The NFL is very close in talent at the top....so close they have to play it off to see who comes out on top. Not so much that way in the NCAA.
So I guess that applies to all of the other divisions of football, college basketball, college baseball, college soccer? They all have playoffs? :?
Kp....I'll stand on my 4 team - plus one as what I would like to see.....a format that keeps everything else that is relevant today in college football just as relevant while eliminating some ( not all ) of the controversy that we have today. Until then we live with what we have and it is still the most exciting sport out there as far I am concerned.
You can't compare the NFL to NCAA football. The NFL is set up so every team finishes 8-8. If you win the SB you are rewarded with the last pick in th draft and the toughest schedule the following year. The only deviation to that is if you acquire draft picks via trades. Plus in the NFL a win by 1 point is as good as a win by 100
I'm not sure that the NFL still uses a schedule that is weighted depending on a teams prior season record. It is amazing how close teams are after 16 games. Here's a good example. In the opening game of the season the Lions appeared to have scored the winning TD when Calvin Johnson came down with the ball in the endzone. However after a replay they applied a rule dealing with completing the catch that was pretty controversial. If the call goes the other way, the Lions win. The Bears, who ended up with a bye and the no. 2 seed in the playoffs would not have even made it to the playoffs (the Packers would have won the division and the Giants would have gone instead of Chicago.)
Good points George.....the NFL teams are very close in talent and coaching. Gipper....a bad call ( offensive interference on a late TD) gave Detroit a win over Tampa Bay which propelled Green Bay into the playoffs and kept the Bucs out instead of the Packers. It's that close in the NFL.
NFL Schedules are still a formula. You play your division foes 2x, and then you play one other Division in your conference and one Division in the other conference. This year Texans played home/home with their division = 6 games Played AFC West = 4 games Played NFC East = 4 games The other 2 games were Jets (AFC East) and Ravens (AFC North) ...not exactly sure how those 2 games figure into the formula though.