Carifio: NIU’s Mountain West move was big. The Group of 6 needs bigger.

NIU’s move into the Mountain West was a great, proactive step to try and stay relevant in an ever-evolving college football landscape.

That evolution got shoved headfirst into a nuclear reactor Sunday when Notre Dame got left out of the College Football Playoff, leading to the type of temper tantrum that only rich, entitled people can make.

And like most temper tantrums of the rich and entitled, it will get results. Which in this case will likely mean the end of Group of 6 teams in the playoff. Instead of some sort of half-measure like a Group of 6 playoff, which seems like begging for scraps, the G6 should stop pretending they’ll ever get a seat at the table and see if they can build something better at the FCS level.

The Group of 6 schools should join the Football Championship Subdiv