This week was the college football final. Townies like football. I like football too, although watching it gives me the same feeling as swiping a mini shampoo from the Hilton, eating veal, and listening to Ryan Adams.

Still, I would be far more willing to tolerate the exploiting and concussing if the matches were more competitive. The only drama in most games is whether some elite program like Auburn is going to cover their 48.5 point spread against some comically overmatched team like Samford. Do we really need to see Alabama beat Western Carolina 66-3, Ohio State beat Florida A&M 77-0, or Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 (to be fair, this game was played in 1916).

I have a solution. Divide up FBS and FCS teams into much smaller divisions with equally matched teams. To keep things interesting, the NCAA could mimic European soccer leagues by moving teams up or down divisions, depending on how well, or poorly, they play.