75% of the previous playoff games were blow outs too. There needs to be a clear path for all FBS teams to win a championship at the beginning of every season.
No they didn’t
The easiest and most non controversial path is for it to basically be conference champions. Doing it that way would also make conference championship games defacto playoff games which would make them even more important.
It's not just about the blowouts, obviously there is no system that can guarantee their aren't blowouts but does anyone really think IU or SMU were one of the 12 best teams? No they don't, and neither were conference champions either. Why are we inviting non championship teams to a playoff we all basically know they have no chance in winning? College football isn't a sport built on parity and their is no reason to pretend it is.
Let’s just cancel the season and crown the Champion based on point spreads then
There is nothing exclusionary about it. IU SMU etc have every chance to win their conference and/or schedule tough ooc games as anyone else. The only reason people argue they should be in is because they think its a good storyline, but at the end or the day neither had enough quality wins to really prove they were one of the 12 best teams. IU played 2 ranked teams all year, and got blown out by both. Their ooc schedule was FIU, western Illinois, and charlotte. SMU had the 64th toughest schedule and their best win was probably louisville, which is a decent win, but probably not good enough to earn a playoff spot. And again, I'm not saying it should only be big 10 or sec teams, but I do think it should be teams that at least have some quality wins.
