The CFP Mess

Another year of College Football that ends with agony for the team that doesn't get into the CFP. I realize that Oklahoma won a Conference Championship but would they have really beaten Georgia? For three quarters on Saturday, Georgia controlled the game against not only the best team in College Football this year but maybe the best team in this decade. 

I have said this since the invention of the College Football Playoff that the system is rigged. It is set up to maximize revenue from the most teams as possible. However, if the right team is on the outside looking in, like Alabama was last year, they will sneak them in. 

Lets break down the selections by the committee and why they were flawed. I'll skip over #1 and #2 cause they are by far the two best teams this year. 

#3 Notre Dame 

Great season, undefeated and everything but who did you play that was Top 7 caliber? Michigan was your best win and it was because you guys were at home. The rest was slightly above average teams the rest of the year. If conference championships matter, why are they so high at 3? Oklahoma would be the best team you guys have played all year. I guess ND has the luck of the Irish this year. 

#4 Oklahoma 

Remember when the Big 12 didn't have a conference championship? Ya, if this was four years ago they wouldn't have. They won way too many close games to be considered the #4 best team in college football. You guys lost to Georgia last year. That right their confirms they shouldn't have gotten in. 


#5 Georgia 

This is where I have a big problem. They got snubbed because they had two loses. They are the third best team in college football. If a conference title means something than Notre Dame shouldn't be third. Now that they are maybe every SEC team should go independent so they can pick their schedule and avoid a conference championship game. 

#6 Ohio State

Purdue 49-20. That is all. Glad the committee got this right by putting them #6. UCF actually should have been ahead of them. 

This is why I don't like the CFP because of the Georgia paragraph. They say a conference title means something but than they give Alabama a free pass last year after not winning the division even. 

As my friend noted on a facebook comment on Sunday, "but I hate the 4 team system , all it does it create senseless debates about who should get in... the rules are too vague , 4 best teams? 4 most Deserving? 4 Conference champs? Biggest TV market ? All just stupid .. 8 or 16 teams in playoff format ... " 

The quote couldn't be more right. This is why I have been tired of the 4 team playoff since 2015. UCF shouldn't be punished for having a soft schedule. 

There are 11 conferences in College Football right now if the Independent as a conference. Lets do an 11 team playoff to decide everything. 

I don't care if its not the 11 best teams. The 68 best teams aren't in March Madness.