Am I the only one that don't want playoffs for college football?

The current system is so stupid that it makes college football a joke. There is no reason to take this sport seriously until it comes up with a decent system of finding a champion.

 

A decent system is one that does not make it dependent upon sports writers who may or may not understand the game as well as the rank and file, coaches who watch few games other than their own, and computers.

Decide it on the field, or don't try at all.

 

Am I entertained? Yes. However, the bottom line for me is that I don't watch my favorite team, and feel some sense of satisfaction when they lose if the game was "fun." Alongside this, I'm not gonna cheer for certain BCS matchups because they are more intriguing- I'm gonna want the best teams playing each other to decide the champ, regardless of how interesting the matchup is.

The BCS is a "gimmick." I want a LEGIT way to figure out who the best team is. Everything else is secondary.

 

The way they decide who gets the BCS games makes little sense to me. I hate how winners of certain divisions are given a birth even though their division completly sucks.

I heard earlier on ESPN news that the winner of the Big East (likely unranked Pitt) will will get a spot in a BCS bowl. And they said it would likely be against Auburn. This makes no sense at all. A system that matches up an unranked team agasint arguably the best team in college football is seriously flawed.

It also doesnt make since since it penalizes UT and Cal for being in the same conference as the teams playing in the national championship game.

 

Every other college sport relies on a playoff system to determine a champion except Division I football. There isn't a legitimate argument for the BCS or human polls determing a national champion. I hope teams like Boise State and Pittsburgh get into big bowls because it only exposes the system as fraud even more.

 

In short? Yes.

 

College football is a great sport to watch and follow, but the way they decide their champion absolutely makes no sense whatsoever.

I don't care how much money the bowls makes for them; it is still no excuse to not have a playoff system and decide their champion on the field.

Auburn is probably the best team in the country and they (barring an upset by Notre Dame) look to be shut out of the NC game. That is a joke.

 

I can't believe that they don't look at March madness and all the money that generates and think that they would make less in a playoff in division one.

It is a joke.

DD

 

Nah, CU will upset OU next weekend to help Auburn out.

 

I totally agree wizkid83. I could care less about the no fun league and it's intolerable team parody from week to week. The NBA playoffs has too many teams and does anyone even watch college basketball before March Madness, NO! The great thing about the college football season is that the entire season is like one long playoff. Each team jockeys for position during the regular season to play in a bowl game, I love it! No long, drown out playoffs with players and the media talking about how every game of a seven game series is a must win Just to add, I do enjoy watching playoff games, but the length and over-analysis is brutal. College football stands out.
Yes, this year is not going as planned and I do believe changes need to be made to fix the BCS system, but I don't want to see college football turn into another sport with a playoff to decide the champion.

College football is the only sport where the regular season means something week in and week out. Every game is huge. No other sport can compete with that. College football never takes a night off.

 

Can you imagine if the NCAA mens' basketball championship was determined by some insane "bowl system"? Football couldn't do 64 teams, but even 16 or 8 would be awesome to watch!

I want a playoff.

 

The BCS is all about money and those that get it do not want to share it.

The Saints will win the Super Bowl before there is a college football playoff.

 

The reason there is no playoff system is because of the money these bowls bring in to the big conferences.


And me personally, I really don't care either way and I think they bowl system gives college football part of its mystic. Its probably the most popular sport in this country.

 

Two arguments I have heard:

1. Money from the bowls.

Uhhhh...folks. If you have a 16 team playoff (16 conference champs...sorry Notre Dame...join a conference), the TV money would be HUGE.

2. The current system causes the regular season to mean something.

Are you kidding? Have any of you seen how tight the major conference races have been? In the Big 12 South, one loss and you're toast. You cannot afford to "take the night off."

Bottom line...if you win your conference, you deserve a shot at the big prize. Could Utah beat Oklahoma or USC? I highly doubt it...but I don't KNOW that. Nobody does. You can't possibly know it as a fact unless they get on the field and play.

 

agreed.

 

Its not the total amount of money, its the money that each bowl pays out. There may be more money in a playoff to spread around, but I don't think it would beat the money if you made the championship game if your school makes it. So these conferences would rather go for the risk of the big prize, rather than the safety of spreading out the money from a playoff.


Sort of like the big market teams in baseball not willing to give up their golden goose for the benefit of smaller market teams (revenue sharing)

What's the incentive for the big conferences giving up their golden goose?