Should you have to win your conference to play for a Natty?

[GT65_UGA89]

UGA vs Ohio St
Michigan vs Bama

If you want to throw records out and base the CFP on who is considered the strongest programs than this is your playoff. But TCU is 12-1 and lost the Big XII championship in OT vs a team they defeated during the regular season. They have to be in the mix of just forget the regular season and put the above 4 teams in the playoff automatically (and in going to 12 teams they will be in every year).

 

[KrazieJacket]

Would be so hilarious if it was ugag vs Bama and Michigan vs Ohio State.

 

[77GTFan]

The assumption that TCU goes 8-4 playing Alabama’s schedule is simply a biased opinion. Did Alabama look dominant playing Texas? Who in the SEC West would be a sure loss for TCU? College football media does a great job convincing us the SEC is always better than other conferences.

 

[1990wspjacket]

Not any more and especially w new playoff format

 

[GT7378]

The assumption that TCU goes 8-4 playing Alabama’s schedule is simply a biased opinion. Did Alabama look dominant playing Texas? Who in the SEC West would be a sure loss for TCU? College football media does a great job convincing us the SEC is always better than other conferences.

Exactly, TCU won on Texas' home field, as did Bama. TCU looked better doing it.. No way TCU goes 8-4 with Bama's schedule - your last sentence says it all.

 

[stinger78]

IMPO, yes. This is a playoff, not a tournament.

 

[ClydeBrick]

IMPO, yes. This is a playoff, not a tournament.

While I agree with your sentiment about who should play, however we have a playoff of what? Teams that are invited by the folks organizing the games with literally no set requirements.

AKA, a invitational tournament.

 

[GTCrew4b]

The assumption that TCU goes 8-4 playing Alabama’s schedule is simply a biased opinion. Did Alabama look dominant playing Texas? Who in the SEC West would be a sure loss for TCU? College football media does a great job convincing us the SEC is always better than other conferences.

It didn’t help that Oregon was turned into mincemeat by UGA. Or that eventual champion Utah lost to middling Florida, or eventual champion Clemson getting rocked by USC, or Pitt losing to Tennessee. In other words it’s not just the media this year. The SEC got it done OOC.

 

[rghoae]

Depends on what we are looking for in a champion. The committee is trying to select for "the best team", in which case the conference game is just one more data point on the overall resume.

"Most deserving" would probably involve winning the subordinate championships as well - division, conference.

Right now we have to look at the season through the conference championships as an audition period for the playoff. Playoff season is more or less a separate football season, the stuff that happened before it doesn't count.

We should definitely revive the tradition of the MNC and award it before bowls are played. I think that would be fun.

No single knockout playoff system can lead to the “best team”. So the college championship game does not crown the best team.

It’s about coming up with a reasonable system. And one of the more reasonable systems is to allow conferences to decide themselves which team is the best team within their conference and then picking 4 teams out of those teams chosen by the conferences themselves.

 

[stinger78]

While I agree with your sentiment about who should play, however we have a playoff of what? Teams that are invited by the folks organizing the games with literally no set requirements.

AKA, a invitational tournament.

If it's going to be formatted like a weekend invitational basketball tournament, then don't pretend it's for a national championship. If it's for a natty then include the season they are potentially being named a champion of.

Did you guys enjoy ATL winning the World Series in 2021? That team had only 88 wins, was considered a weak division champ, and got into the playoff on that basis. They won it all.