Last night was the first unveiling of the official college football playoff bracket.
Which at this point of the season means next to nothing.
There are still plenty of games left to play.
Questions we have about certain teams will be answered.
Additional questions about other teams will pop up.
The final 12-team bracket will look nothing like the one we were presented with last night.
People will be mad regardless.
The important thing is that we finally have a sizable college football playoff at the end of the season.
It’s a beautiful thing.
The complaints make total sense.
They talked about it last night on Unnecessary Roughness.
I agreed with them at first.
At least for me it has.
Even if they’re pretty much all in the Big Ten and SEC.
I think if we keep with current format exactly as is, the parity will become even greater.
It will spread out more equally among the 4 major conferences.
That sounds better to me than getting my ass kicked week in and week out in Gainesville, Florida.
I’m not saying the Big 12 is ever going to catch up to the SEC.
I’m sure the SEC will always be king, with the Big Ten close behind.
And it might seem unfair at first to award a BYU with a first round bye.
I love the playoff part.
But I don’t love how all the good teams are funneling to two conferences.
I hate that so much.
Soon enough, Clemson and Miami will be out of the ACC.
They’ll pick off a few more teams as well.
College football will essentially be consolidated to 30-40 teams in two different conferences, fighting for 12 playoff spots.
The 12 teams with the best record will make the playoffs.
It will literally be the NFL.
Yes that would “the most fair”, but fuck that.
College football isn’t great because it’s fucking fair.
I just really don’t want to see the rest of college football become irrelevant.
Or watch them play for some sort of lower level national championship.
I know a lot of schools are basically irrelevant now… but not technically.
Technically everybody has a chance.
That’s what makes college football great.
So hold strong college football.
Don’t let the ACC and Big 12 die.
Don’t keep getting bullied by the SEC and Big Ten.
Don’t let them consolidate the sport any more than it already is.
It won’t be good for college football.
