Gator Prez Ambushed by SEC Goons

If you haven't heard about Bernie Machen's plight to win over some of his colleagues with a plan to bring us closer to playoff don't waste your time. No sooner than Machen presented his idea to his SEC brethren was he bullied into "staying the course."

To have someone like the President of the University of Florida on the side of the fans was a major coup, especially considering he won the national championship and "the system" worked for him. If anyone was ever to open their minds and listen to ideas about a college football playoff it would have been Machen's.

But what transpired in Destin can only be described as an old-fashioned beat down. Quoting Machen following the SEC meetings, "I'm done."

And that will certainly squash any further talks about a playoff system for the near future. Machen who now has changed his position to work within the framework of the current BCS structure is a major blow to a playoff. Considering a new deal for postseason is on college football's agenda over the next year or so, there's now little chance we'll have a playoff as we look ahead to the next decade.

Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of Machen's loss is that he was actually for a more equitable system for sharing revenues. Perhaps that's why the SEC was so quick to put him in his place?