Maybe I misread your initial post, I thought you meant for 8 NFL teams to make playoffs regardless of division etc. There were 8 teams with better records in NFL than the Giants (I said 11 because I thought they went 8-8, I was wrong). Also based on NFL tie breakers, there were three 9-7 teams...
Why is the world trapped in someone else's dream
The short answer is majority of people don't have temporal knowledge and can't attain it
A computer algorithm is going to eventually ensure they never have the option to