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Originally Posted by CU Tiger
No it doesn't, I concur.
It is just that the 2 best teams, the last two years, go against other conferences best teams and get SMOKED. Which suggests that if they played in other conferences they would be somewhere middle of the pack.
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Until the playoff is played immediately after the season ends, I still view these as exhibitions that you can't draw real conclusions from. While these teams in the playoff have the same real motivations to win unlike say a bowl game, the circumstances of the teams can have a real impact with the month+ delay.
One example from the previous championship game system: Notre Dame vs Alabama. Now, Alabama would very likely would have beaten ND mid December. But it is very true to say that due to injuries, ND basically didn't run any practice with tackling for a full month - couldn't afford any more injuries. And what did their great defense have the most issues with against Alabama? Tackling.
Again, Alabama would have beaten Notre Dame in December, but maybe the game would have been closer or at least close for a while.