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The Georgia Bulldogs are keeping their heads down and moving ahead with the regular season after getting off to an absolutely dominant start. While they have yet to be tested to this point, the Dawgs look like they could be a legitimate contender for the national title this year.

Inside of the building, it's business as usual, but outside the building where the greater decisions in the sport are made by television executives and folks that have no concept of what makes college football great, things are ramping up. This week, folks representing conferences and networks are meeting in Chicago to discuss the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff from 12 teams to 24, a move which seems to be inevitable.

The only problem? It's a complete disaster and would ruin the best part about college football: a regular season that actually matters.

Unfortunately, one of the folks pushing the SEC to relent and go along with the idea has been Georgia head coach Kirby Smart.

Smart Was One of Biggest Proponents of Expanded CFP

Throughout the offseason when the absurd idea was being discussed, Smart was one of the most prominent names for the 24-team field even though the SEC was the one conference pushing back. It makes sense why Smart or frankly any coach would like to see a 24-team field with it making their job perceived to be easier, but like most changes in the sport as of late, it's a disaster for the fans.

College football is unique in that there are massive stakes every single Saturday in the fall. In a sense, the regular season is the playoff. For television folks and conference media rights deals though, it's no secret it's all about the bottom line, and a bigger playoff means more profit.

This is not why Smart and other coaches want to see the field expanded, but it is the reality of why it ultimately likely will be. The very fabric of the sport is at stake, and while it would be nice to make a stress free postseason yearly, it also changes the stakes of every single game in the regular season.

All-time classic victories and losses for the entire conference are reduced to distant memories when you make the entire regular season reduced to what happens in the playoff. Fall Saturdays are special because of what they mean in the grand scheme, and any sort of expansion makes them mean less.

This is a net negative for the fan, but then again, so has every other change over the last five years been.

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