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Old January 10th, 2009, 09:41 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Re: Coaches poll next to split from BCS??
I too agree that the NCAA Basketball Tournament is the greatest playoff of them all, and that's why I referenced it. Even in the greatest playoff, the selection process is influenced by some form of popularity or politics (e.g. reference the year when a Top 25 team was omitted from the field of 64/65). Of course, regardless of these flaws and controversies, this playoff is the greatest because of the number of teams involved. With 64/65 teams selected, there is virtually no doubt that the best team in the land is somewhere in the field. With football, that level of certainty is not achieveable in my opinion. As only one example, consider what seems to be the two most popular playoff formats: a 4-team playoff and an 8-team playoff. With either of these two formats, we can't even support having all FBS conference champions having a seat at the table, not to mention the absence of at-large selections as a result.
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