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Originally Posted by Weitz
All the conferences aren’t equal so winning the conference is only a part of it. It’s getting the 4 best teams into it.
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Well, there may be some truth to that, but the statement is also self-perpetuating by continually excluding a team from a certain conference because of such a belief.
Outside of money reasons, I really don’t see why FBS football can’t have the same kind of championship playoff like the basketball programs have.
There are, what, 11 conferences in FBS? Make it a 16 team playoff, with every conference champion getting a spot and pick 5 other teams and let them go at it. Or do an 8 team playoff, with every major conference champion (5, by my count) getting a spot and letting the “lesser” conference champions duke it out betwwwn themselves for a place in the remaining 3 spots.
Sure, Alabama might still win it all under such a playoff, but at least it would be a more honest way of figuring out if they are really as good as everyone thinks they are. And, besides, maybe Cincy or BYU is actually the best team?