Despite the title of my post I do love college bowl games. Ok, maybe not the Preperation H Toilet Bowl but a good 12 to 15 bowl games have competitive and/or intriguing match ups. However, I think to get a true champion in NCAA Football you do need some sort of playoff. Now, in the past, I have suggested keeping the bowl games within a playoff structure. I really think this can work.
After Thanksgiving weekend but before the bowl games start you have the best 16 teams as decided by the BCS, coaches poll, writers, fans…whatever. You break them into NCAA Basketball style brackets. #1 v. #16, #2 v. #15 etc. with the top seed getting the home game.
You are now down to 8 teams which fits perfectly into the Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange. Those 8 teams play in the bowl games and now we are left with 4. Now, after bowl season, you can have a FINAL 4 for Football. You can have it at alternating venues like the Georgia Dome, Ford Field, the Rose Bowl and the Superdome. You hold one game at 3PM and the other at 8PM. After that weekend the NFL Playoffs get into full swing. You would wait an extra weekend until the NFC and AFC Championships and have the NCAA Championship the night before or the Monday night after.
Doing it in this fashion extends the season which would be great for the schools and the NCAA. It also gives fans and the sport what it truly deserves and that is a TRUE champion.
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