We're going to blow up the system the first year. Just think about how it plays out by Dec. 6, especially if Bama beats MSU in a slobber-knocker and beats Auburn. What will the rankings be?
Probably…
1. FSU
2. Bama
3. MSU
4. Oregon
5. Big 12 1-loss
6. Big 10 1-loss
2. Bama
3. MSU
4. Oregon
5. Big 12 1-loss
6. Big 10 1-loss
You wake up that day and it's pretty clear. Then what if 10-2 Georgia beats Bama in the Dome? What happens? Do they take the SEC champion? We've got #2 and #3 in the land and we just beat #2? You can't take Bama. They just lost, have the same record as us and we beat them head to head. Do you take MSU, who has only one loss but didn't win it's conference title? Do you take FSU, Oregon, TCU and Mich. St. and leave the SEC out and watch the entire Southeast NOT WATCH the playoff?
Just win.
Whether we get in (and a 1-loss Big 10 champ doesn't), they take an MSU team that didn't win their division or don't take and SEC team…it's going to blow up the system. I've said all along that if we're going to do this, let's do it right. 6 teams. 5 conference champions and 1 at-large. Ohio St. vs Mich. St. would be bananas this week because it really is for all the marbles. Arizona St. vs. Notre Dame would be ginormous.
I like 4 because I like really elite teams being in it, but if we win the SEC at 11-2, do you really think in this league that we don't deserve to go? Do you know how much better Arkansas is than the bottom feeder teams in other leagues. UK is the 12th worst team in our league, just above Vandy and Arky, and we've got a war on our hands Saturday.
Better yet, what if Miss St is undefeated and the Dawgs beat them in the dome? How do they keep UGA out after beating 2 top 5 teams the last month of the season. Does the committee look at the entire season or select who's playing the best at the end of the year?
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