Bowl Week: A case for playoffs

Hello,

Today starts the annual festivity that us sports enthusiasts call "Bowl Week."  Now, Bowl Week isn't only a week, actually it spans from today until January 10th and the National Championship game between Auburn and Oregon.  35 football game to be exact., spanning over the next 24 days and only 1, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl coming on a Sunday, competing with the NFL.  Ladies and gentleman that is alot of football!

I, as the moderately overenthusiastic fan love this type of thing.  Tons of football every night and something to watch when Glee isn't on  (Never watched it).  But, you know what would make it better?  If the games actually meant something!  BYU vs UTEP today means alot for those schools, fan bases, alumni, and revenue but outside of those schools does anyone care?  Will the casual fan watch it on a Saturday afternoon and have an interest outside of Pick 'Em pools or Vegas?  I highly doubt it. 

I understand the "want" to have teams end there season with a W.  But the last time I checked college football is the only system that does it.  Are we babying these kids too much?  We want 17-18 teams feeling happy at the end of the year?  Why? 

I am not saying to get rid of the BCS system.  Personally I like it and it is a great argument throughout the season, but make it worth something.  Make the top 16 teams into a playoff, or take the 11 conference champions starting next year and then 5 at-large bids and create a 16 team playoff?  If Division II and Division III can figure it out I think the NCAA can too.

If they changed the system, college football would become a juggernaut even more than it is now, and BYU with 34 of my confidence points, would mean a whole lot more to me today.

Joe Larsen

Community Contributor