OSU/Texas ending

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

Present me with a format that everybody can live with. Good luck.

Wow, that should be easy to do! I wonder if God has a little free time to work on it this year.

I still say, top 4. If you have top 4 or top 8 or top 16, there will ALWAYS be some teams and supporters saying they should be higher than 5 or 9 or 17. I contend that you can pick a top 4 that can be supported by most people who are reasonable.

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I contend that you can pick a top 4 that can be supported by most people who are reasonable.

We can't pick a top 2, a top 4 might only be 50% less contentious.

The problem is, most people aren't reasonable. Hell, Todd Blackledge during whatever the hell bowl game he was doing said you should take five bowl games (I forget which ones, the usual suspects) and then "take two of those five winners."

How the hell is that going to solve anything?

There's always going to be somebody who *****es, and usually quite loudly from a bully pulpit, even if they're full of crap.

The bottom line is this: ESPN has just made a major financial commitment to the current system. It's not going to be used as a preliminary to a "real" top two or top four or top eight situation because that devalues their investment and they're not going to throw more money on top of that IF the powers that be come up with a Plus-1 or whatever.

I chuckle when I some talking head says, "Man it would be great to have (insert team here) play the winner of Florida/Oklahoma." Yeah, but why? How many shots are you going to get?

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

I chuckle when I some talking head says, "Man it would be great to have (insert team here) play the winner of Florida/Oklahoma." Yeah, but why? How many shots are you going to get?

Exactly! And what about the year where there really are 2 undefeated team and one of them wins the game? Is it fair for them to have to play a game against a team that has already lost once just because we HAVE to have a +1. I definitely don't like that option. Either have a playoff (I prefer at least 8 teams) to determine a national champion or have a bowl system with no national champion.