Marty Lyons was on Mike & Mike this morning saying it should be like 1AA, the top 16 teams.
I agree with him.
Yeah, because clearly a 10-2 BYU, 9-3 LSU and 8-3 Oregon State deserve a shot at 12-0 Texas, Alabama and Florida.
Seriously???
Why not? LSU gave us and Florida all we could handle...
Because the game was already played and they lost!
I am not going to debate this again this week. We need to stick together. But my theory is that a loss to a team proves nothing other than you can be beaten by that team on a given day...
Then a playoff proves nothing either...
Here's the thing that people here keep missing for some reason. A playoff would never be completely fair, in fact even on this supposedly pro-Alabama forum I've seen people advocate for only conference champs to play in a playoff. That means you hypothetically have a 8 or 16 team playoff in which the SEC only sends a single team. That's a complete joke but you'd better believe the WAC or Mountain West would fight for that (or in the least guaranteed inclusion no matter what).
Secondly, the SEC and BCS are already a playoff of sorts. Some people here get that, but what some don't get is that the powers that be will not recognize the SEC championship game because most conferences do not have one. If there is a playoff, the SEC will be handicapped because either the game is completely redundant,
or the SEC has a extra elimination game.
The only way the SEC fits in with a bigger playoff is to disolve the SEC championship game and declare the West and East as seperate champs basically, pushing both into a playoff. I don't see how that betters the SEC but at least it wouldn't put the SEC at a disadvantage. Why though? Why toss out a system that works and makes money for the SEC, puts them in the championship game, etc... Some people here are (rightly so) arguing against a TCU or Boise State getting the chance to play for a championship at all. However, some of those same people support a playoff. A playoff insures they have a shot, that's all it does. It means a proven and tested team like Alabama has to take a few more teams best shots before they can be champion. I don't care how good you are, the longer you play the more likely a fluke play, call or injury leads to a loss.
Saying a team like TCU doesn't deserves to get there, so let's insure they are in a playoff is a absurd sort of logic.
I'm still dumbfounded by some people here that think a 14-0 Florida, Texas or Alabama just wouldn't be enough... are you people really Alabama fans?
SAny time you have two undefeated teams going into the SECCG, there is little doubt that these two teams are the top two teams in the nation.
So why on earth would you put any additional hurdles in their way? I agree, as far as I'm concerned the SECCG IS the championship game, but there's still a bowl game to play. Why make it two (or even more than that) instead of one extra game? It's like saying a guy who wins a marathon shouldn't have to run a sprint after wards because he clearly won. Instead, he should run two sprints after wards... Yeah ok, it's a tiny bit unfair so let's make it more unfair! That's the fix!