I bet you thought I was going to make some post about it being Christmas time, didn't you?? Well, to be honest I think the only thing that could make this time of year even better would be if the Commissioners of NCAA Division I-A Conferences, the Director of Athletics at Notre Dame, and the representatives of the bowl organizations would finally come together and agree to a 68 team Division I-A College Football BCS Playoff.
I mean really most teams have a full month or more off the field before they even get to play in a bowl game. Plus, you end up with multiple undefeated teams at the end of almost every season. And this year we have been left with two Cinderella stories who will be playing against each other (Boise St. vs. TCU in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl) so how do you have the Cinderella ending when they play each other? How hard would it be to bracket the 68 teams playing in the Bowl Series this year into four regions, rank and bracket those regions, then have your playoff. Use the existing sites for each round of the playoffs, have each game and site sponsored just as they are now, sell your commercial time and your TV contracts (much like you do already), then use your existing BCS Bowl sites for your Quarterfinal Round, i.e. : Midwest final at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ; West final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA; East final at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL; and the South final at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA. And then have your semi-final and final games played at which ever site is in the rotation for that year's championship as per the current "double-hosting" system. Let's face it the match-ups would draw in more viewership, especially when a bowl game is slated to go head-to-head against an NFL, NHL, or NBA game...under the current system the weaker bowls are losing viewership due to this, I mean who really thinks that tonight's R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl featuring Middle Tennessee vs. Southern Mississippi is going to win in the ratings against the Sunday Night Football match-up of the Minnesota Vikings vs. the Carolina Panthers? The true advantage for having a playoff is no longer watching artificial match-ups selected by committees and voters that in turn leads to true Cinderella stories where David actually has a chance to defeat Goliath cause he fought his way there and didn't have to rely on some computer system running some numbers to see if he could get his chance against the giant.
I know, I know...wishfully thinking. But a boy can dream right?? Regardless, I am going to enjoy these 34 games in 20 days, cause no matter what College Football Bowl Season is truly the most wonderful time of the year!!
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