Every time an announcement is made that big-name college football teams have agreed to play each other in their home stadiums, it gets us excited about the prospect of seeing some of the game's top players square off on the field.

And then we see when those games are set to be played...and that anticipation gets quickly tempered knowing that, in most cases, nobody currently affiliated with those programs might even be around to be a part of those future home-and-home series.

While the willingness of top-tier schools to schedule each other (and not just for one-off games at neutral sites) is a promising development, one that no doubt has been influenced by college football's new playoff system, we can't help but wonder why t...

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