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If College Football Had a Playoff System in Place This Year...

 
It has never been more clear than right now, that college football needs a playoff system. If the 2007, and now 2008, regular seasons have taught us anything, it is that polls and standings just don't cut it. Sure, they are somewhat accurate when it comes to the rankings, but is that we are all prepared to settle for?  If you are a proponent of a college football playoff, then you realize, like myself, conference title games are pointless and only about money. When I hear all the talk of how a playoff would decrease the importance of regular season games, I can't help but think "Isn't that, in essence, what a conference title game does?" The team with the most conference wins at the end of the season is the conference champs, period. Once the conferences are all standardized with no conference title game, the NCAA then needs mandate all teams only have one off week, allowing the playoffs, integrated into the current bowl games, to start in week 14. I personally am in favor of ... (link)

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