I am a rare American who could have died contentedly, after a long life, without ever seeing a College Football Playoff. But even I want to see a better format than the one we get this month. Somehow, the sport has leaned hard into the two worst aspects of the NFL postseason: overseeding division/conference champions and games at neutral sites.
That mistake has been heavily discussed, and it’s fixable. But this month, we will see another similarity between the college postseason and the pros:
