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Originally Posted by valo403
Except that when you lose now the only way you get to a title game is by somebody else screwing up. The only way USC gets into the NC picture is through losses elsewhere, if that doesn't happen they aren't going to be there. Under the playoff that loss means nothing, any team ranked near the top of the preseason polls is pretty much granted one free loss. Like I said, I'm not making an effort to tune in for a Florida-LSU game when there are absolutely no consequences beyond playoff seeding.
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But as we have seen those other teams screwing up happens more often than not. We don't see a lot of undefeated teams playing each other or games where the two teams in the game are undisputed.
Considering that the games right now don't mean that much anyways not sure how a play-off changes that.
There aren't any consequences for the LSU-Florida game if Florida goes on to win the SEC Championship game. Florida with one loss would still go to the title game.
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As for the second argument, sure a #9 or #10 team has less to complain about, but that doesn't mean that the team in the #8 spot is more deserving. If anything making a split at that point is more difficult, there's a way better chance that the choice is made between a number of teams with identical records.
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It may be more difficult but since the choice basically means nothing as the team is going to get beat then I am not sure it is nearly as important as deciding who is #2 and having a real shot at the NC.