President-elect Barack Obama appeared on “60 Minutes” tonight, and once again stated that he supports the idea of a college football playoff.
Q: As President of the United States, what can you do, or what do you plan to do about getting a college football playoff for the National Championship?
BO: This is important. I think any sensible person would say that if you’ve got a bunch of teams that have played throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses – there’s no clear, decisive winner – that we should be creating a playoff system. Eight teams. That would be three rounds to determine a national champion. It would add three extra weeks to the season, you could trim back on the regular season. I don’t know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this, so I’m going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it’s the right thing to do.
The question about the college football playoff is at the 2:50 mark.
If all an Obama first term brings us is a college football playoff, it will be considered a succes, at least in the world of sports.
