Everywhere you go these days someone has a plan for a college football playoff. And they are all different. Some have four teams, others have eight and there are those that would want 16 teams.

     I think it’s fine and dandy. Can you imagine the money that it would generate? We all think that the NCAA basketball tournament is as good as it gets. A football playoff would be even better.

     Unfortunately I don’t think it’s ever going to happen.

     The problem that you have is that the people you need to support it, are against it. That’s right, the presidents of the schools, the athletic directors of the schools and the coaches don’t want any part of it.

     I think the coaches just think it would put more pressure on them. Right now they go to bowl games and can finish their season with a win and make alumni happy. They feel a playoff would make their jobs that much more difficult.

     And the presidents keep on saying it would take the athlete away from school. That’s hogwash. Football players miss less class than any other college athlete. If you made the season two or three weeks longer it wouldn’t be a big deal.

     And athletic directors? They will side with anything their presidents say.

     Barry Switzer was always against a playoff. Why?

    “Because if you’re at Oklahoma you don’t need one. Because of it’s name OU is always going to be recognized. It will always start the season high in the preseason polls. That’s important.

     “Heck, when I was coaching a playoff would have hurt us. We were always near the top of the polls. If we had won a few more key games we would have won more national championships. But we were right there playing for them because of the name Oklahoma.”

     Yes, a playoff would be nice, but I just don’t think it’s going to happen because the important people in the decision making just don’t want it.