Pre-Season Games in College Football is a Good Idea

Instead of the BCS teams playing Div. 1AA patsies to open their seasons, why not plays these 1AA opponents in pre-season games. That is a good way for both teams to work out the kinks in their play before the season starts.

They are already doing that in Georgia high school football. Major college basketball teams play Div. 11 and NAIA teams in exhibitions before they tip off for real. Of course, the poster child for pre-season games is the NFL, but also the NBA has a pre-season and their is Spring Training in MLB.

I don't see why Bowl Division College Football cant have 2 pre-season games before their first opener. Georgia could play GA. Southern in pre-season. It would still be like a regular game, it just wouldn't count in the standings. It would force these teams to get rid of the "weak sisters" on their schedules and play the bigger fish.

If you have teams going 13-0 during the regular season, and they didn't have any patsies on the schedule because they already played the patsies in pre-season, those teams cant be penalized for having a weak schedule because they played the weaklings in pre-season and started off the season playing stronger opposition. Kansas St. has no business playing E. Illinois unless it's a pre-season game. Utah has no business playing Weber St. unless it's a pre-season game. These smaller schools could still get the payday from the big schools for these games. They would just be played during the pre-season. Tennessee Tech has no business playing Auburn unless it's a pre-season game. Need I say more.