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Oct 14, 2020
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I think an 8 or 10 team playoff is perfect
I think it's hard to differentiate the 4th best team from the 10th best team but after that it gets pretty watered down.
I would like to see a 10 team play off where 4 teams have a playin game to get into the last 2 spots.
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CFB Food for Thought. Joel Klatt on the Herd opined that the 4 team CFB playoff
Forzaitalia
10/14/20 12:47pm
Need 16, but would settle for 8 now
Zak
10/14/20 12:49pm
That doesn’t make sense. Teams that don’t make the playoff still play in a bowl
pink22
10/14/20 12:52pm
You don't think a championship is better than a bowl win? It may be contrived by
BlueTooth
10/14/20 12:56pm
But that didn’t all of the sudden change because they tweaked the system.
pink22
10/14/20 1:06pm
Those few teams are garnering even a larger share of top tier talent
fulano
10/14/20 1:00pm
But they more than likely would have anyway.
pink22
10/14/20 1:07pm
Yes. That is Klatt's argument--a self-perpetuating cycle for the elite.
Forzaitalia
10/14/20 1:58pm
That’s been college football for years and years.
pink22
10/14/20 2:05pm
His theory is that we all know what matters most and gets the lion's share of
Forzaitalia
10/14/20 1:57pm
Going to a 4 team playoff was dumb. It should be easy to see that an 8 team
Duke Silver
10/14/20 12:54pm
Except the auto-bids ensure you get crappy teams in there. The PAC-12 in most
Dangerous
10/14/20 12:57pm
That gives the higher seeds a real benefit for finishing high in the rankings
Doogal McCougar
10/14/20 1:20pm
I don’t care about always getting the best teams in the playoff. I care more
Duke Silver
10/14/20 1:30pm
I think an 8 or 10 team playoff is perfect
newbie
10/14/20 12:58pm
I agree with the sentiment, but using ND as an example is dumb. ND has been more
Byron McNertney
10/14/20 1:07pm
I think Klatt's the rich get richer argument applies to ND but it is more true
Forzaitalia
10/14/20 2:16pm
Needs 16 so auto-qualify each champion of each FBS league, seed it out,
BlackBart
10/14/20 1:42pm
I'd do 14. 10 autobids + 4 at large.
Doogal McCougar
10/14/20 2:02pm
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