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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Maybe the playoff system isn't perfect, but at least New Orleans had a shot and they blew it. TCU never got one. All they did was win.
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...against the 80 best schedule in the country.
Either way, it's not about the Saints blowing their shot - it's about devaluing the regular season by letting in teams like the Seahawks who don't deserve a chance at the championship.
A plus-one or 4-team playoff would likely work fine in NCAA football, but the big issue is it snowballing into something bigger. A 4-team playoff would've left out Wisconsin or Stanford which would've been a big issue, but an 8-team playoff would've let in teams like Arkansas and Oklahoma who didn't do anything to deserve a shot at the title.