Another College Football Playoff Idea

I thought THIS was an interesting article given the recent stand by the Mountain West Conference to the NCAA to change college football’s postseason to a playoff system.

The topic of the a playoff has been going on in college football for years, with claims that the little guys (Utah ring a bell anyone?) are being left out of the National Championship Game. This article suggests that in order for this playoff to happen, college football programs need to kiss the NCAA goodbye all together.

I feel like the likelihood of this happening is slim to none and I don’t really care for the idea of dropping almost half of all college football programs. But this kind of thought is a step in the right direction when it comes to the discussion of a college football playoff.

Just don’t expect it to happen anytime soon.

Let's go to the polls...

Preseason polls are a neccessary evil that college football teams have to deal with. They don't mean anything, could be completely wrong, and (probably worst of all) can potentially screw with the minds of voters, skewing how they rank teams.

But gosh, they are so darn fun

Everyone wants to know how experts view their favorite teams coming into the season, so the media just keeps 'em coming. So, despite the issues with them, I'll resign myself to being part of the problem...here are some of the polls out so far.

USA Today this is the earliest of all the preseason polls, dating back to January after the last bowl game. Also, it should be noted that these rankings are based off of last season's results, and don't take into consideration things like recruiting and key player losses.

ESPN

Rival's Rankings

College Football News (1-10) Click below to see 11-25

College Football News Part 2

The general concensus? Unless you are Florida, Texas, or Oklahoma, you can kiss your national title hopes goodbye (Sorry Utah, but there're probably a better chance of hell freezing over than you getting into the big game this year, no matter what the coaches poll says)

Interesting things to note:

The fairly high ranking of Virgina Tech in two of the polls (5 and 7). Maybe this will signal a rise in ACC stock this coming season?

The ESPN rankings, which put VT above USC, who in the other polls was ranked higher consistently.

What do you guys think? What two teams do you think will battle it out in January for all the marbles?

ACC Championship Game goes primetime...but is it ready?

This is a few days old, but let's polish it up and make it look shiny and new again.

The ACC Championship Game will be moving to primetime (and cable) for the first time since the original game. The big question that remains, however, is why? Let's look at some numbers

5.5 The Nielsen rating for the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game

9.3 The rating for grand daddy of them all...The 2008 SEC Championship Game. Okay, maybe that's not fair given that it was the highest rated SEC Championship Game ever, but still that leads us to...

2.6 That's the rating for the 2008 ACC Championship Game.

27,360 How many people were in attendance at the ACC Championship Game last year. That not even half of Raymond James Stadium, where the game was played.

So what does this tell us? That the ACC isn't quite ready for the bright lights that go along with an 8 pm start time. The league needs to do a lot more than simply change the time of their game; officials need to figure out why the interest just isn't there (possible answers: smaller schools and more interest in basketball) and why promotion for these events has gone to the wayside. So step up your game ACC. If you want to compete with the big guys, you better start acting like one

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