Screaming For A Playoff System!

If there’s ever been a year that screamed for a college football D-1 playoff system, this may end up being the case. With so many upsets occurring on a weekly basis, it shows that there is now a lot of parody in college football these days. #2 Oregon is the latest upset victim, as they lost to unranked Arizona on Thursday night 34 – 24 after losing QB Dennis Dixon to a knee injury in the 1st quarter. I may be getting a little bit ahead of myself right now, but there has to be a case made for Kansas at this point. If they can roll this weekend past Iowa State, which should be expected….even considering the number of upsets we’ve seen this year, it would setup a Big XII championship matchup against the south champion, Oklahoma.

As of now, it appears that Oklahoma has the inside line towards meeting LSU in the national championship game, which means there could be a lot of emphasis put on the Big XII championship. Kansas beats Oklahoma, then Kansas should be in the championship game, right? What happens if Oklahoma beats Kansas? That would create even more questions about other teams across the country who would have a valid gripe. Ohio State, Missouri, West Virginia, & Oklahoma would all have valid arguments that they should be in the championship game.

At this point, I haven’t even addressed the LSU side of this argument. They don’t have a clear path to the championship game either at this point. It’s possible they could end up playing Georgia in the SEC championship & that would be a tough match-up for them. Georgia is playing as well as any team in the country right now & if they were to take LSU down in the SEC championship, CHAOS!!!!!

Considering the most chaotic scenario, which for this year seems very possible, would it be enough for Division 1 college football analysts, organizers, & managers to seriously consider setting up a playoff system? If this year doesn’t’ show it’s needed, I will be the first to tell you that we as fans of the game will NEVER see a playoff system in this great game that is……college football.