"I'll give Cecil Newton a pillow made from my feathers if you come play for us."
Texas was so close this season! We would be in the hunt for the National Championship if we just won 7 more games. This close.
In all seriousness, Auburn and Oregon deserve to have a shot at the national championship. And you know who else does? TCU. “Well then let’s just have a three-team playoff!” you say. Or maybe you didn’t say that because a three-team playoff is ridiculous. First of all, where are you going to find a three-sided football field? Qatar? Sure, they have one, but it’s not regulation size.
But is a playoff with 3 teams any more ridiculous than one with 2? Given the lack of opponent overlap in a single college football season, you just have to put more teams in a playoff. So below is our beautiful and wondrous (but mythical) December 18th*:
*CompuDrew takes the 6 highest-rated conference champions and the next two highest-rated teams, in that order.
Saturday, December 18th
College GameDay – 10 am ET (ESPN)
#5 Michigan State @ #4 TCU – 12 pm ET (ABC)
#8 Ohio State @ #1 Auburn – 3 pm ET (CBS)
#6 Boise State @ Oklahoma – 6 pm ET (ESPN)
#7 Stanford @ #2 Oregon – 9 pm ET (ABC)
Ugh, that would be so boring. The Big 10 champ versus undefeated TCU. Terrelle Pryor and Cam Newton. A rematch of one of the best games in history. And a defacto Pac-10 playoff, with Oregon hosting because they beat Stanford in the regular season.
Yawn. Call me when the Maaco Auto Parts Bowl is on ESPN3.