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I bet Urban Meyer yells at his student athletes

That's the good thing about this playoff they weren't given anything they earned it.

I know TCU and Baylor might disagree, but that's the fault of their own conference for not having a Conference Championship game that most likely would have propelled one of those two teams into one of the top spots.

As for OSU, they earned every bit of the Championship they are now enjoying, and although I never would have picked them to win it all, and I will freely admit it cost me money, I can't take away a thing from their victory as it was no fluke, they didn't just get a luck bounce, They EARNED this championship and my hat is off to them.

Not the way I saw this one going, but a very deserving champion in OSU.  Proves the new playoff system is much better than the BCS. (BTW - the BCS formula would have had Florida State and Alabama in the final game).

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Not sure 8 is the only logical play.

 
I kinda like 4 for a few reasons:
1- will likely prevent 2-loss teams from getting in; top 8 won't; my opinion...2 loss team usually won't deserve it; but this is subjective; possible in current system for a 2-loss to make it, just not as likely
2- I don't like the idea that 'every power conference is guaranteed a spot'....if a conference is really down...I don't want their conference champ getting a spot 'just because'; this year, the big 12 got left out and will more than likely change something to be more competitive (like add a couple teams and a title game); this is good....we want that kind of competition
3- keeping it at four will encourage teams to schedule better non-conference match ups as that is the only wildcard each school can control; this will improve the regular season by bringing more marquee games
4- length of season /injuries / cost; Oregon and Ohio state each played 15 games this year - and 8 team playoff adds 1 more for the eventual finalists; while I like more football, IMO this is too many for the college game

In any case, the current system is set for the next 11 years...

Nor do I think they will.  

I agree about the 5 conferences so I would do an at large entry for all 8. No automatic bids.

Whats wrong with a team losing 2 games? What if those 2 loses were to #1 Alabama and say #2 Auburn? Lets look at the totality of their play and schedule not just arbitrarily rule them out for 2 losses.

Length of season is nonsense. A couple of teams will play ONE more game. BFD. And cost would be recouped from advancing.

8 teams would allow every team to play for the title that couldn't under the old rules. If BYU goes 13-0 and is ranked 5th, why shouldn't they be given a shot?

There would be no 9th ranked team that could make that case.

is to expand the field to 8 teams, and with bowl season lasting well over a month as it is now, I think it not only would be possible, but not terribly difficult to have a quarter final/semifinal/championship playoff that still ends in Early January, with the added benefit that the teams stay fresh, and don't have to overcome being idle for a month between games.

That said. This year was a definite success, and while TCU and Baylor supporters won't agree with me. I think they got it right for once.

and for those of you who will argue that if 8 is so good, why not 16? Let me point out that the major conferences, with the exception of the big 12 already narrow down the field with their own conference championship games that are really the first round of playoffs for perennial contenders like our four playoff picks this year, everyone one of them had to win a conference championship game to reach the playoffs.

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An 8 team playoff makes sense, but there are factors that will not allow this to happen until changes are made within the NCAA.  There are a limited number of hours a student athlete is allowed to be coached by university personnel.  I know it changed when I was in college because my Junior year we started our official practices 3 weeks later, but still worked out without coaches (although we always had a workout schedule that the coaches had prepared, they just could not physically be there for the workouts).  I believe they made an exception for the plus one scenario that we have now, and it was not easy.  There is also the alumni factor.  Officials were worried that it would be difficult to get alumni to attend another game, let alone two more (made more difficult with travel).  

All that being said, the NCAA is the most corrupt organization in America and the money is they, they will make the changes.  I do hope that it gets to an 8 team playoff one day

there will always be some deserving team(s) left off. An 8-team field this year would have had 2 2-loss teams (Ole Miss and Michigan State). In 2015, you might have a mix of undefeateds and 1-loss teams. I don't think the playoff system is a finished product, and we'll have some tinkering every year.

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let them win it on the field instead of in the boardroom!!!

Although I am a huge fan of "that team up North" as Woody Hayes used to say, and rarely, if ever, say anything positive about the Buckeyes, Urban and his troops earned this championship (on the field, and not based on a computer program).  Won the Big 10 Championship, a national semi-final game, and of course the National Championship game, with a third-string QB-an unprecedented accomplishment.  

Unfortunately for us Wolverine fans, the Columbus cupboard is still quite full, and they should be poised for more championships in the years to come...CRAP!