I am not a huge supporter of a playoff system in college and believe a plus-one would solve all problems. I love the intensity week-to-week in college football, believe the body-of-work should hold a ton of weight and don’t need the title “playoff game” to understand intense implications.

However, I am also the same guy who drinks less during football season because I don’t want to have a skewed view of the action so I consider myself unique and borderline nerdy when it comes to sports.

With that said, I do not like what happened to Auburn in 2004 so I think something should be done to prevent that, which is why a plus-one would work for me.

I feel no sympathy for undefeated teams like Boise State, Utah or TCU not getting a chance to compete for a national title because that is just the way the world works.

Graduating with honors from Tech isn’t treated equally to graduating from Harvard with a C average. That is how it is in the real world. Why should football be any different?

People will point to the NCAA tournament as proof that teams like TCU and Boise State deserve a chance, but when is the last time a team like TCU or Boise State won the tourney?

Boise State’s overtime victory over an Oklahoma team with a starting QB that was a receiver the previous season and back into a conference championship wasn’t enough to convince me other wise. Neither was Utah’s win over an SEC battled, injured Alabama team.

I just don’t see any reason to make significant changes to the current college system. So sorry, I just do not see it that way.

I can understand why a lot of the younger generation have an intense hatred for the BCS, they have only been watching college football for a few years. But I don’t understand why the older generation acts like the BCS is the worst thing to ever happen to college football. Do they have memory loss?

The BCS is the best formula college football has ever had!

Back in the day they didn’t even attempt to match-up the two best teams.

Remember the days of co-national champions every season, or have you already forgotten?

Is the current system perfect? No.

Is it on the right track? Absolutely.

It will only get better!

Just because the bottom of your television screen doesn’t say playoff game doesn’t mean the implications are any less.

A lot of college football fans need the title of a playoff system to understand the importance of games.

So let me make the current college football situation clear:

Alabama: Must beat Mississippi State, Chatanooga and Auburn, followed by a win over Florida in the SEC Championship to make it to the championship game.
Florida: Must beat Florida International, FIU and Florida State, followed by a win over Alabama in the SEC Championship to make it to the championship game.
Texas: Must beat Baylor, Kansas and Texas A&M, followed by a win in the Big 12 Championship to make it to the championship game.
One-loss teams: You lose the ability to control your own destiny when you lose a game.

All of these games mean something right now, in a playoff system they wouldn’t. However, they still would in a plus one.

Some people don’t think that the body-of-work in college football, where emotion runs wild every Saturday, is very important and feel like a playoff would give them more satisfaction.

I know I am in the minority rather than the majority on this stance, but the majority of America has made some bad decisions before.

When it comes to a playoff I don’t think it’s time for a change, maybe just a little tweak.

This got me to thinking about the different playoff ideas out there. I know about 70 percent of the people reading this are playoff proponents.

I have divided the different playoff proponents into categories, describing each one’s unique characteristics.

What type of Playoff Proponent are you?

Rational, educated plus-one Proponent

These people like the intensity and emotion of college football game and the playoff-like intensity teams play with every Saturday.

They anticipate Saturday every week and never miss a big game.

They respect the body-of-work and difficulty that it takes to achieve greatness during a college football season, but realize that the current system could be improved.

They think that team’s that slip-up shouldn’t have control of their own destiny, but agree that the same thing that happened to Auburn should never happen again.

To prevent this from happening they believe in a plus one, a system where the regular season doesn’t lose significance, but a situation like the previous mentioned never happens again.

Naïve, 8-Team Proponent

A lot of people don’t think that the body-of-work is as important as what happens at the end of the season, these people are called naïve 8-team proponents.

These are people who would like to see a system where undefeated teams like Texas, Florida or Alabama, despite the difficulty of going undefeated in a BCS Conference, are placed on an equal playing field with one loss teams at the end of the season in a tournament.

People who don’t appreciate traditional college football rivalries at the end of the year where Texas A&M, Florida State and Auburn, have a chance to ruin their hated rivals season with an upset.

These people enjoy college football, but don’t have an overwhelming appreciation for the week-to-week battles that go on every Saturday in college football.

Casual, 16-team Proponent

There are fans that could care less about the regular season.

During a gruesome SEC battle these people flip back-and-fourth between the Discover channel and the game and only tune in during the fourth quarter, if the game is close. If not, they would rather watch Family Guy or something more entertaining.

These fans only watch the NBA and NFL during the playoffs and during the Super Bowl these guys cannot wait until there is a timeout so they can watch some funny, entertaining commercials.

A lot of these fans likely support second-tier SEC or Big 12 teams and mistakenly believe that their teams would dominate in a conference like the Big 10, ignoring the fact that if you cant beat the best teams during the season then you wont beat them at the end of the season.

However, these people don’t care and just want a chance to postpone the inevitable with a playoff system.

These people say that a system like this wouldn’t affect the regular season, but these people most likely don’t anticipate regular season games like the true college football fan.

They wake up every Saturday and have no idea what teams are playing each other until they turn on the TV.

Irrational, Pirate-like, 32-team (or more) Proponent

Trying to be as politically correct as possible, these people are out of their mind.

These are the fans that are on the same boat as Mike Leach and think there should be a 32 or 64 team tournament to decide a champion in college football, showing zero respect for the regular season and the body-of-work.

People who think everyone should compete in post-season play, regardless of scheduling conflicts, or difficult seeding.

These people feel that high school grades should mean nothing when colleges accept students, but that SAT and ACT scores should carry all of the weight.

What happens during the regular season means virtually nothing to people like this and they would trade the most exciting regular season in sports for a season that resembles week 17 of the NFL season week-to-week, as long as there are playoff games.

However, while these people are playoff proponents, they aren’t really college football fans and probably couldn’t even tell you who won the national championship last season.

They casually watch Sportscenter, but never really sit down and watch an entire college football game.