The article discusses the criticisms surrounding the College Football Playoff structure, particularly focusing on comments made by Nebraska coach Matt Rhule regarding the implications of realignment and scheduling on the competition's integrity. Rhule emphasizes the need for a playoff selection system that prioritizes quality nonleague scheduling, contrasting the interests of fans with the restrictive needs of coaches to ensure playoff qualifications. The conversation highlights the challenges posed by television influences in college football and calls for actions that promote fair competition over short-term gains.
Sometimes, we are the TV executives and they are us. We like to get after them and blame them for things, which they mostly deserve.
It's great for fans, but is it great for Matt Rhule and the Huskers? Rhule, an unpopular man in Knoxville, Tenn., these days for killing a Nebraska-Tennessee home and home...
A selection system that more explicitly rewards quality nonleague scheduling? That's actually worth discussing.
Rhule laid out why very clearly on The Triple Option podcast, in answer to a one last thing question from Urban Meyer.
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