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<blockquote data-quote="ktal" data-source="post: 1789575" data-attributes="member: 745969"><p>If the expanded format were really just un-screwing the bowl tie-ins to create genuinely competitive match-ups in <em>existing</em> bowls, and have them played in a coordinated timeline so they can call it a playoff, I would actually be on board with that. I have never liked allowing higher ranked teams to host games, however, and think all playoff games should be held in truly neutral sites. Not LSU in the Sugar Bowl version of 'neutral', for example. </p><p></p><p>I feel like a couple of times OSU made the title game, their star player went down in Q1, and they weren't nearly as competitive without him. That's why I don't think a CFP should add games to the schedule. The risk of injuries to players on the brink of going pro is real, so will the CFP provide insurance against lost future wages for anyone injured in the games? Because I would think some first rounders will sit out CFP games to avoid that risk and enter the draft healthy. That will give plenty of fans reason to argue why their team shoulda/woulda/coulda won if only XYZ had played. They'll never be happy, no matter the format.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ktal, post: 1789575, member: 745969"] If the expanded format were really just un-screwing the bowl tie-ins to create genuinely competitive match-ups in [I]existing[/I] bowls, and have them played in a coordinated timeline so they can call it a playoff, I would actually be on board with that. I have never liked allowing higher ranked teams to host games, however, and think all playoff games should be held in truly neutral sites. Not LSU in the Sugar Bowl version of 'neutral', for example. I feel like a couple of times OSU made the title game, their star player went down in Q1, and they weren't nearly as competitive without him. That's why I don't think a CFP should add games to the schedule. The risk of injuries to players on the brink of going pro is real, so will the CFP provide insurance against lost future wages for anyone injured in the games? Because I would think some first rounders will sit out CFP games to avoid that risk and enter the draft healthy. That will give plenty of fans reason to argue why their team shoulda/woulda/coulda won if only XYZ had played. They'll never be happy, no matter the format. [/QUOTE]
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