FanNation - The Republic of Sport

  Lets start out by saying that even though the system has major flaws, College Football is by far, the greatest sport on the planet. Since the salary cap, the NFL is simply not that good any more, PERIOD. They say "Parody" I say Mediocre. I would much rather 2 or 3 power houses and bunch of 4-12 teams than have this.  The bottom line is under a salary cap system it is impossible to keep a good team together, the proof is the Rams. After beating Tennessee in the Super-Bowl they got picked apart due to no fault of their own. You simply can not pay all your up-an-coming stars as well as your veterens. The arguement may be New England, but that is the most robotic, boring team on the planet. We have 8-8 teams WINNING THEIR DIVISION, wilcards have won 2 of the last 3  Super Bowls. WHY? No depth, due to the salary cap. Plus the regular season is bordering on that of the NBA & NHL, scary.

  Meanwhile, EVERY single college game is majorly important. Maybe bordering on too important. If we're going to stick with the rating system than the teams MUST be evaluated each week for their seasons body of work. There is too much movement in the rankings for one. And since a playoff system is not going to happen with all the pull from the bowl commitees, than lets make it simple. Here it is, ALMOST go back to the old system, at least that way all the bowls actually meant something. SO WHAT if number 1 doesn't play number 2, this way if No. 1 loses, No. 2 can be the champs, and down the line. The way it is, that "BCS" game is the only one that counts, all the other bowls are basically meaningless. But here is the Point, if that BCS game is the end all be all, Number One VS. Number Two, THAN WHY isnt the loser automatically number two?????? They lost to number one, right? This is the second year in a row that the loser of the BCS game dropped down to number 5. Proof right there that the BCS DOES NOT WORK. REAL SIMPLE FOLKS, play all your bowl games in the tradional manor, as well as play the 4 majors on JANUARY 1st, THEN pick your top two, and on the 8th play the BCS National Champion Game. ....As a Florida alumni I have to like this system, but I have to admit, and its the 2nd YEAR IN A ROW, USC finished Number 2, and I have to admit the they are the best team in the country 2 years in a row and didn't win anything. Thats what turns people off to College.

   As far as the quality of the games, there is absolutely no comparison. These college kids play their hearts out every week, meanwhile these overpaid NFL could not care less about anything except the money.