College Football Playoffs Won’t Stop The Whining
It seems as if everyone on earth, outside of a few high ranking NCAA officials, is in favor of a playoff system in college football. Even Barack Obama a few days before being elected as the president of the United States said he was an ardent supporter of a playoff system.
Eventually, the current BCS system is going to fall and a playoff system will be instituted. However, that won’t fix everything. In fact, all the whining we hear now will still be alive and well – it’ll just be redirected.
Right now, the whining is usually centered on how the third and fourth ranked teams deserve a shot at the National Championship. If a playoff system is used that uses eight teams, that same whining will be centered on how the ninth and tenth ranked teams deserve to be in the playoffs.
College basketball only has limited whining because just about every quality basketball team on the continent gets into the field. With 65 spots, a team has to be very mediocre to not get into the field.
College football, on the other hand, simply can’t do a playoff with 65 teams. At the very most 16 teams may be able to be in the playoff mix, although that is unlikely. The two most likely numbers are four and eight. And truthfully, those aren’t enough teams to stop the whining.
So yes, we all support playoffs in college football. But we should also realize it won’t be the ultimate fix.
President-Elect Obama talking about college football playoffs..
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