Championship Week

Just imagine, if you will, how important these conference championship games would be if there was a playoff spot on the line.  Central Michigan vs. Ohio for the right to go to Texas and play the Longhorns in round one. 

Oregon vs. Oregon State where the winner gets a shot at a National Championship rather than a meaningless Rose Bowl – and sorry, but it is.  Ohio State vs. either of those two teams is a meaningless game.

Florida vs. Alabama for the #1 overall seed. Georgia Tech and Clemson for a shot at the dance.  Nebraska and Texas battling it out with a Nebraska win being the only shot for 2 Big 12 teams in the playoffs, knocking out a team like LSU from the playoff bubble.  Yes, it would be an absolute HUGE week in college footbal this weekend. 

But instead we get one big game, Florida and Alabama.  In a prelude to the other big game, the winner of that one against Texas or TCU, unless it’s a rematch of Florida / Alabama, which I’d personally love to see because it would say unequivocally that the current system is a farce.  But I think it is very likely.  Do you really think anyone wants to see TCU or Cincinnati play for the National Championship? Even if they deserve the shot.

This year, we could end up with 5 unbeaten teams, and I personally am hoping that we do. That way, even a four team playoff would not address the problems.  We need to have a playoff system, and that system needs to be done right.  Every team has a chance to win the National Championship.  You would see better regular season games, more meaning for conference championships, and some great football in December.

But instead it is another year of what could have been.  We could have been gearing up for games next weekend in Gainesville,  Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Columbus, and more.  106,000 tickets being sold to fans wanting to watch Georgia Tech and the Buckeyes for the right to advance to play Alabama – are you kidding me?  How great would that be?  Instead, Buckeye fans can take a nap for another 30 days until they play again.

We’ll be using our new site to bring you all of the action of what could have been the most exciting week of the year.  So keep checking in with playoff updates and join us in dreamland.