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<blockquote data-quote="skygusty_rivals" data-source="post: 129459342" data-attributes="member: 1500287"><p>I'll give you the disadvantage, but this year proves it can be overcome.&nbsp; Expansion only levels the number of &quot;data points&quot;.&nbsp; The league will be bigger but improved?&nbsp; Questionable.&nbsp; Perception is still a problem in the selection process.&nbsp; Oklahoma got in with one loss, but to a really bad Texas team.&nbsp; Would TCU or Baylor have made it in with 1 loss to Texas? I doubt it.&nbsp; This problem will still remain even if there are 5 conference champions with identical records.&nbsp; In a field that included Ohio State, TCU, Alabama, Florida State and Stanford with undefeated seasons who do you think gets left out?&nbsp; There are still only 4 slots for 5 major conferences.&nbsp; I really hate giving up the round robin and a really nice home and home basketball arrangement so that we can bring in teams like Cincinnati or Memphis or UCONN or BYU.&nbsp; I hope that committee thinks long and hard before they expand.&nbsp; I wish more people would agitate for an 8 team playoff rather than lobby to force the Big12 to take teams it really doesn't want.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="skygusty_rivals, post: 129459342, member: 1500287"] I'll give you the disadvantage, but this year proves it can be overcome. Expansion only levels the number of "data points". The league will be bigger but improved? Questionable. Perception is still a problem in the selection process. Oklahoma got in with one loss, but to a really bad Texas team. Would TCU or Baylor have made it in with 1 loss to Texas? I doubt it. This problem will still remain even if there are 5 conference champions with identical records. In a field that included Ohio State, TCU, Alabama, Florida State and Stanford with undefeated seasons who do you think gets left out? There are still only 4 slots for 5 major conferences. I really hate giving up the round robin and a really nice home and home basketball arrangement so that we can bring in teams like Cincinnati or Memphis or UCONN or BYU. I hope that committee thinks long and hard before they expand. I wish more people would agitate for an 8 team playoff rather than lobby to force the Big12 to take teams it really doesn't want. [/QUOTE]

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