If I'm ISU, I'm not doing a bowl. Fair enough to them. Not sure about K-State's deal. Butthurt Notre Dame now out.
I've said it before...I will say it again, this need for a national champion and playoffs is bad business. Especially with the idea of wildcards.
Conference champs should be the only participants in a playoff. The conference season creates a bunch of play-in tournaments. The conference championship games are essentially the first round of playoffs. Give the Group of 5 a way to declare a champ. IDGAF if the Big 12 and Group of 5 matchups against OSU and Alabama are bad matchups and result in total destruction. Win your damn conference.
If determining a champion is the important thing, then this is the only way to do it with 130 teams. Otherwise, let's admit what it is...a money grab with a byproduct of mostly determining a champion.
It's entirely possible for Alabama and Georgia to play for a 3rd time. Indiana already beat OSU on a neutral field. There is zero point for them to play again.
There is just no need for this. For any of this. It has never been "all or nothing". It was "all" for one team...and a range of "good seasons, decent bowl games, extra practice time" for dozens of teams. Now, it does add some "all" for 12 teams...but a whole lot of "nothing" for the other 118 teams.
Just stupid.
