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Have you ever heard an idea that was so crazy it might just work? Thats what happened to me this week when I heard a sound bite from SMU head football coach June Jones. We already have spring football practice on college campuses all over the nation, but why not actually have a spring football season? Ill go ahead and say it right now, Jones said in an interview with WDEA-AM, I think the have-nots should go ahead and move to the spring just like the USFL did. I think that theres an opportunity to do a complete other side of that division, and I think that if we dont think that way as a group of have-nots, were going to get left behind. After thinking about it, this could work. Jones has a point. With the first-ever college football playoff, the chances of a Conference USA, American Athletic Conference or any other mid-major team getting in is low. In fact, not every Power-5 conference is even guaranteed a spot under this playoff. So take your pick from last year: Auburn, Baylor, Florida State, Michigan State and Stanford. One of those will be left out and play in a bowl game that is more meaningless now than it was in the Bowl Championship Series era. Sure the playoff might expand to eight teams. But, even then, it would still be hard for a school like Central Florida or North Texas to jump a second Power 5 school like Alabama or Oklahoma from getting into a playoff spot. So in the end what do the Hear of Dallas, Autozone or Chik-fil-a Bowl really mean? Nothing outside of money grab and chances for fans to take a trip. Read more: http://kdhnews.com/sports/college/how-about-college-football-games-in-spring/article_8c956330-154a-11e4-b1e3-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm