I think we're all familiar with the fact that Barack Obama said he was in favor of a college football playoff when he was interviewed by Chris Berman on Monday Night Football the day before the election. And for people who would like to see that happen, the good news is that Obama's words appear to not have been hot wind. In an interview for 60 Minutes that will appear on TV tonight, Obama was again asked about a college football playoff and he didn't mince his words.
"If you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there's no clear decisive winner. We should be creating a playoff system."
"It would add three extra weeks to the season," he said at the conclusion of a wide-ranging interview. "You could trim back on the regular season. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."
A president who will throw his weight around to make a college football playoff happen? Something tells me his approval rating might hit 90% if he can pull it off. Seriously, Obama will probably get more praise for that than if he solve the problems in Iraq and the Middle East.
Now for all you people out there who make the lame excuse that the college football season is a playoff system and we don't need a formal system, please, just shut up. You sound stupid when you make this argument. You're like the people who refused to believe the earth revolved around the sun.
It's not hard at all to see why we need a playoff. In fact, I only need to give one example. Right now, Texas and Florida both have one loss. Texas played a murderous slate of games recently but suffered a last second loss to the current #2 in the land on the road. Florida, meanwhile, lost to Ole Miss, a team that hadn't won an SEC game in like 3 years - at home. Yet who is everyone crowing for to be in the National Championship? Florida, of course. Why? Because they were fortunate enough to lose early in the season.
That's no playoff. That's a damn joke. No one in their right mind can sit in front of me and argue that Florida has a more legitimate claim to playing in the National Championship then does Texas. It doesn't matter what you say to argue for Florida, my response will always be "you lost to Ole Miss."
My point here is not that Texas is better than Florida, my point is that when you think logically about all of this, the only solution is a playoff.
And if Obama can make it happen, so much the better.
Obama eyes college football playoff [SI]
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