Teams Should Start Declining Conference Championship Games if Both Ohio State and Michigan Make Playoff

By: Kyle Koster | 24 minutes ago Follow @KyleKoster College football is in dire trouble. Depending on the outcomes of the Pac-12 and Big Ten title games and how the playoff selection committee synthesizes this new information, we could find ourselves in a scary world on Sunday afternoon. One with an atmosphere full of cynicism and possible intellectual dishonesty fueled by greed. The ignored consequences of a four-team playoff selected subjectively are poised to rear their ugly heads. Imagine the following scenario: Colorado defeats Washington. Clemson falls to Virginia Tech. Penn State narrowly edges Wisconsin in a sloppy, 9-7 game. The committee sets a field of Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. Seventy-five percent of teams would come from one division. Half the field would be teams that failed to even reach their conference’s championship game let alone win it. Michigan and Ohio State would be richly rewarded for earlier failure by…

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