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re: Not gonna lie, this 12 team playoff for cfb is going to be sexy.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:05 pm to southernboisb
Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:05 pm to southernboisb
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Better than the "brilliance" we had before: 4 slots amongst 5 conferences (with the possibility of 1 conference claiming multiple slots).
why does it matter how many conferences there were? Here are the instances the first 9 years of the playoffs (prior to last year's complete about face) of what conferences were left out:
ere are those cases:
2014: Big 12 where Baylor and TCU were co-champions with 11-1 records. No title game.
2015: Pac 12 champ Stanford. 11-2 with losses to Northwestern and Oregon
2016: Big 12 champ Oklahoma. 10-2 with losses to Houston and Ohio State. No title game.
2017: Big 10 champ Ohio State. 11-2 with losses to Oklahoma and Iowa. Also the Pac12 champ USC. 11-2 with losses to Washington State and Notre Dame
2018: Big 10 champ Ohio State. 12-1 with loss to Purdue. Also Pac12 champ Washington. 10-3 with losses to Auburn, Oregon, and Cal.
2019: Pac 12 champ Oregon. 11-2 with losses to Auburn and Ariz. State.
2020: Big 12 champ Oklahoma. 8-2 with losses to Kansas state and Iowa state. Also the Pac 12 champ Oregon finishing at 25th in the rankings. 4-2 with losses to Oregon state and cal.
2021: Big 12 Champ Baylor. 11-2 with losses to Ok.St. and TCU. Also Pac 12 Champ Utah, 10-3 with losses to BYU, San Diego st, and Oregon State. Also ACC champ Pittsburgh, 11-2 with losses to Western Michigan and Miami.
2022: ACC Champ Clemson. 10-2 with losses to ND and South Carolina. Pac 12 Champ Utah, 10-3 with losses to Florida, UCLA, and Oregon. Big 12 Champ Kansas State, 10-3 with losses to Tulane, TCU, and Texas.
There was only one year (2014) where you could argue things were kinda shitty with only having 4 spots but all the rest of the years it worked out fine.
I think ti's equally as silly to go so gung ho the other way and let in 3 times as many teams.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 7:38 pm to WG_Dawg
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why does it matter how many conferences there were?
Simple:
Everybody screamed "it should be decided on the field".
So, when teams AREN'T even given the chance to compete, that request is never truly answered.
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