As you have seen throughout our debate the cry for a playoff in college football is an effort at homogenization with a shortsighted view that fails to consider what will be lost.
The current college football system is great the way it is. One or hopefully two teams (sometimes more) survive a season-long single elimination tournament and play in a highly anticipated contest for the national title.
Compare that to college basketball. Last year when UNC beat Illinois it was the first time in nearly 50 years that the two best teams played for the title. Proving that the “decide it on the field” mantra is a myth.
Compare it to the NFL when the best team in the league shuts it down for the final 3 weeks of the regular season because they’ve clinched home field advantage. And how would that work in college football where bowl games usually eliminate the home field. USC could have played its backups for the last three games.
Playoff proponents fail to recognize the fact that a playoff wouldn’t end controversy, just create different arguments.
Think back to October 15th. Michigan beats Penn State on the last play of the game to end Penn State’s title hopes. USC beats Notre Dame on the last play, keeping alive their title hopes. Those games don’t even mean half as much if there’s a playoff.
So think of what we gain with a playoff: an end to the bitching about who deserves to be in the final game and a beginning to the bitching about who deserves to be in the playoff.
What do we lose? A whole lot more than that.
So while you are watching the two best teams in the land go at it, remember how unlikely a matchup like this would be if Derek got his way.
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