tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post495405673679463771..comments2024-01-24T13:11:53.844-05:00Comments on The National Championship Issue: The Arguments For & Against a DI-A College Football PlayoffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-80817524961471750732011-12-14T10:35:03.343-05:002011-12-14T10:35:03.343-05:00I am completely agree with all your post and of co...I am completely agree with all your post and of course with Michael because the playoff is a very good idea for this seasonxlpharmacyhttp://www.xlpharmacy-reviews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-35591764483563090622010-02-20T16:19:49.739-05:002010-02-20T16:19:49.739-05:00The best way to discover who the best champion is ...The best way to discover who the best champion is to do as long soccer tournament in EDspaña.Un the first is the champion.<br />The Playof also has what at stake because of his different things because every match is a final and winning all the finals is the champion.juliohttp://www.debatepopular.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-74481055626955101092009-10-12T23:09:10.687-04:002009-10-12T23:09:10.687-04:00I like the idea of a playoff, but the the term &qu...I like the idea of a playoff, but the the term "best" in the case of a playoff will mean, best at that point in the season. Depending on how big a field you start with, and how teams have to qualify, you could have a<br />2 or 3 loss team run the table in the playoffs and win it all. It will give the term National Champion a different flavor. This probably would never happen in a system using 4 or even 8 teams qualifying based on polls,---but then you have the worst of both systems.<br /><br />Mikemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980160673339512758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-31255159906476320742009-07-20T18:42:30.778-04:002009-07-20T18:42:30.778-04:00Dude, pretty well written and thought out argument...Dude, pretty well written and thought out argument. But I do disagree. A playoff is the only answer to college football. Every other division does it, which means POOF! there goes any argument that says a playoff isn't feasible. It is feasible, as everyone else in college football does it.<br /><br />Now about fairness and logistics and rankings and objectivity and subjectivity? I think we should have a good healthy debate about it. i tried with College Football Resource, but they never respond to anything. However, if you would like, I will post a rebuttal to your arguments against a playoff on my <a href="http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com" rel="nofollow">college football blog</a> and then we can have a back and forth of sorts. Sound good to you? Check my blog out by the end of the week I will have psoted my rebuttal and we can address each other's points. Looking forward to it!<br /><br />Sloppy Joe<br />Admin<br />http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.comDan Deceusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431567400314065840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-10922432642678082552009-06-25T08:16:17.802-04:002009-06-25T08:16:17.802-04:00Ahhh... but that's the thing - the rankings ar...Ahhh... but that's the thing - the rankings are all about subjectivity, so you can't leave that aside. We can't be ridiculous about it and claim that Duke is the national champions just because we said so, but when you're looking at the top few teams in any given year, all of them can realistically claim to be "the best". Can they prove it? No, that's why it's subjective. <br /><br />Think about it this way instead: there's always going to be someone at the top of the rankings who the voters feel is "best". The fact that two different rankings might have two different teams at the top doesn't change the fact that whoever is #1 is "best". It's a matter of being accepting of the label "best" or "champion" as something that can be bestowed upon more than one team. Some years the rankings produce a "best" champion, and some years the rankings produce the "best" champions. Most anti-playoff fans are fine with this and accept it, while most pro-playoff fans don't accept it and see the "best" as only one team.<br /><br />It's rather difficult to talk in black & white terms about it though, since you can't really say that objectivity and subjectivity are pure opposites. Same with "clear-cut" and "best" - they're not really opposite, so it's hard to set them up as such (as I struggled with during the writing of this section). But maybe the common ground between them is where we can start creating a system that's acceptable to everyone...<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words.Ed Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618165280932470376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-42616076530474201382009-06-24T12:54:14.005-04:002009-06-24T12:54:14.005-04:00Nice site, really loving it. Gonna have to take is...Nice site, really loving it. Gonna have to take issue with the last statement on this page, though:<br /><br />"We know that a playoff produces a clear-cut champion 100% of the time, and that rankings produce the best champion 100% of the time – but can each system produce the other?"<br /><br />I agree that a playoff will produce the clear-cut champ 100% of the time, but not that rankings produce a "best" champ 100% of the time. Subjectivity aside, look at 2003, LSU-USC. USC ranked #1 AP going into the bowl season, ranked #1 AP going out of the bowl season. Split championship = not best "champion," rather two champions. Rankings always have the potential for split champs, playoffs don't.matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01927715736213529991noreply@blogger.com