Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
I take exception to the implied premise.

I would submit that given team's season ought to be considered as a whole, and maintain that any selection criteria should be geared towards determining the most deserving teams. Then let those most deserving teams (be it 2, 4, 8,or 64) settle on the field who is best.
Exception to the fact that I implied it to be rediculous? No doubt that a loss in the first game or a loss in the last are both losses, but you cannot tell me that the best team ALWAYS wins... in any sport. Otherwise we would have an undefeated team in every single sport every single year.