Will NCAA D1 football get a playoff system?
For me, it's not about the money.
The money that schools and bowls make off of the games isn't relevant for me in any way. I make the journey to Auburn once a year (if I'm lucky), and I fork out the money for the overpriced nose-bleed seats. Sure, I'll buy a pricey hot-dog and soda, but that's about the extent of my monetary investment into the sport. The rest of the season I kick back on the couch and watch from the heated comfort of my home, and I doubt I will ever make that expensive post-season ticket purchase (unless my Tigers go to Nashville, or somewhere like that).
For me (along with countless sports commentators), the emphasis in college football during the regular season is simply magical. Sure, I knew after 5 games that my Auburn Tigers didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of making a run at a long overdue championship. And I don't mean because they couldn't move the ball on your average high school team; it wouldn't matter if they snuck the '73 Dolphins out there for the rest of the season, they just weren't going to make it. They had lost 2 games. There's not a chance of a miracle run through the conference tournament and a birth into the Big Dance and having a shot at it, just like everyone else. Sure that's awesome, and I watch it every year. But I must confess, I'm a bit lax when it comes to watching regular season college basketball. I know there are lots of other sports enthusiasts out there who feel the same way I do about college basketball, and I would hate to see the same thing happen to the football regular season.
