The BEST College Football Playoff Format
As we reach the end of the college football season, I make the case for expansion to an 8-team playoff with no auto-bids.
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One Spot is Left in the College Football Playoff. Four Teams Are Playing For It.
Tonight, the penultimate College Football Playoff Rankings will be revealed. All that’s left to play are the conference championship games before we’ll finally know which four teams will be competing for the title. Rivalry Week saw a thinning of the candidate field, as many of the year’s fringe contenders saw…
Mayfield Marks His Territory: College Football 2017 Week 2 Recap
On September 17, 2016, Ohio State traveled to Norman to face Oklahoma in one of the most anticipated matchups of the college football season. The schools entered the year as preseason favorites to win the Big Ten and Big 12, respectively, and contend for a National Championship. For the Sooners, defending…
Everyone Messes With Texas: College Football 2017 Week 1 Recap
The 2016 College Football season was a disappointing one for the Lone Star State, which saw no schools finish the year in the top 25. Texas recorded their third consecutive losing season, while TCU took a big step backward. Texas A&M and Baylor were early bright spots, both starting 6-0, and…
College Football Playoff Update: The Final Decision
It’s all over. The games have been played, and now the decision rests in the hands of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee to decide which four teams will play for a national championship. The question is, who will they pick? Finally, after weeks of uncertainty and crazy scenarios, I think…
College Football Playoff Update: Ohio State Prevails
Saturday’s matchup between #2 Ohio State and #3 Michigan was easily the biggest matchup of the season so far, and it didn’t disappoint. The Buckeyes overcame a 10-point second half deficit and kicked a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation. Following consecutive touchdowns in the first overtime,…
College Football Playoff Update: Goodbye, Louisville (and Making Sense of Everything)
In last week’s college football playoff update, I explained that while I believed the selection committee would rank Clemson above Louisville due to head-to-head results, I would give the edge to the Cardinals because of their more dominant play over the course of the season coupled with the close nature of their…
College Football Playoff Update: All Hell Breaks Loose…Or Does It?
Well, if you thought Texas A&M’s shocking loss to Mississippi State last week would bring some stability to the college football playoff race, you were wrong. The #8 Aggies were upset once again this week by Ole Miss, but that’ll likely go down as just a footnote in a chaotic Saturday sure…
Is the College Football Playoff Race Down to Three Conferences?
Following Houston’s impressive season-opening win against then #3 Oklahoma, there was a five-week stretch where for the first time in the history of the College Football Playoff system, it seemed possible for a team from the “Group of Five” conferences (the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt)…
College Football Needs Officiating Changes
A referee’s job is to go unnoticed. It’s not glamorous, but at the end of the day, if a game finishes and the talking points are the players and not controversial decisions by the officials, the refs have succeeded. However, recently in college football there have been several situations where the…