Thoughts on the NCAA schedule this season. (NCAA)

 Several weeks of the NCAA football season are now in the books, and I have personally managed to catch at least a game or two in each of those weeks. The thing I really don't understand however, is why most conferences are only playing within themselves. Now, I know someone is going to start yelling "COVID-19!" right about now, but I am going to stop you right there. It's a poor excuse to only play inter-conference games, and I will tell you why.

1) Lack of proper competition.

One of the main things that makes NCAA football so enticing is the diverse match-ups due to the large amount of schools that participate in the top tier, as well as the histories that encompass many of the rivalries and battles that we get on a normal week of action. Yes, there are some schools within the same conference (TCU vs. Texas is one example) that have decent rivalries, but we as football fans expect that sort of thing, and can't just live off inter-conference games.

2) Rankings.

The bigger question here is to how this will all affect the rankings when the regular season comes to and end. How can there be proper rankings this season with mainly inter-conference games? Teams are not properly challenged by that diverse schedule that we usually get to see every year. I am of the opinion that rankings should have maybe been reconsidered for this season under these circumstances, or completely put aside so as to not get it wrong.

3) Bowl games.

Just like with the rankings, the bowl games might not be much more than inter-conference match-ups that we have either already seen, or do not desire. I for one, am not sure what to expect when the slate of bowl games come around, nor do think it will be business as usual. In any case, the players and the fans will both end up getting shorted due to all of this.

As much I love college football, more thought should have gone into the season before any decisions were made, and this may all end up backfiring on the NCAA in a big way.

-TTS

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