The games were so bad I ended up googling John Madden videos to cheer me up.
For the first time ever I quit on the College Football Playoff National Semifinals. The games were in two words horrible bordering on unwatchable. I quit on the Michigan-Georgia debacle seven minutes into the third period.
Horrific…even worse than watching the Thunder play an 82 game schedule.
Kirk and these guys at ESPN are going to have to come up with another concept.
What I would suggest is this…have two separate DI championships. Have what’s called the Heavyweight Open champion which in essence would be the two SEC teams from the East and West finalists playing the best two out of three games spread out over a five week period. There’s your first national champion. That’s the big boy ball champion.
Then take the next top eight teams out of Division I and have them aligned in an eight team single elimination tournament. You would call this your Junior Heavyweight champion.
In that Heavy Weight division the winning team gets paid $2 million to be spread out amongst the players. This would be beyond the television bowl rights monies specifically delegated to paying the players.
The losers get $1.5 million.
It’s time beyond NIL to make sure student-athletes on the entire roster are being compensated with at the least spending money for normal college student-athlete activities.
So…in essence what I would suggest beyond conference realignment is a pragmatic approach to separate the three tiers of DI college football to make it better for the players and fans alike.
Enough of these unwatchable mismatches.
This almost makes me think Gundy intentionally didn’t score from a yard out on those seven plays vs. Baylor just to avoid playing either Alabama or Georgia. Don’t laugh…I could see Gundy doing that especially since Boone isn’t around to call him out.
I’m feeling pretty good about that Alamo Bowl championship right now.
It’s New Years’ Eve…I’m getting ready to take my annual N.Y.E. hot tub with a glass or two of champagne.
Be safe. And call Uber if you’ve been drinking.
Happy New Year!