Why Not 13 Games

My next agenda is increasing NCAA Division 1A by one game to a 13 game season. Last Bowl Season, there were 34 bowl games which equates to 68 teams were bowl eligible and participated in bowl games. There were some teams that played in the post season that were 6 and 6. No winning record and still go to a bowl. Well with only 120 NCAA Division 1A programs out there, it is not hard to figure out why 6 and 6 teams go to bowls. My theory is to play 13 college games. Start the games right now, this weekend coming up when students are trickling onto most of the campuses across the USA. An extra game does not have an academic effect on the student-athletes in football. But what the extra game does is that it promotes having a winning record in order to play in the post season. Many of the 1A teams play 1AA teams and these count as victories to get teams to 6 and 6. It also gives a smaller 1A program a chance to get a guarantee if playing a bigger school. There are some teams that do play 13 games and they are the ones that take a trip to play Hawaii. Of course, the Presidents of certain schools will say 13 football games is too many but it is not too many if the schedule is set up to give the players some bye weeks during the season. It has not been that long ago that 1A schools played only 10 regular season games. This country has a love affair with college sports especially football. Having a thirteenth game just at the start of school is not going to diminish a football player's opportunities to function as a normal student. One final thing, without a playoff in place for the BCS Championship, a team that certainly goes 13 and 0 should deserve much consideration to play in the National Championship