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5 changes that would drastically improve college football

By Chris Peterson

Dec 4, 2021; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart greets Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban before the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2021; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart greets Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban before the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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Bowls need to be changed but not eliminated

As I said, the bowl games should stay as part of college football’s playoff system. I mean do we really want a world without the Rose Bowl or the Sugar Bowl? Even the Orange Bowl?

These games have been around for decades and they still mean something to college football fans. That’s why even if the playoff is expanded to 16 or 32, the bowls game should still be part of that process.

Yet, I want to go a step further and say that even if a playoff is expanded, the other (non-playoff) bowl games shouldn’t be eliminated.

Right now, there are 80 teams in college football that qualify for postseason play because there are 40-some bowl games. If the playoff takes just 32, then nearly 50 teams would be cut out of the postseason.

And seriously, how are we going to make it through December without the Duke’s Mayo Bowl?

The answer is we won’t and thankfully, in this format, we won’t have to. The Mayo Bowl and its brethren can live on…at least most of them can.

We can all agree that there are too many so my proposal is this: The top 32 teams that don’t make the playoff meet in bowl games. With an 11-game schedule teams would need a winning record to qualify and for programs still building towards playoff contention, it would still be a reward and a building block due to the extra practices.

There wil still be an appetite for college football bowl games in late December and this would provide 16 really good matchups, while at the same time, eliminating some of the oversaturation of bowl games.

College football teams should need to at least have a winning season to reach the postseason. Plus, if there are fewer bowl games, reaching one would mean more, especially in the power leagues where reaching six wins won’t be so easy without the guarantee games.

Surely, many of you will disagree with these proposals, but if these five changes were implemented, college football would be better off year round.

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The sport would also have a true national champion and amazingly, computers wouldn’t even be necessary.

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