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Clemson Football: 5 Reasons Tigers would benefit from 8-team CFB Playoff

By Shawn Spencer

CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Clemson Tigers reacts after a touchdown against the Wofford Terriers during their game at Memorial Stadium on November 02, 2019 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Clemson Tigers reacts after a touchdown against the Wofford Terriers during their game at Memorial Stadium on November 02, 2019 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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CLEMSON, SC – SEPTEMBER 01: Clemson Tigers fans raise four fingers prior to the start of the fourth quarter of the Tigers’ football game against the Furman Paladins at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC – SEPTEMBER 01: Clemson Tigers fans raise four fingers prior to the start of the fourth quarter of the Tigers’ football game against the Furman Paladins at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /

3. Create some diversity

We all know what would happen this year- for the most part- if we went to an 8-team playoff. You’d have the same four or five teams in the semifinals.

Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and possibly LSU are on a different level from the rest of College Football.

However, giving some of these other teams a chance at least allows them an opportunity to compete. When you’re having Clemson vs. Alabama Part V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X, people are going to lose interest if they’re not from Clemson or Alabama.

They won’t care if that’s the result after their team gets eliminated, but right now you only have four spots with five Power conferences. The math simply doesn’t work.

Can anyone in the Pac-12 truly compete with Clemson? Probably not. But if you allow the West Coast a game to watch Oregon or Utah get destroyed by the Tigers, the result at least happened on the field, not in a CFB Playoff committee meeting room.

As far as Clemson fans are concerned, this would create a little bit of diversity. You might see a few different opponents every year. Maybe you’d get to play a Pac-12 team? Maybe a secondary team from the SEC or Big Ten make it as a wildcard? Maybe a Group of Five team?

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