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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4116459, member: 5685"] There is a huge difference in FBS talent disparity. The Top 4-5 teams have OL and DL play that cannot be matched by teams 6-10, let alone teams 11-16. That is the difference in the sport. Look at Cincy and how badly they were overmatched. You will never have a 16 seed go on the road and win at a 1 seed. If on neutral field maybe an 8/9 team could occasionally beat a 1 seed but it would be like a 2 seed in BBall losing to a 15. It won't happen very often, and wouldn't happen if the 1 seed is at home. Heck the 4/5 won't be a good game the majority of the time vs the 1 seed. Even if you look at the FCS, the games generally are not close. Most Quarterfinals are blowouts. It is nice to add the intersectional matchups but then you need a shorter regular season which is bad for everyone. And goodbye Bowl games. Also in a way the CCGs are a like a playoff. Looking at the FCS, this season is the only one in the last 5 season where it wasn't 1 vs 2/3 in the CG. So there hasn't been much variety. In the last dozen years the 1 seed has made it 2/3 of the time. The 4/5 seed has made it 1/4 of the time. This is the 1st season the 1/4/5 did not make the CG in the last dozen. The 2/3 seed has made it 3/4 of the time. The only time outside the 6/7 seed was the Cinderella run by Youngstown State in 2016. So 20 of the 24 CG slots in the last dozen years have gone to 1-5 seeds. Only once by a seed over 8. Is it worth that when in return we get a bunch of blowout playoff games? Also you need to consider WHO is in the playoffs. The FBS will be mainly SEC and B1G teams. There aren't 13 conferences in FBS like there are in FCS. So a 16 team playoff in FBS will easily be 1/2 SEC and B1G teams, and more often 2/3 of the field. That will make the regular season Champ meaningless in those conferences. [/QUOTE]

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