So it looks like the super conferences of college football are coming.

The PAC 10 (11, 12 – it could be 16 when it’s all over) and Big 10 (11 now) are getting bigger by the day as they hover over the Big 12 (down to 10 schools now) like vultures.

I’m old school, so I’d rather see things stay as they are. My only qualm with college football is that there needs to be a playoff system for Division 1-A schools.

I’m tired of the BCS bowl system…I mean, you can’t name a champion after two teams -- supposedly the No. 1 and 2 teams in the nation based on computers and votes from coaches - play one postseason game?

That’s where some good could come from the super conference makeup. Instead of six BCS conferences, we may end up with only four (PAC 10+, Big 10+ SEC and ACC) if the dominoes continue to fall according to media reports.

I know nothing has happened with the Big East yet, but there’s no way Notre Dame will join that conference with its storied football program (All other Irish sports are affiliated with the Big East). As a result, the Big East has no leverage and is vulnerable to having some of its schools leave, which could mean losing its BCS spot. (UConn, Syracuse, Georgetown and West Virginia won’t have their basketball programs participate in a non-BCS league).

With each of the possible four conferences having 15-plus schools, there may be no choice but to look at setting up a playoff system to determine a football champion. The Division I-AA system could be a model. But, of course, the only thing that could derail any of this is what’s at the core of the super conference madness – MONEY!

It’s what has kept a playoff format from coming to fruition up to this point. The commissioners who are driving this new movement are simply motivated by greenbacks and greed, not a desire to establish a legitimate national champion in college football’s top division.

With that in mind, I know I may never get to see a postseason football tournament, but I am enjoying all the drama that is playing out day-to-day as everyone tries to figure out who’s going where.

Damon Ford is a former journalist who is now a public relations professional working in the public and private sectors in Charlotte.

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