Suggestion Box

Some things I was thinking about when I was thinking of ways to improve college football.

1. Have no preseason poll. Sure voters will have preconceptions about which teams they think are good, but at least it won't be official. In fact, no polls until week 4.

2. Reduce non-conference games to one - the first game of each team's season against the geographically closest Division III football team you can find. Mandate a true round robin format for each conference, and abolish conference championship games.

3. Keep the BCS methodology of ranking teams, but use it only for ranking purposes.

4. Make a playoff system. There are 11 conferences in college football. (Not including independents Navy and Notre Dame. They should get sent to the Big East) Each conference winner gets a seed in the playoffs. Of the teams that did not win their conference, the highest 7 teams in the BCS ranks are also in. Everyone is seeded by record. 16 teams and 4 weeks later, you have your winner. Since non-conference games were abolished, the season ends basically around the same time as before.

5. For the teams that did not make the playoffs, hold bowl games as usual.

Yes. This plan is both fool and bulletproof. Yes. I thought of it all by myself. and Yes. This will never happen in a million years. It's more likely I will find a way to grow wings and fly or get hot girls to want me than for my college football wishes to come true.

One can always dream, though.