Here’s what Dave Brown, who vice president of programming on ESPN, had to say about college football implementing a playoff system:

“The next four-year cycle is done, so a playoff is not a consideration at this point,” Brown said. “I wouldn’t want to see the bowls changed because I don’t want to create meaningless games during the regular season. I don’t think that would be good for college football.”

Besides, Brown said, this bowl season has been one of the most successful ever, even if some people complain that 34 games is a few more than necessary.

“This season’s bowl results have been great for us,” Brown said. “Our ratings on ESPN and ESPN2 have been up, so business continues to be very good.”

You don’t want a playoff system because you don’t want to create meaningless games during the regular season, yet you’re perfectly fine with creating meaningless bowl games? Come on Dave – come on Dave!

None of the bowl games matter except for the national championship game. And the only reason why people watch non-BCS bowl games is because 1) they’re off because of the holidays and would rather watch a bowl game than Oprah 2) they went to whatever school that’s playing or 3) they bet on the game just so it had some kind of importance to them. That’s it. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that the system in place is working just because ESPN is making money.

Hey, ESPN is making money so f*ck the fans and what they want, right? This kind of shortsightedness really chaps my ass.