Expansion of Footbal Conferences in College

Those of you who are fanatics in College Football (NCAAF) should probably be familiar with the change in different conferences. Many of the “big time” or “”well known” conferences are expanding by adding different amount of teams from the less competitive conferences in college football. Why has this trend been so popular over the past couple of years? It’s easy, college schools do it for the chance to be more recognized and influence their opportunity of having the chance to play for the “BCS title” at the end of the season. A school being involved in a highly competitive and skilled conference like maybe the Big 10 or Pac-10 (now Pac-12) have a better fan base and if the team is performing at a high level then that means their schools football ranking goes higher, which in return increases the chance of them to play in the title game. See, the problem with college football it’s their way of determining or their ranking of the top teams. College football doesn’t consist of a playoff bracket like many professional sports due. What does this cause? Any one team that has been consistently good through out the year but for some reason at some point lose just at least one game can really affect their chances of reaching the title and for that matter it ruins their chances of even being ranked in the top 25. JUST ONE GAME! Just imagine that, only one game can end a season of hope. Professional sports keep it more even and consist of playoff brackets that can give any team with a respectable record the chance to compete for the championship. Many people criticize the disadvantages that the way college football is set up because it doesn’t allow great teams to even be recognized even if they have an undefeated record, the matter that if a team comes from subpar conference with no recognition immediately influences their chances of competing against the top dogs. I myself I would love to see the change to a playoff bracket I think its more respectable and enjoyable, any one team has the same chance of winning and fight for the same reason. In other words teams have no other choice if they don’t see any change, if by switching to a better conference means being taken into consideration then switching conference is what they will do.