This is the beginning of the end of what little college football used to mean. We are now FULLY entering into the age of pay to play. 4 teams will probably be 8 before the first playoff is done. All college players that even have an inkling that they can play pro will be gone in 1 year (from HS, not playing time). Believe me, the lawsuits will start as soon as someone can make a case that playing 15 - 16 games for 3 years will ruin their careers. Additionally, ESPN is already stating that there will be enough $$ generated from the playoffs that they will be able to pay the players. That is BS. Only a fraction of the AD programs in the country are in the black now. Money from TV revenue won't fix that for EVERY team in the FBS. That money will have to come out of AD budgets. I wonder when that starts, what sport will be the first to go from UT? We are already down to 8 and that includes "sports" such as golf, tennis, and cross country. Ask the guys on the golf team if they are willing to give up their Schollies to pay the football players? The BCS has worked since 98. If you want to complain about last year, complain about the voting polls, they are what put Bama in 2nd, the comp had them 3rd. And rightly so, Ok St couldn't have washed Bama or LSU's socks last year. I for one am against adding more games to the college schedule due to what it will do to the sport overall. I saw no where that the Big 12 was going to be penalized for only playing 12 games. So what if they "crown" a conference champ, they only play 12 games. That's one less game against a high caliber opponent, one less game to risk injury, and one less game to wear your players down. I don't want this to be a pro minor league. Heck, look at the dang pros at the end of their season, most of those guys are near death. This playoff BS and adding games will take college football to a one and done system just like Basketball.
