Post-game discussion in the new 12 team playoff system is now "did they deserve it?" and "blowouts aren't fun" as though UGA didn't just beat TCU two years ago 65-7 for the title or USC didn't pound Oklahoma 55-14 in the BCS system. People fought long and hard to move away from the "unfair" BCA/BCS system towards the playoffs (remember the micro-battles along the way like which polls should/shouldn't be included) and now have battled to expand from a 4 team playoff into a 12 team playoff and yet here we sit, a different year but the same boring, hackneyed arguments. Autobids, SOS discussions, "quality" wins and losses, a constant shuffling of what matters and what suddenly doesn't when it comes to figuring out who reigns supreme.
Reminds me of, well, this board!
"Six divisions is too much"
"Four divisions is too little"
"Eight teams per region is too many"
"Byes are unfair"
"Crossbracketing is the only fair thing"
"Crossbracketing is unfair"
The similarities are striking to me. A ceaseless amount of hemming and hawing from fans to move away from one system with flaws and towards another that also has flaws, a Sisyphean task with no end.
Me? Football is football. More is good, less is worse, it's OK if the first round of the playoffs are mostly blowouts, home field is an illusion at this level, you can only play who is put before you, and the cream always rises.
Reminds me of, well, this board!
"Six divisions is too much"
"Four divisions is too little"
"Eight teams per region is too many"
"Byes are unfair"
"Crossbracketing is the only fair thing"
"Crossbracketing is unfair"
The similarities are striking to me. A ceaseless amount of hemming and hawing from fans to move away from one system with flaws and towards another that also has flaws, a Sisyphean task with no end.
Me? Football is football. More is good, less is worse, it's OK if the first round of the playoffs are mostly blowouts, home field is an illusion at this level, you can only play who is put before you, and the cream always rises.
