Turning the page to 2021

2020 is in the books.  Hope at the beginning of the year you weren't doing markings in pen, because there was a lot of erasing going on.  I'm so thankful we got some college football this year with the pandemic going on, but saying that I hope that we never go through this again.  

So here we turn the page to 2021 and (unless things change) go ahead and write in your bracket Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State.  Really why wouldn't you?  

The playoff is something we all wanted.  We clamored for it.  We were told that it would only be 4 because it would make the regular season meaningless if we had more.  Didn't want to make another March Madness and something similar to college basketball.  

Well, Bill Hancock, you've done that.  For 127 schools the regular season IS MEANINGLESS!  Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State have dominated the 4 spots.  ESPN talkers on GameDay and the rankings show don't talk anything really but those teams, and the playoff.  Sometimes you'll get a little love for the Sooners, the Ducks or Trojans, but not for great amount of time.  It all comes back to those teams.

Now dynasties happen; look at the Yankees and Patriots.  Sports need a villain.  They make them more fun to root against.  Look what happened to Golden State.  Those 3 schools listed above are becoming college footballs villains.

I've documented what I would do if I was the college football czar.  The process may need to be expedited and amended too.  

There may need to be some changes to roster sizes, allowed number of walkons.  The size of the staffs.  Alabama isn't playing by the same rules that Iowa State is.  Texas was never playing by the same rules of that Nebraska was, and definitely not the same as Northwestern.  

When you start a season teams should be able to have the same chances as every team.  The NFL plays by the same rules across the board.  College football, as I have mentioned that the Knight Commission said, can be governed different than that of the rest of the college sports.  It's about time that changes need to be made.