Now that we have had a couple of weeks to absorb all that's happened this year in college football, let's take a look at some key players who will decide next year's national championship. Look for the Florida Gators to make a very strong run behind Tebow and his Heisman trophy. Missouri has a lot coming back with Chase Daniel still at the reins. The always pesky USC Trojans will find another Heisman candidate quarterback from seemingly nowhere. And look for the Computers to be buzzing as they try to come up with a 4th down conversion on a key date in early December.... Wait.... What?

Due to some serious greediness from university presidents, the biggest player in deciding next year's national championship will not play a down. In fact, it doesn't even have a heartbeat. So why are we still allowing computers to decide who plays for college football's top prize? Let's examine some arguments against a playoff system.

1. Would diminish importance of regular season?

Are you kidding me? Would you have rather played LSU or Hawaii in the first round of this year's playoff? The point is, seeding is critical. To add to that, let's look at the importance of games in November as the system stands now. There are only about 10 games a week that matter in November because really and seriously, by this point, the top ten teams are the only teams with a legitimate shot at the national championship. That means that approximately 45 games are played weekly that are virtually meaningless unless you're a fan of the team playing. Under my 16 team playoff system, which includes placing ALL conference champions in the tournament, almost every game played would have national title implications.

2. An already long season would have to be extended?

This argument comes from a system that waits a month to have a national championship game. If we throw that month of down time out, we could have this playoff done on New Years Day.

3. Takes away from importance of academics?

These kids are experts at balancing academics and sports. They do it for 15 weeks already. What's another 4?

My system looks like this.

1. 16 teams

2. ALL conference champions earn automatic bids into the playoff. In my opinion if North Texas goes undefeated and wins the Sun Belt, they should get a shot at the title. They've done all they can do.

3. BCS rankings will determine final 5 teams plus be used to seed all teams in the tournament.

This is just a basic outline of my proposal but how would this not work? Some say it would create even more controversy. Really and seriously, how should you get a shot at the National title if you don't win your conference? I understand bad games which is the reason for the other 5 teams. But if you lose, you really don't have an argument as to why you should be playing for the title. Also, how about all the Cinderella's we see in March Madness? I mean Appalachian State beat Michigan, why would Florida Atlantic not have a shot against Ohio State?

The final reason, and the real reason for a college football playoff is plain and simple: For the players. Imagine how heartbroken those kids from Auburn must have been when they went undefeated, and didn't even get a shot at the National Title. Some of those kids never played football again. All they have to remember is how they got cheated out of a national championship. These kids put in 10-20 hours a week getting prepared... and that's in the offseason! Let the kids playing decide the national championship. How can a sport that's all about heart have a champion decided by something without a heart?