Debate: 4-team college football playoff

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Is a 4-team college football playoff a good idea?

Background of debate

The main idea with this kind of a playoff is to focus on the very best teams in the nation, giving them all a fair shot at the national championship, instead of simply a two-team BCS national championship, which is determined by computer models and coach rankings, but sometimes leaves out undefeated teams or other teams that have a good argument to make that they belong in the national championship.

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Champs: Is 4-team playoff a good way to determine champs?

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Pro

• 4-team playoff is good way to determine champs Jim Walker. "Bowl money stopping playoffs in college football." The Ironton Tribune. January 12, 2010: "It could be possible to at least take the top four teams and play a mini-playoff. That would help solve the unfair match-up of Boise State and TCU. Instead of those two teams getting a chance at the BCS big boys, they were pitted against each other."

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• 4-team playoff inevitabaly leads to bigger playoffs Playoff Smayoff, we don't need it." ESPN. April 30, 2008: "The idea of a 'Plus One' playoff was voted down by the conference commissioners (plus Notre Dame’s athletic director) in their Hollywood, Fla. meeting. [...] I’m OK with that, although I have never been totally against a 'Plus One' format. [...] Trouble is, once we get 'Plus One' format the college football brain trusts won’t stop until they’ve got 16, then z32, then 64."

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• Debate: College football playoffs

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