Jan 06 2009
Enough Is Enough
I know that many people have already called for this, but enough is enough, it is time for a playoff in I-A college football. The need for a playoff is clearer this year more than any other.
With the Texas victory last night over Ohio State, that makes three teams who have legitimate claims to at least a share of the national championship. And if you count Oklahoma and Florida, who have yet to play, that brings the total to five different teams. At this point, I don’t think you can really make a case for any one of USC, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma or Florida over any of the others.
This is one of the problems. When determining a national champion, no one should have to make a case or argument for this team or that team. Coaches shouldn’t have to politick for their team to get more votes. The national champion shouldn’t be decided in press conferences, it should be decided on the field.
For those who argue that it is decided on the field every week, and the whole regular season is a playoff, why is there still debate every year as to which team is really the champion?
And for those same people who argue that a playoff would diminish the importance of the regular season, what’s the point of an important regular season, if at the end of it, no one still knows who the champion is? Who cares about the regular season if we still can’t figure out who won? I don’t know if anyone has brought this question up before, but I think it is a valid one.
