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That's why a single game playoff system sucks ass.
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Paelos
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Yeah I'm not really a huge fan of the NFL's playoffs, but you can't make them play a series of football games logistically. We've had some really shitty "champions" of the NFL as a result. Super Bowl champs like the Giants who barely squeak into the playoffs, and couldn't manage to beat a 5-11 Redskins team at all. Clearly they were the best in the world.  A team like the Ravens, who went 10-6, lost 4 of their last 5, and should have been busted out of the playoffs but for a bone-headed safety failure by Denver.  A 10-6 Packers team that backdoored the playoffs by winning their last two games. The last champion we had that performed well in the regular season was the Saints, and before that the Steelers. |
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You've just listed the reasons I am not interested in a playoff for college football.
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You've just listed the reasons I am not interested in a playoff for college football.
Slightly different. The reason a college football playoff makes sense in a limited form (8 teams as a max), is that you're pulling from a pool of 120. That's about 6.5% of the league if you take 8, and about 3% of the league if you take 4 teams. The chances of you getting an "undeserving" team in those small percentages are ridiculously small, unless you rig the thing to take conference champions regardless of overall record. In the NFL, 6 teams on each side make it, which is almost 38% of the league in the playoffs. The chances of pulling in a bad team that gets hot are about 6-10x more likely. Were you to take 6.5% of the NFL, you'd pull the AFC best record, the NFC best record, and immediately put them in the Super Bowl. |
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Maybe, but if you're only taking 4 teams it's a sham anyway.
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Maybe, but if you're only taking 4 teams it's a sham anyway.
I agree for the most part. In the last 5 years, very little would have changed by adding two more teams. The exceptions would have been this year (I don't think ND would beat Oregon in the semis), and 2008 (adding Texas to match up with Florida, and Alabama to match up with OU in the semi's would have been awesome to watch). |
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I could give a shit if the Memphis Grizzlies or the Jacksonville Jaguars or the Kansas City Royals ever win (or sniff) a title.
One of these teams is not like the others; the Royals have won a world championship in living memory, have a history that includes some really awesome players, and I think it would be cool to see them win again. Bring out George Brett and Hal McRae and Willie Wilson out to throw out some ceremonial first pitches. Just too bad Quiz is dead.  |
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True, but I didn't give a shit about them then, either.  |
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Spurs-Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. I'm expecting a Lakers win in this one.
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I really wish the Warriors had drawn the Clippers round 1. Oh well, playoffs at all is a novelty!
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The Hawks tanked the final two games on purpose to stay out of the Heat trap in round 2. The fact they actually thought they'd get past round 1 to worry about that is adorable.
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Better to play the Heat early. That way you can be having umbrella drinks somewhere fancy that much quicker.
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Spurs-Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. I'm expecting a Lakers win in this one.
No way, without Kobe that Lakers team is no better than the Magic team of the last few years. Dwight isn't going to carry the Lakers past the Spurs, he needs volume scorers around him. Boston/NK and Denver/GS are gonna be fun to watch, Pacers/Chicago not so much. |
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I think it's chalk all the way in the East TBH.
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Got to love the Bobcats. They have fired coach Mike Dunlap after one season. His most famous accomplishment to date probably has been getting hired for an NBA head coaching job after being an assistant with a mediocre Saint Johns team for 2 years (part of it as interim head coach). However, Dunlap took a very, very shitty Charlotte team from 7 wins last season to 21 wins this season. In summary, Michael Jordan is as bad of an NBA executive as he was good at being an NBA player. |
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Westbrook out with a torn meniscus, surgery soon. Might as well hand the trophy to Miami at this point.
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Up 3-1 yessssss
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Golden State is a fun team to watch. I think they'll struggle against the defensively minded Spurs, but it's tough to beat a team when they hit everything they throw up from behind the three point line.
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The Clips are in deep shit. |
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The Clips are in deep shit. If Griffin is not game ready by game 6, they are so screwed it won't be worth watching. |
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I... how... what...
Man, that motherfucker is just plumb crazy.
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Well, his name is Metta World Peace...
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"I don't have the balls to come out dressed as cookie monster and here is this guy coming out as gay" does make some kinda weird sense as a way to give props though.
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I clicked on the link absolutely certain that he was going to be a complete douche about it. His Cookie Monster analogy was kind of touching, in a crazy sort of way.
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I clicked on the link absolutely certain that he was going to be a complete douche about it. His Cookie Monster analogy was kind of touching, in a crazy sort of way.
That was my take on it as well. He was being as legit as he could be. |
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Chris Paul is a little douchebag. |
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That was a fucking amazing comeback by the Spurs last night. Golden State was unstoppable for much of the game. Also, I love the fact that Phil Jackson is the first name mentioned for any head coaching job. Yeah, he's going to take your shitty Nets job. |
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The Bulls are semi-scary.
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Why do you say that?
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They've won two games on the road in which they were heavily underdogged. They might have some sort of fire in that team.
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Joakim Noah is a really critical cog on all the teams he's been on. He brings a lot of emotion to the floor and is tough as nails. It does not surprise me to see a team that he plays on do well.
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Joakim Noah is a really critical cog on all the teams he's been on. He brings a lot of emotion to the floor and is tough as nails. It does not surprise me to see a team that he plays on do well.
Nate Robinson has been balling and extremely clutch in must win games. |
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Very true. He's important too, but he doesn't seem to affect teams like Noah. I'm really impressed with that guy from a team mate perspective.
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