Four Goliaths in College Football Playoff? Yawn. Let's expand field.
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When the LSU Tigers -- one of the four winningest programs in college football over the past two decades -- are the closest thing to a Cinderella story in the College Football Playoff, you know something must change. The change is simple: Give us an eight-teaFour Goliaths in College Football Playoff? Yawn. Let's expand field.
When the LSU Tigers -- one of the four winningest programs in college football over the past two decades -- are the closest thing to a Cinderella story in the College Football Playoff, you know something must change. The change is simple: Give us an eight-team playoff, or even better, a 12-team gauntlet with byes, just like the NFL. As it stands, after all the drama and suspense of college football's 12-game regular season. we're robbed of a truly exciting CFP. Instead, it’ll be like watching billionaires battle for who is richest. When the matchups were unveiled on Sunday afternoon, it was No. 1 LSU (13-0) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (12-1) and No. 2 Ohio State (13-0) vs. No. 3 Clemson (13-0) . Really it was Goliath vs. Goliath on one side, and Goliath vs. Goliath on the other. There is not a David among the four, and as a result, little reason to care. Power 5 commissioners don’t seem to notice. They’re fine making their millions. It’s the fans who lose in the current set-up. “There’s a lot that’s right about the f Read more