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Ken Goe's avatar

Your points about the CFP, and Pat Hill's comment, are spot on.

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Brian M's avatar

Regarding the bias in major College Football, having lived 35 years in the Midwest, both Minneapolis and Chicago, I can personally attest that there is a line drawn from Chicago and down the Mississippi. Everything to the East is Big League and everything to the West is Little League. This even happens within the Big 10, which is split in half by this division. Wisconsin, Iowa, increasingly Minnesota and previously Nebraska, are big league football programs often contending for the Big 10 title and sometimes a national title. But it is Ohio State, the Michigans and Penn State that get the national attention, even in their down years (not that Ohio State has many down years). This affects recruiting and certainly affects football income. Columbus, OH and State College, PA (reminiscent of Corvallis or Eugene) are not major metro centers so this is not about population density. For equity in football, as in pro sports, share the pot evenly and give the western teams a chance.

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