Here is an interesting article that was on ESPN.com recently. 10 Things that make college football unique and should never be changed. Check this list out, because I agree with just about all of them. I’d like to add a few more.
Bowl Games
To me there is something about bowl games that I like. You can say there are too many, but you are probably still watching. CBSSportsline has a great article on the fun of bowl games. I don’t have a problem with a bunch of bowl games. Even if the playoffs are expanded – it should stop at 8 by the way, you can still incorporate the bowls. No other sport lets multiple teams finish the season with a post-season win. I’m fine with that.
Traditional Rivalries
The ESPN piece mentioned a few rivalries that they’d like to keep, but with all of the changes in college football, I really miss games like Oklahoma/Nebraska and Texas/Texas A&M. Yes college football is doing great, but it can take years to replaces some of these traditional rivalries.
Option Football
As long as the academies are playing college football, I doubt option football will ever go away at the collegiate level, but there aren’t many teams that run it anymore. When it it run right it is a thing of beauty. I’d hate to see reduced to being only played by some high schools.
Non-Power 5 conference playing Division 1 football
Please let the power brokers that be in college football never isolate the Power 5 conferences from the group of 5 teams. The Boise State’s, and in years past the TCUs and Utahs have helped make college football the sport its.
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