolverines’ last title in ‘97 was in a year where they would’ve wanted nothing to do with about 4 other teams, including Neb, fsu, tenn, or even UF. And of course, in 2006 they went from being #2/1b to being a laughingstock. So I’ll give him some credit for his stance, considering it wouldn’t have benefited his alma mater at all, nor would it going forward.

 

[soflagator]

It will also render conference championships pretty meaningless

For the big brands that are thought to be among the best, it will basically render much, or even all, of November meaningless.

 

[jdh5484]

 

[gatormandan]

It's hard to argue that FSU had no business being on the field with us, considering that they beat us just over a month earlier.

Well, we were playing without 3 of our starting oline for that game and they returned for the championship game.

 

[abefroman]

Ironic though, because his Wolverines’ last title in ‘97 was in a year where they would’ve wanted nothing to do with about 4 other teams, including Neb, fsu, tenn, or even UF. And of course, in 2006 they went from being #2/1b to being a laughingstock. So I’ll give him some credit for his stance, considering it wouldn’t have benefited his alma mater at all, nor would it going forward.

That weasel is just looking for a way in after blowing conf wins vs POSU in the last 18 years. They’re 2-15 vs them since 04

 

[RiverRat]

Follow the money, colleges we’re leaving too much cash on the table.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

But it was a bad idea then as well. Now it’s just someone else’s bad idea.

I could see you sitting there sipping tea as the Hindenburg went down in flames, telling everyone who’d listen about how you’d had that idea years ago.

It's no longer "an idea." The decision has been made! It's (literally) all over but the crying.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

Such a shame swonky ain't around. The meltdown would have been fun to witness.

 

[RiverRat]

Ox is having so much fun with pick’em , I can see expansion in the works.

 

[MJMGator]

Why not just cut to end result and give every team a trophy.

 

[UFHealthGator]

It will also render conference championships pretty meaningless

Maybe not for the SEC championship, but other conference champions will be getting an automatic seat at the playoffs, regardless of their regular season record it sounds like. For a ****ty conference, that could make it really meaningful.

 

[I Have No Friends :(]

Oh joy. Yes, let's continue to erode the one thing that made college football different from the NFL, where every game in the regular season used to matter, until we turn college football into the same snoozefest that is the NFL until playoff time. Now instead of sitting out for a meaningless bowl game, we'll get to see star players sit out games in November to stay healthy for the playoffs. Wow. Such riveting action. Much excitement.

This doesn't even include sofla's point of how in most years the first round of the playoffs is nothing more than watching the 2 teams everyone knew were better beat the living piss out of the two pretenders who don't belong. How is adding 8 more worse teams going to change that? Whoopie.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

Why not just cut to end result and give every team a trophy.

Yeah, because that's what the 12-team playoff does. They all get trophies, except for the eleven who don't.

Suck it up, buttercup. The future has arrived and doesn't give a Fuchs if you don't like it.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

I guess if we had won on any of those three tries, we'd have dopes here telling us that trophy shouldn't count. "I ain't buying that hat...we didn't have no business being on the field with them guys we beat!"

 

[soflagator]

It's no longer "an idea." The decision has been made! It's (literally) all over but the crying.

It’s good to see you’re ok with this inclusive, “it isn’t fair”, mindset. Why hold teams accountable for their actions in October and November anyway, am I right? Make the top teams—who went undefeated in the same number of games—play their fair share so the schleprock program who isn’t very good gets an equal shot, even if they technically already did. And so what if team X sucked in September and chose to lose games. A one time forgiveness(oh who are we kidding, it’s about to be 30k, I mean 16 teams) is the human thing to do. I agree with this position and am not sure why people are so upset about some team having something nice done for them. As for how this will all work out, and what the cost will be, we’ll figure all that out.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

It’s good to see you’re ok with this inclusive, “it isn’t fair”, mindset. Why hold teams accountable for their actions in October and November anyway, am I right? Make the top teams—who went undefeated in the same number of games—play their fair share so the schleprock program who isn’t very good gets an equal shot, even if they technically already did. And so what if team X sucked in September and chose to lose games. A one time forgiveness(oh who are we kidding, it’s about to be 30k, I mean 16 teams) is the human thing to do. I agree with this position and am not sure why people are so upset about some team having something nice done for them. As for how this will all work out, and what the cost will be, we’ll figure all that out.

 

[soflagator]

Assuming your new all black outfit came in, they need you to fill in for Raven tonight at the rally. I’ll have someone drop off the plastic laundry basket so you have some defense.