Okay, I've finally heard enough talk about the "need" for a college football playoff system. I couldn't disagree more! Sure the system isn't perfect, that's the beauty of it though! Every single game counts! And the later in the year the game is weighs even heavier. Stick with me. If Oregon lost last week to Cal, and Ohio State had lost to Illinios in Week 6, don't you think the Ohio State would be higher ranked?

Sure there are some teams that get left out of the title game that obviously belong (Auburn of '04), and then there are teams that get let into the game that don't belong (Nebraska of '01).  But overall the system works! Oklahoma went 13-0 in 2000, the only team to do so that year, they beat #2 ranked Florida State. Should they have been forced to play an extra game?

I can see a small-playoff system that would make everyone happy. You take the top 6 teams and place them in a 8 team bracket with the #1 and #2 teams receiving byes, just like the NFL does for each conference. You then have #6 play #3 in the Sugar Bowl, #5 vs. #4 in the Fiesta Bowl, #1 vs. the Sugar Bowl winner in the Rose Bowl, #2 vs the Fiesta Bowl winner in the Orange Bowl, and then the Orange Bowl vs Rose Bowl winner play in the BCS Championship game. The Orange, Rose, Fiesta, and Sugar Bowls would all rotate positions to maintain their "prestige". And only conference champions are allowed, if by some miracle Notre Dame or a Boise State is ranked higher than a BCS Conference Champ, so be it, the lower ranked conference champ is left out. (I still think Notre Dame needs to join the Big Ten, now more than ever!)  

Sure it would make everyone happy. Not me though. Let's start with the obvious. The teams not in the top 6 would complain that they were left out (sound familiar?) The 4 major bowls would all complain about no longer housing the tradition of thier storied past. (again, sound familiar) Also, with this plan, it's a 3 week playoff series, so unless we push the first two games up to Christmas, the BCS game goes even further into January. Maybe it's just me, but I miss the days of January 1st being the last day of college football.

So really by switching to the playoff system solved nothing! Just like addind the BCS Championship game solved nothing! College footbal is what it is, the most highly debated subject in sports, it's always going to stay that way. I don't even mind the pre-BCS years of a split title. If there was no BCS I'd be fine with the split title in '03, but the BCS was in place, LSU won. Get over it USC, you got passed over like Fredo. You won it the following year, but your back-to-back claim is null and void.

Bottom line. College Football is flawed AND perfect the way it is, every year they try and change it, they accomplish nothing. Everyone needs to embrace the imperfections of the game and cheer for your team, regardless of which Bowl game they qualify for!