re: Just want to introduce the Rant to the guy who custom made our 2013 schedule

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All of this must stop with a playoff coming. The playoff will start at four teams, but that will only whet the appetite of the paying fan. It will certainly grow in time.

The SEC needs to clean up its politics soon.

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This really gets to the heart of the matter. Appearance. Take officiating, for instance. The only rule within the SEC currently is that no official may be an alumnus of a school and officiate one of that school's games. Sounds good, right? But can an official with ties to one school not influence his alma mater's season by virtue of calls in a game not involving his team? Of course he can! Or even better...what about an official who, himself, is not an alumnus of a particular university, but is a life-long supporter (or as the NCAA would describe them...a booster) has a spouse that is an alumnus, kids who attend school there, etc. ZERO problems...he can officiate games with said university.

I'm not part of the conspiracy police...I don't really think there is one, though maybe I've being naive. But I have spent time with fellow humans, and I can state assuredly that we're all biased to one degree or another. Never more so than when it comes to something as heartfelt and emotional as college football allegiances.

I'd be perfectly happy to outsource officiating directly to the NCAA who could use floating, national crews the way the NFL does. In fact, I'd love to see a crew switched just prior to kick-off against BAMA in T-Town one time...I'd imagine a scene not unlike the courtroom scene at the end of The Untouchables.

Here endeth the lesson