It’s that time of year that there are no major college football games to react to for a couple weeks aside from Army/Navy so in the tradition of the internet we’re left with a lot of venting of frustrations.
Some people are mad their coach is still around (Looking at you, USC…).
Some people are mad about the inferior bowl game their team got selected to (what’s up Fighting Irish fans?).
And others are mad about recruits flipping commitments and instead choosing a rival (Hey, Auburn!).
What does nobody have a logical complaint about this year though yet is still complained about regularly?
The College Football Playoff and how it needs expanded.
Each time I look on Twitter (I swear if it wasn’t for work I’d drop it and Facebook faster than Braden Lenzy could run past a Navy defender) it’s as if another “New and Improved” playoff format is being proposed.
A Power 5 AD in New York this week said a specific 8-team playoff model is circulating around the CFB world that would incorporate bowls, including a bowl-sponsored national championship game.
The model:
– 5 auto bids for P5 champs
– 2 at-large
– 1 Group of 5 https://t.co/tTo387Udah— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) December 11, 2019
Ross does great work and I have no doubt these talks have been had. I only have one question about it though:
Why?
This year’s playoff was perfect. Do we really need to see a two-loss Oregon team get added for winning the Pac-12? Does Baylor deserve in because they lost close twice to Oklahoma? Should LSU have to beat Alabama or Georgia a second time to prove they’re title worthy?
The answer to all of these is an emphatic “NO!”.
The ideas to include even more – 12 or 16 squads?
Ridiculous.
Who in their right might mind wants to see three-loss Auburn, Wisconsin, Michigan or Notre Dame get a shot?
They’re all in the top 16.
I like the idea of the regular season mattering in a big way. Rewarding good but great teams for good but not great play takes away the importance.
LSU versus Alabama was great a month ago but you know why? Because it was essentially an elimination game for the CFP.
I get the lack of excitement over heading to the Camping World Bowl but would you rather see an undeserving Notre Dame team get a playoff chance and get smoked by LSU?
I don’t see the point of that.
Because they come close to earning it and LSU shouldn’t have to beat yet another top 25 team and risk another week of injuries since its football after-all, to try to win a title.
Expansion to six teams could make sense in my eyes because it protects against the extremely unlikely chance that all five Power Five Conference champs end a season unbeaten yet one gets left out.
Beyond that is simply rewarding good, not great and I couldn’t be more against it.