Apr 7, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; The Connecticut Huskies celebrate on the podium after beating the Kentucky Wildcats in the championship game of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Mens Division I Championship tournament at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
As everybody gets set to do their brackets for the 2015 NCAA Tournament, here are 10 reasons the College Football Playoff is better than March Madness.
The excitement is here. It’s the moment we have all been waiting for.
With NCAA Selection Sunday out of the way, March Madness has begun. Queue the brackets that are being filled out, let’s analyze the potential upsets, let’s talk about teams that were snubbed in terms of seeding and being left out altogether, and of course, here comes the debate over who the “Cinderella” team will be this year.
All of this makes me want to puke.
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The NCAA Tournament has turned into such a gimmick that I wish they would do away with it altogether. The selection show, the seeding, and the scheduling are all done in a manner to do the opposite of what college football does: determine a legitimate national champion.
College football’s national champion was more legitimate when the BCS was in play, and it is certainly more legitimate now with the College Football Playoff.
March Madness is nothing but a three-week event with about as much credibility as professional wrestling that designs everything for chaos.
And we then have to hear the media salivate over ridiculous stories and annoying non-issues all the way until the Final Four.
Oh, and I’m sick of the cheesy “One Shining Moment” song and line that everybody uses. I’m sick of the love fest for “The Little Guy” in the sport. I’m sick of average players getting a chance to make a name for themselves because they had one good game at the right time.
So yes, a 68-team tournament with arbitrary seeding to determine the national championship is a joke. And we will examine why with this article.
Here are 10 reasons the College Football Playoff is better.
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