"If this was a playoff game..."

Barry Melrose just said (about a regular season hockey game), "If this was a playoff game, we'd be talking about this one as a game for the ages."

This is more than enough argument not to institute a playoff in college football. If there were a playoff, last year's 34-31 USC win over Notre Dame wouldn't have been nearly as impressive. The same thing about this year's Florida-Auburn game or Ohio State-Michigan (unless you are a particular fan of any of those teams -- I'm pretty impressed by this year's Cal-Washington game, but no one else really cares).

Best argument ever not to have a playoff in a game that only features a dozen games a year.