College Football Should Have a Playoff System

First I would simply like to point out that you haven't argued my last two points of my opening statement. Does this mean that you can't, or you agree, or have you just not gotten there yet? "Quite frankly, this situation is a mess; largely in part to the muddled BCS rankings." The rankings are anything but muddled. All year BCS ranks teams 1,2,3,4,5,6... that is the exact opposite of muddled, it is well organized. "Fans are stuck on pins and needles all year while watching their favorite team play, knowing that one loss will destroy their chances at the gold, the supreme BCS Title." This is exactly what makes sports interesting, the excitement and tension. What you're suggesting is that the regular season should not matter because 64 out of the 120 schools would compete in the playoffs. "One loss equals devastation for each team. One simple loss crushes a team's dream. One loss is one year wasted." Also I would like to point out that 1 loss will very rarely knock out the teams aspirations of winning the Nat. Championship, this year the National Champion (LSU) lost two games and still advanced to the BCS title game. "Tell me, how much time is spent on Sportscenter dicussing the dynamics and breaking down the gameplans being put to use in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl?" More than the NCAA Basketball's National Tournament's first round 5 vs 11 match up. At least the Humanitarian Bowl was broadcast live, how many of the opening round March Madness games are? And since football games are longer, how can all of them be broadcast? "I did." It doesn't sound like it. "Maybe it was because the media preoccupied me with ongoing stories about the Fiesta, Rose, and Sugar bowls. Not to mention the BCS National Championship Game. Yes, while some bowls are going to be bigger than others, if you're going to have that many (32 as of last year) then divide attention among them equally." So are you saying that attention will be spread evenly between the games of your hypothetical tournament? That is simply not possible, people will be drawn towards the higher seeds matches and that is what the media covers. "The whole process would take about six weeks" That is a ridiculously long time. Right now the whole system only take 3 weeks and if the playoffs take just as long as half of the season that just demeans the regular season again. "in an arguably more exciting way; more upsets, more drama, more at stake" At the expense of the regular season games. "Unlike underappreciated, miniscure bowl games, each round and game would earn equal attention, much like the March Madness Tournament." Again, it is ludicrous to say that the final four rounds would "earn equal attention" as the earliest rounds. To conclude, you are missing two of the main things that make college football extremely popular among colleges. First, the fact that it earns an incredible amount of money for the school, especially when the team gets to a bowl. This would not happen with a tournament. And secondly, the regular season is meaningful because there is no playoff system. Under your proposal the regular season has very little meaning because it would basically be a warm-up for the tournament for the good teams. This also ties into the money issue because if people realize that the regular season is a warm-up they won't buy tickets, and this destroys the self-sustaining environment of college football. I hope to see a response to my 3rd and 4th contentions in your final speech