By David Olson
Cardinal Staff
Appalachian State beats Michigan! Kentucky beats Louisville! South Florida beats West Virginia! Stanford beats USC! Navy beats Norte Dame!
What is going on in college football?
Read more... Well, ladies and gentlemen, parity has finally reached college football. The days of the dynasty are over. Apparently, Boise State’s upset of Oklahoma last year was just the beginning. There are more and more upsets happening in college football today. I can’t even count how many top 10 teams have been upset this year because there has been so many. These upsets continue to happen because the quality of coaching around the league is lacking and many top recruits don’t necessarily want to go to the biggest schools with the most prestige anymore.
This point was proven in the first week of the season when perennial powerhouse Michigan lost to the Division II school Appalachian State. There was a complete uproar in the media about the mighty Wolverines going down. Little did they know the upsets were just beginning. Every week, more and more teams began to fall at the hands of lesser opponents. Teams like South Florida, Kansas, and Kentucky came out of nowhere to establish themselves as one of the top teams in the nation.
It is apparent that a playoff is needed in college football now more than ever. Who wouldn’t enjoy a tournament like March Madness with the top sixteen teams playing each other? Anything could happen in this situation. Plus it would be a lot more fun to watch than some bowl game that means nothing to anyone except to the two schools in it (and the NCAA because they make money off of the game).
A tournament would generate just as much money as the bowl games do. It would also generate more excitement among the general public because of the possibility a great team would experience a huge upset. The NCAA needs to look at the recent trends of college football closely, and in the end, they will realize it’s time to switch playoff systems.
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