Nov 27, 2025
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College sports received restructuring money, expanded its leagues, and tipped the competitive balance even before a 12-team playoff became a possibility.
The college football race is a mess because of greed
College sports decided a few years ago, a year or two ago, to get rid of the Big 12 and get rid of the PAC-12 because it was possible and there was money to be made.Who would have guessed the dire consequences of what is now in the picture of football in the 12th quarter?
Today, the leaders look at the clear playinff race and realize, gee, maybe we have some problems here.Maybe it's hard to decide the best teams out of 16-18 members because most of them don't play.Perhaps it leads to unbalanced programs that build up one group and tear the other down.Maybe ending the split wasn't such a good idea after the run.Maybe he's perfectly fine.A team of 12 is not good enough to be a sports freak.
In lobbying for a 16-team field, or Tony Petitti's terrible 24-team draft, the commissioners pointed out that the 12-team model was designed in a different conference landscape.Remember, commissioners, you are the problem.Nobody added four schools to the Big Ten, or three ACCs, or three SECs.The recognition of the leadership role in the 12-team playoff game seems too complicated before it has even had a chance to begin.
Here the sport enters the final weekend of the 2025 regular season. The Atlantic Coast Conference has six teams in the championship game. Beck has four, the Big Ten and the Big 12. There are many, many, many fans, and few fans will ever try to understand them.
This late-season drama is fun for those with a horse in the running.But it also shows the incredible similarity between a 10-2 team and a 9-3 team that hasn't been on the court long enough to actually play together.
It's one thing to compare teams with similar records and performances from different conferences.In the new world it's an intraleague problem.Is Texas A&M better than Georgia?We don't know, and may never know if they don't meet in the SEC championship game.Is Mississippi better than Alabama?Good question.Is Vanderbilt better than Oklahoma?We can only guess.
Of the two acces, Virginia and SUNU are far from winning the league title, with four of the other five teams still in contention.Miami, ranked 12th in the top 25 CFP, is the highest-ranked ACC by six points, but may not play for the title in what could be a bid league.
USC was in the Big Ten Tournament until it finally played a top-three team, Oregon, and lost by 15.Michigan remains in contention in that division without facing a top-three team — that will change Saturday when Ohio State comes to Ann Arbor.Meanwhile, Wisconsin is stuck playing the Buckeyes, Ducks and Indiana.
Some things happen without tilt or control, which makes it possible if it moves.What seemed like a peripatetic contender in the Big Ten for decades has become a good contender over the last two years.Same thing with Vandy in sec.
The committee was seen in the prediction especially for a lot of services - but there is a real way to do it this week.Worst of all, it's not.All we need is the form of Texas that is Texas A & M, Midian the orange answer that can lure each team in the bubble, which closes the gap between them and those who are on the right of Alabama.
I have no hatred for the committee.But the idea of seven 11-1 teams, seven 10-2 teams and 9-3 Texas deciding who gets in and out would be very interesting.
Planning for lottery luck is nothing new in college football, but it has become more of a feature than a bug in today's bloated leagues.
The SEC and ACC adding a ninth league game in 2026 is overdue, but that doesn't fix the unbalanced schedule.Does returning to divisional play help?Maybe. Although history is littered with divisions, every powerhouse league will have a clear, consistent path to at least one conference championship. Instead, the list's fifth tiebreaker was used.
Eliminating the conference championship games has been discussed, but has been repeatedly dismissed for one obvious reason - those games are cash cows.Aside from revenue, the only advantage the playoffs provide is establishing automatic bids—but now that the direct seeding is in place, the non-champions are also eligible for a first-round exit.
The Chamuon Championship weekend is made as a starting day of a day for the extension of the playoff game.This is the best fit when the expansion is increased.(I will
In this forced to 16 or more playoff teams, remember this qualifies as a bloated conference move.And keep in mind who caused the swelling and why.Arms connecting with USC connecting with Rutgers was only considered a good idea by FOX management and ten accountants.KneeCing the Big 12 by conquering Texas and Oklahoma were justified as the necessary predictions from the SEC and ESPN.
Those things don't make college football better.They just make it more complicated.And one of those complicating injuries was the playoffs from a very good 12-12 team that never had the chance it deserved.
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