re: Saban: CFB Playoff is why players are skipping bowl games

Sounds like Saban is an acolyte of former SEC commish Kramer. While I'm not certain about players skipping bowls (the two high profile ones have had injury riddled seasons), he's spot on about the playoffs taking away from the other bowls. I'd go further and say that the system we have now is perilously close to what Kramer warned us of regarding diminishing the importance of the regular season.

CFB does not need to become college basketball. I can't think of a worse fate than regular season games becoming meaningless while we all wait on the tourney/playoff. That works for round ball but they also play far more games.