Despite All-SEC National Title Game – No Good Reason To Expand College Football Playoff

There are some really good reasons to leave the playoff system at four.

My household was going crazy as the Oklahoma – Georgia game entered overtime. My youngest, the “rotten son” (who will no longer be called “rotten son” – at least he’s learned from attending the University of Minnesota Gopher football games to hate Iowa and the SEC) was even more animated than I as he didn’t want to see the exact thing that happened yesterday – an all-SEC national title game.

It seems like fate that this would happen at the moment they allowed two SEC teams into the playoff and now we have Georgia – Alabama in the college football national title game. I wouldn’t blame this on ESPN. It’s likely that this will not be one of the most highly watched games and ESPN, suffering from cord cutting , is more about ratings than ever. The fact that both teams are from the SEC is going to turn off a lot of casual college football fans. I’d find something else to do next Monday night, except that I’m expected to run this website and report on this kind of crap. I’d really not looking forward to watching another title game involving Alabama and trying to pretend that it’s great college or enjoyable football.

Scott Frost made his case stating about UCF being in the playoff. It’s a valid, rational argument, but nobody outside UCF and Nebraska care. The idea that any Group Of Five team can make the playoff should be put to rest. UCF was good enough to beat a good Auburn team, but it wasn’t good enough to join the big boys when it really counted.