Yahoo Sports Coastal Carolina president pens letter complaining about 'lack of fairness' in college football’s postseason

[Coach Andy Mac]

Coastal Carolina emerged as the darling of this college football season, with mullets flowing from their helmets, a swashbuckling ethos and an undefeated season that captured the country’s attention.

Coastal Carolina is in just its fourth season of FBS football. And the school will play in its first-ever bowl game, the Cure Bowl, against Liberty in Orlando on Saturday.

But the conclusion of the Coastal Carolina’s 11-0 season brought with it some of the cruel realities that accompany the top levels of college football. Despite its record and a high-profile upset of BYU, Coastal finished No. 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings and got boxed out of the New Year’s Six Bowl games in favor of more traditional teams.

Incoming Coastal Carolina president Michael T. Benson wrote an open letter to the College Football Playoff Committee and its chair, Iowa AD Gary Barta, criticizing the “lack of fairness” and “absence of character” in the current college football postseason that “must be addressed.”

The letter calls for an “equality of opportunity” for schools from the Group of Five and criticizes the “flawed logic” that ended with Coastal’s No. 12 ranking and Cincinnati (9-0) finishing No. 8, which he said left them “absolutely flabbergasted.”

“I can’t help but think what might have been this season had all FBS programs been given the same equality of opportunity,” Benson wrote in a letter obtained by Yahoo Sports. He added: “Just think about that: Football is the only sport where the deck is stacked insurmountably against those who have the inevitable classification of “Group of Five” before toe hits the leather each fall.”

Benson acknowledged in the letter the reality that finances play in judging teams for college football’s postseason: “The [power] five” have worked to ensure that a different kind of Golden Rule remains firmly in place at the highest level of Division 1 football: those with the gold make the rules.”

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[UNTLifer]

And Gary Barta and the rest of the "P6" AD's chuckled in amusement.

[meanrob]

As John McLane would say, “Welcome to the party, pal.”  

[untjim1995]

I’m sure this will be what convinces them all to include a G5...

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

It's always been the Good Ole Boys Club. Welcome, Coastal. You'll learn in time. 

[kj86]

Perhaps a fool's folly, but at least it's something.  G5 Presidents and conference commissioners need to be doing more.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, kj86 said:

Perhaps a fool's folly, but at least it's something.  G5 Presidents and conference commissioners need to be doing more.

Exactly. Maybe if the rest of the G5 presidents would start stepping up change could happen. 

[untjim1995]

9 hours ago, kj86 said:

Perhaps a fool's folly, but at least it's something.  G5 Presidents and conference commissioners need to be doing more.

Like what? They have no power at all. They know that the only way to get huge payouts from bodybag games is to just move forward and keep looking down.

[DeepGreen]

Put CUSA’s Commissioner Judy McLeod in charge of getting more group of 5 teams in the playoffs.  She’s a pistol.  On top of everything.  A real fireball.

[UNT 90 Grad]

Bad karma, Mr. President.