Three Words: College Football Playoffs

I can't stand the current system. I really do hate it. It makes no sense, nobody can explain it, it leads to nothing but confusion and disagreement and continuously leaves room for failure.

President-elect Barack Obama feels that there should be an eight-team, three round college football playoff to determine the national champion. Here's what he had to say about it to "60 Minutes" on CBS, in which he addresses a subject college football fans have debated for many years, and says he will use his influence to create such a system:

"If you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there's no clear decisive winner. We should be creating a playoff system," he tells CBS' Steve Kroft in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.

"It would add three extra weeks to the season," he said at the conclusion of a wide-ranging interview. "You could trim back on the regular season. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."

Now I for one am totally for this.    There's is absolutely no reason we can't make this happen.   Not only could we limit the regular season to a set number of games, but adding conference championships to those conferences who don't already have them in place (cough cough...  Big 10... cough) to ensure those no cupcake schedules in major conferences.  

How could we make this okay with the Bowl Committee?    Utilize the previous rinky dink bowls that are already set.   There are currently 7 bowls scheduled BEFORE Christmas (that's right... I called it Christmas!) and I'll bet there isn't too many of you that can name a single one of them.   Can you all say "the R+L Carrier whuh?"

Or better yet... don't utilize them.   ADD a round BEFORE that series of worthless games.   Quarterfinals could be the week before Christmas, the semifinals could be added to the prime-time schedule on New Year's and New Year's Eve and that gives you all the time in the world to set up for one last final anytime in January,   in which we can crown a national champion...  no doubt...  no fuss...  no arguements...  and most importantly no room for debate.

Please Obama...   do this.