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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3986629, member: 730"] Only as far as the national media is concerned but I for one am only a fan and while the disappointment of not winning the title is real I judge the team on how many well-played games I get to see over the season. The assumption that a single elimination playdown tournament always results with the best team winning simply isn't true. It produces a tournament champion. I remember when the NFL post season consisted of one game. The winner was the champion and at least they got into the game by having the best record in their conference. The Giants third superbowl championship, the first time they made Brady cry, they entered the postseason as a wildcard team. No one, even rabid Giant fans would suggest they were the best team in the NFL and history will record that NE was the best team that year. Yes, the NFL isn't WCBB. And I have had this debate many times with folks who say that being the champion is equivilent to being the best. I think they are similar but not equivilent. My opinion is that the GOAT question will have an obvious answer in the next several years, along with the GTOAT question. [/QUOTE]