(10-30-2019 08:35 AM)kevinwmsn Wrote:  Having to win their division is not a requirement.

Well, win, and you get a thirteenth game. That thirteenth game, not having one, that is, was held against Baylor and TCU. Or, how Wisconsin a few years back was rated #4 by the committee ahead of championship weekend, plays that extra game, loses, and loses their spot in the playoff. Punished for losing a bonus game against another good team, to see their spot go to a non-conference/divisional champ with only twelve games.

Mind you, I don't disagree that good teams have been represented in the playoff so far. It's the lack of consistency and transparency; the lack of logic is what kills it for people. And it's to a point where the game seems so fixed for certain programs and in certain conferences that it's hard to indulge the water-cooler talk. It's like we're almost at professional wrestling-level athletic integrity.