Lately I’ve been thinking about college football a lot and this is a very flawed league as a lot of the leagues are now a days but the one thing that really grinds my gears is the college football playoffs. The problem is that only four teams get to be in it… well that doesn’t feel like a playoff to me considering there is 130 teams that compete in division 1. That stat right there should show how messed up the process is for declaring the best teams.
Still not convinced the system is bad well allow me to further rant. Think about the college basketball tournament and the fact that there is 68 teams entered into that. Now I know football can be more physically demanding but even the NFL allows 12 of their 32 teams into the playoffs. Even in little league football the bracket for deciding league champions was more competitive than college football is today.
Now I am somewhat biased because my team is in the Pac 12 who of the last six years this new playoff has been in place only two teams have ever made it to the playoff. Now before it was a four team playoff it was basically rare to see a Pac 12 team competing for a national title.
A larger tournament would give teams a chance to play new teams that they never get to play every year and I think it would make the talent spread out a little bit more and it would help grow programs that aren’t as big as your top schools. The issue is the money and these top schools are content with winning their title every couple years and not having to work as hard as everyone else to get the chance to win a national title.
Anyways that is it for the college football playoff, I would love to see it change and if the NCAA wants it to stay relevant then they will have to change.
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