Fun Speculation for 2021 College Football

March 22, 2021 by Staff

As a sports fan, 2021 was certainly a tough year to get through with all of the news of cancellations and postponements, and then toward the end of the year, the on- and off- uncertainty over whether or not certain bowl games, and even the national championship, would take place at all. Now, major sports events are returning to a ‘new normal’ in many regards and the good news around strong vaccination efforts around the world continue. It may not be long at all until something more familiar comes back to us – full crowds at college football.

In the meantime, many have turned to creating fun speculation around potential rule changes or league changes that could bring more excitement, but what are some of them?

A few rule changes to spice things up

Part of the sport is certainly thinking up silly ideas to waste time until play gets underway, and where better to start than within the existing rules for the sport? In a recent podcast and posting, some of these rule change suggestions were mentioned from longer field goals deserving more points to be awarded to only having three downs in overtime. Now of course it’s not likely that any of these rules would be introduced, and more just a fun bit of food for thought to what potential changes could make some parts of the game more exciting particularly as much of the game is deep rooted in tradition and unlikely to change any time soon, but there’s no harm in considering it. If you could make any major rule change to college ball, what would it be, and how do you think it would impact the game as a whole?

A 64-team football bracket

With the NCAA kicking off and March Madness bringing one of the biggest basketball events of the year, there have been many wondering if the same formula could work for football. There have been some articles out there suggesting what they feel could be a great 64 team bracket, and some bookies have even entertained the idea themselves – one of the few criticisms it always does bring however is that it won’t bring the one big thing that March Madness always does, and that’s upsets. Whilst some lower seeds may beat higher seeds, it’s unlikely to see a 12th seed going on to win like is seen in basketball, and certainly shuts down the hype a little.

It’s still a while until the expected return of college football all the way in August is set to kick-off, so there’s plenty of time left for these little thought experiments – why not have some yourself? What do you think could big a big impactful change, or exciting event to bring the flare to football, and who knows maybe change could start to be seen in the next couple of years as this past year in particular have left many open to the idea of more change.