Enough is enough.  I know I am beating a horse more pulseless than Charlemagne's, but can we finally swallow this futile pride?... if that's what it is, I'm just guessing here.  Blind traditionalism we could also call it. Whatever we attribute to the reasoning behind the current postseason system of college football, it needs a complete restructuring.  Or more like a flush down the proverbial toilet.

College baseball, professional baseball, college basketball, professional basketball, college hockey, professional hockey and professional Football all employ a playoff system of some sort (either single elimination or via 5 or 7-game series) in determining a single champion.  How do we crown a champion in the richly historic institution of college football?  Through the opinions – no doubt knowledgeable and rehearsed opinions, but opinions nonetheless – of journalists and coaches.  And, as sixteen teams from the past four decades know, we don't always end up with a single champion.  In those cases, two teams simply shared the championship, without fighting each other for it.  How tee-ball is that?

In setting down my argument, and no I am not the first to argue against this tired system, there are a few points that I'd like to highlight in making it an easy one to consider.

Point One:  Of the four major aforementioned sports, both professional and collegiate, College Football has the fewest number of games, i.e.  chances during a season in proving championship worthiness.  Just imagine the New York Yankees playing 11 or 12 games in a year, assuming they lose no more than one game that year, and going to a single postseason game against one other seemingly equal team with zero or no losses.  That postseason game (or two if there’s a conference championship and then a bowl game) is the final game of the year, regardless of how many other teams end with the same record.  College football allows a maximum of 14 games/ i.e. chances for a team to prove its worthiness to voters.