College Football: A Cure for Postseason Confusion

Sorry everyone, I know I've been extremely bad about blogging as of late, and by as of late I mean the past two and a half weeks. Work has been busy (see: Job Security) but it makes for a very tired and writer's blocked Kit.

So what's been going on with the Dawgs? To be honest, not too much other than the recent commitment of Michael Gilliard on the football side of things.

On the "all other sports" side, we've just been doing the norm. You know, winning National Championships in Gymnastics and Men's Tennis, and outright winning the SEC in Baseball. Other than that, not much to talk about. Nope.

The hot topic lately has been about college football and the possible "need" for a playoff. PWD and The Good Senator have both weighed in on the topic with very well written posts. I share their concerns over Mission Creep and "devaluing" the regular season.

However, my main concern is not over playoff vs. no playoff. My concern is the polling. You see it's the polls that have screwed up the BCS this entire time. And as many bloggers have proven, a plus one wouldn't have solved many problems over the 10-year life of the BCS.

The formula in and of itself sucks. Humans, computers, it's all bullsh*t. And as long as you have coaches calling the shots and having their voice heard, you're going to get more politics than anything. As we've all been told, money is the root of all this evil, and with large bucks at stake time and time again, someone is ALWAYS going to have an agenda.

And don't give me any of this propaganda about "well so and so didn't even win their conference." So f*cking what? Are you seriously going to tell me that the Big East or ACC Champion from last year was better than the third place SEC or Big XII team? Really?

Here's what needs to happen in college football. It's all very simple.

1. Every conference must play a conference championship. You either win your conference or you don't. If you only have 10 or 11 teams in your conference, then it's time to get some more. Until then, I'm sorry. IN FOOTBALL, THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A THING AS CO-CHAMPIONS. The extra game right there should eliminate some folks that don't deserve to be there.

2. Take the coaches and media out of the polls. A panel should decide who is playing the best football at the time, has played the toughest schedule, and to put it bluntly, deserves the honor. If you're not going to do all that, then I really like The Good Senator's idea on polling. Seems to take a lot of the bias out of it when 1-10 doesn't matter anymore.

3. If you play more than one Division I-AA team, you're disqualified. Sorry, but if we're going to go with this "the regular season is a playoff" talk, then we need to back it up with not scheduling more than one cupcake. I'm looking at you, Clemson and Georgia Tech.

Now, will all that work? Hell no, but it's a start. Personally, if I thought a plus one wouldn't become a plus seven or plus 16 years from now, I'd be all for it, but I like knowing that the UGA vs. UF game this year could determine the outcome of who goes to the SEC Championship and possible National Championship. It's what makes Saturdays into Gamedays. The day when a loss in Sanford Stadium doesn't hurt our chances for something is the day I'll actually die a little inside.

So, if you want a better system, let's take the politics, money and greed out of the whole thing. I mean look at our government. It's a perfect model.

Until next time, kids.

Be safe.

P.S.: Coming up next, an article written for Bleacher Report listing the UGA impact players for 2008.