The thing is that there is nothing that can be done to make 60-plus teams all play equal or even close to equal schedules. Just because a matchup looks attractive when it is scheduled doesn’t mean it will be attractive when it’s played. Auburn’s SEC schedule includes as many as six teams – LSU, Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, South Carolina and Ole Miss - that could be ranked in the preseason top 25. And that doesn’t include a Thursday night trip to Kansas State. Should it even matter that Auburn plays Samford between Georgia and Alabama?
Fans – some of them anyway – complain about lopsided games, but they will complain more if their team faces a serious test every week and fades in the games that matter down the stretch because of injuries and just plain fatigue.
Big changes are coming to college football. More than half the programs in the FBS and certainly the entire FCS will be left out. There’s no reason to slap their faces again by telling them they can’t even visit the neighborhood.
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