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i know that i am in the smallest of minorities when i say that i do not favor a playoff system in college football. this may come as a shock to many, but i enjoy the current bcs format. i admit that this has not always been the case, especially with so many controversial match-ups in the championship game. but unlike previous years, i think that the bcs did a good job in selecting what the consensus thought were the two best teams to play for the national championship last season. when it looked like ohio state and michigan were to play each other again for the title, the bcs and its voters decided to move michigan lower in the polls and usc higher. and when usc lost, instead of moving michigan back to the number 2 spot, they moved florida into that position. in years past, with the much more flawed bcs system, ohio state and michigan would most likely met in the final game. but the bcs seems to be smarter, and more aware of what it's doing. it seems as though it knows who should be playing and somehow fudges the numbers so that the match-ups come out the way it should.

another reason as to why i don't favor a playoff system is the significance of each and every college football game. no other league [professional or otherwise] can make this claim in the same way that college football can. the very first game in august or september is just as important as a game in november. if there were a playoff, many of the college games would lose a big part of their significance. i say keep it the way it is and keep each and every game to be as important as any other game on the schedule.

i realize that a system akin to the bcs would not be something that i would want for the nfl. i know that may seem contradictory to everything that i have mentioned, but the nfl has a drastically lower amount of teams, whereas the ncaa has many and each team no matter how small has a chance to play in their own "super bowl." the various amount of smaller bowls that most fans pay little attention is oftentimes a school's sports highlight of the year. such bowls are created for small but dedicated fan bases who deserve to see their team play in a game at a national level. i know that we can have these bowls and a playoff, but that would seem to tarnish what little significance that is attached to them.

editor's note: links and most likely a wide-scale revision coming soon.