[So Cal Rocket]

Championship is Jan 7 ! That is insane, 35 day from now. Way too much time off between bowl selection and the title game. That means Ohio State will have played its last game on November 17 and will have 50 days until the next game? Completely nuts.

And the #1 Reason I keep hearing for not having a true playoff for the national championship is that it would make the season last too long.

[scott says]

Playoffs could easily start 2 weeks before New Years and end the same time as this Jan 7 time line. Its just nuts to have 50 days off for one of the teams and last year OSU was destroyed by Florida after having about the same time off.
It is just ridiculous. Time to drop all the past traditions and move into the new century—implement a playoff system and eliminate this absurd layoff for so long.

[Biggirl]

Lasts too long now. Also in March Madness everything is done in the couse of 3 weeks time. It seems like forever with college football.

[tabsternager]

“And the #1 Reason I keep hearing for not having a true playoff for the national championship is that it would make the season last too long.”

It appears they’ll always find “reasons” for no playoffs. I’m pretty confident that the real reason, though, is that the weaker teams know they’d never make the finals; so they fight going to playoffs every year.

And, BTW, I also think the real reason that Georgia isn’t in the Rose Bowl is because they can’t upstage the championship game. The “tradition” reason is baloney.