Comments on: The Anticlimax of Bowl Season http://manzine.org/2009/12/24/the-anticlimax-of-bowl-season/ Lifestyle magazine for men by men. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:14:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Trumwill http://manzine.org/2009/12/24/the-anticlimax-of-bowl-season/#comment-449 Trumwill Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:31:47 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=1750#comment-449 The problem is that a playoff would undercut a lot of what you say in the second paragraph. One critical loss? No problem! Two losses? With a 16-team playoff*, no problem! Three losses? Well, all is not necessarily lost... It's the lack of a playoff system that makes every game in the regular season so important. * - It's extraordinarily unlikely that we would end up with less than 16 teams in the playoffs except maybe in the first couple seasons. It's the only way to satisfy big-conference and small-conference fans. 16 teams is what FCS has. Notably, a 9-3 regular-season team that did not win its conference or conference division nonetheless was crowned champion. The problem is that a playoff would undercut a lot of what you say in the second paragraph. One critical loss? No problem! Two losses? With a 16-team playoff*, no problem! Three losses? Well, all is not necessarily lost…

It’s the lack of a playoff system that makes every game in the regular season so important.

* – It’s extraordinarily unlikely that we would end up with less than 16 teams in the playoffs except maybe in the first couple seasons. It’s the only way to satisfy big-conference and small-conference fans. 16 teams is what FCS has. Notably, a 9-3 regular-season team that did not win its conference or conference division nonetheless was crowned champion.

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