This chart would prove if it happen USC couldnt handle back-back Perennial SEC champs...not Offenseless Arb teams and Piggy Ark teams.
BTW...Sec wanted a mini-play system. Makes sense because you'd probably have to beat 2 of their teams in back-back weaks. Other conf werent going for that.
The presidents
There’s nothing easier than blaming it on those guys. They don’t want a playoff, everyone says. The truth is they’ve never been presented a real playoff plan. Presidents are notoriously weak-spined and revenue desperate. Pressure and cash can change opinions in a hurry. They follow the herd.
“It’s not a question of if there is going to be a playoff, it’s going to be a question of when,” T.K. Wetherell, president of Florida State said last spring. “It’s going to be driven by money. None of us sitting at this table … are ever going to admit that.”
Unfortunately, last spring four leagues – the Big East, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-10 – fought to stop the SEC’s plan for a modest plus-one plan from even being discussed.
The reason? They feared that once fans got a taste of even a mini-playoff, they’d demand a real playoff.
Kind of like getting a taste of near beer; pretty soon you’re going to want the real thing