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Scott & Wes Frog Fan Forum
Playoff Expansion seems inevitable, my money was not on 12 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="satis1103" data-source="post: 3018297" data-attributes="member: 3630"><p>Nothing really changes for TCU?</p><p></p><p>It's simple. Envision any future season where TCU wins the B12, with one loss. It's happened before, and barring a massive program implosion, it will happen again. And lets make the very reasonable assumption that at least some recruits we compete for are interested in the exposure and excitement of potentially being in the NCAA playoffs.</p><p></p><p>In a 4 team current scenario, our conference opponents, specifically OU and UT, can point to us when talking to recruits and say "TCU has to be undefeated to make the playoffs, even if they win the B12". They will reference 2014 and we will not really have much of an argument against that. After all, no guarantees the P12 or ACC champ won't also have one/fewer losses and be better ranked, any given year. They will have actual evidence on the other hand that a blue blood like OU will make the playoffs at 12-1, maybe even be in the running with 2 losses.</p><p></p><p>In the proposed scenario, a 12-1 TCU, B12 champ (or 12-1 B12 runner up for that matter) makes the playoffs, end of sentence, full stop. The recruiting message goes away, and even better - us fans don't have to sweat selection Sunday in such a scenario. Maybe I'm missing something, but that's blatantly obvious improvement to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satis1103, post: 3018297, member: 3630"] Nothing really changes for TCU? It's simple. Envision any future season where TCU wins the B12, with one loss. It's happened before, and barring a massive program implosion, it will happen again. And lets make the very reasonable assumption that at least some recruits we compete for are interested in the exposure and excitement of potentially being in the NCAA playoffs. In a 4 team current scenario, our conference opponents, specifically OU and UT, can point to us when talking to recruits and say "TCU has to be undefeated to make the playoffs, even if they win the B12". They will reference 2014 and we will not really have much of an argument against that. After all, no guarantees the P12 or ACC champ won't also have one/fewer losses and be better ranked, any given year. They will have actual evidence on the other hand that a blue blood like OU will make the playoffs at 12-1, maybe even be in the running with 2 losses. In the proposed scenario, a 12-1 TCU, B12 champ (or 12-1 B12 runner up for that matter) makes the playoffs, end of sentence, full stop. The recruiting message goes away, and even better - us fans don't have to sweat selection Sunday in such a scenario. Maybe I'm missing something, but that's blatantly obvious improvement to me. [/QUOTE]
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