After watching the College Bowl Season and the first two weekends of NFL Playoffs, it has become clear in my mind that the NFL playoffs is BY FAR a superior product. How many of you can tell me who won the Meineke Car Care Bowl? Or even more "prestigious" bowls like the the Peach Bowl? Exactly. The games just don't matter. The BCS bowl leaves an unsatisfying championship game because we are left to wonder what Texas, Utah, or USC could have done against Florida. The bottom line, as an alum of Mizzou, I can say that there were 5 regular season games that had me more pumped up than the Alamo Bowl did. I'm sorry, the bowl season is just not that fun...
The NFL playoffs. The crown jewel of American spectator sports. Every game is an elimination match. The home crowds are roaring - yes, even louder than home college crowds (I left the 1999 NFC championship game at the then TWA Dome in St. Louis with my ears ringing for a whole hour after the game...after travelling to several NCAA venues across the country, nothing came even close to that NFL playoff game). The playoff leads to the pinnacle of two clear cut conference winners, with little to no controversy, in the Super Bowl. Virtually every American household will be tuned in. Even casual to non-sports fans will be able to tell you the winner. This is the beauty of having a playoff. The is the beauty of the NFL.
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