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Urban Meyer discusses ‘imperfect’ CFP system: Take subjectivity out of it

Paul Harvey

By Paul Harvey

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Count Urban Meyer as one person that is less than thrilled with the current College Football Playoff system.

During a Sunday segment for FOX College Football, the former head coach admitted that the problem is not necessarily with the CFP Committee. Instead, it’s with the system.

“The Committee does a good job, it’s an imperfect system. Take subjectivity out of it. There has to be mandates,” said Meyer.

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He went on to discuss how certain teams take on a tougher schedule than others. The current system, which relies on things like the eye test, doesn’t do justice to those teams.

“Some teams don’t go on the road and play,” explained Meyer. “How’s that fair to teams that make decisions to go? I think teams should play nine conference games…When I hear someone say ‘look test’ or ‘I think,’ that’s not fair to other teams.”

Meyer even admitted that he kept his starters on the field longer than he felt was necessary during the 2014 B1G Championship Game when he was at Ohio State. Despite having a 45-0 lead over Wisconsin entering the fourth quarter, Meyer admitted to keeping his foot on the gas due to the subjectivity of the “look test.”

The Buckeyes went on to win that game 59-0 and were added to the Playoff. Ohio State would also capture the National Championship that season.

Meyer did provide a bit of a solution to the subjectivity problem. He thinks the Committee needs to implement a points system for grading teams:

“Put a points system together,” Meyer explained. “When you get a win over a Top-25 team, that counts for something. When you get a win over a Top-5 team, on the road, that counts for something. It also penalizes the teams that don’t do that.”

Here’s the full segment from FOX CFB:

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.