College and Georgia football are evolving. College football is searching for a new playoff structure, while Georgia is coping with c
oaching and player change. Georgia will overcome its obstacles just fine; college football’s future may not be bright.
The 12-team playoff will follow a 5+7 format, it was confirmed today. This is the fancy press release describing the new playoff
structure.
Wonderful! Our issues have been resolved, and our new 12-team playoff structure will make things right at last! I’m kidding, though.
The new playoff has a number of issues, which has made things worse. Recall how you felt on Sunday morning when Georgia lost to
Alabama in the SEC Championship by just three points, and as a result, was eliminated from the playoffs.
Thus, nothing was resolved. The issues with the current 5+7 format of the 12-team playoff that we encountered with the previous 6+6
format still persist. The Big Ten and SEC teams have no need to compete in conference finals. Why? because compared to the ACC or
Big 12, those two conferences’ schedules are far more competitive. It’s ridiculous that the top-ranked conference champions would
receive automatic invitations! I promise that the club that finishes fourth in the SEC will be superior to either the ACC or the Big 12
champion.
Look no further than last year’s championship to support the idea that conference titles will have little bearing in the 12-team playoff
system. Why would Georgia or Alabama want to play at all?
To be honest, I wish we could go back to the BCS era because everything about it is faulty. It all seemed so much simpler and less
complicated then than it is now. Don’t fall for the ESPN scam either. They are deceiving us all by claiming that it will make college
football better. Who gains from the playoffs, do you know? ESPN! Why? since they are the only network with the ability to show the
playoffs!
Georgia won’t likely be impacted by this in the near future, and to be honest, by July, this system might not even be in place. However,
we Georgia supporters may soon find ourselves on the short end of the stick if it does remain.
I may be the old man screaming at the skies, but nothing has changed, and all I want is for the regular season of college football to
continue to matter. The regular season of college football is the only sport that counts so much, yet it is currently suffering with every
new “improvement.” Bowl games that aren’t in the playoffs also do that.
I’m hoping that someone who can think clearly will enter the room and resolve everything. We’re looking at an NFL lite till then.
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