CBS: Nick Saban suggests 'either have bowl games or have playoffs,' not both

"I learned what I feared the most would happen," Saban told AL.com while at a golf tournament in Birmingham. "All the attention, all the interest would be about the four teams in the playoffs, which is exactly what happened, which was great to be a part of.

"But what I was most fearful of is college football is unique. A lot of young men get a lot of positive self gratification from being able to go to a bowl game and that's always been a special thing. That by having a playoff we would minimize the interest in other bowl games, which I think is sort of what happened and I hate to see that for college football."

That comment began circulating immediately, but there was another quote from AL.com that stood out from his critique.

"Maybe we need to go one way or the other," Saban said. "Either have bowl games or have playoffs but not try to have both."

InTenSity wrote:Just like every year, there were games I was interested in, and there were games I wasn't interested in. I don't give a shit about 6-6 teams playing, unless that is the only game on. Most likely I'm going to watch B1G teams play whoever in bowl season. Most likely I'm not going to watch non B1G teams play against each other, unless its a higher bowl. The other bowl games were already minimized by the BCS.

I can see his point though if they go to 16 teams in a playoff scenario, or 32. I don't see anyway in which there is only going to be a 4 team playoff and no bowl games.

steveschneider wrote:

InTenSity wrote:Just like every year, there were games I was interested in, and there were games I wasn't interested in. I don't give a shit about 6-6 teams playing, unless that is the only game on. Most likely I'm going to watch B1G teams play whoever in bowl season. Most likely I'm not going to watch non B1G teams play against each other, unless its a higher bowl. The other bowl games were already minimized by the BCS.

I can see his point though if they go to 16 teams in a playoff scenario, or 32. I don't see anyway in which there is only going to be a 4 team playoff and no bowl games.

I agree, just go to 16 and be done with it. Do a playoffs for Div 1 an Div 2 of 16 teams each.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Bowl games aren't going away. Too much money in it, and the coaches/programs like the extra practice and the incentive playing in a post season game provides for their players.