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I do understand some of what you're saying. I agree that bowl season has gotten out of hand, I just disagree on the solution. Trim it down to 10 or 15 non-playoff bowls, and give them all real names FFS. It would make them all feel special again and, I think, go a long way in erasing this abject fallacy that they are exhibition games. Of course, as we all know, greed simply won't allow it, so your perspective is surely the more realistic one. But I just can't accept that as an intrinsically valid argument that playoff expansion is a good idea.
I disagree that a 4 team format is inherently irredeemable, and think you drastically understate the potential for lopsided results in games that had no business being part of a championship playoff. We already get blowouts in the current format. What makes you think that an increase in the occurrence of such outcomes would be anything less than a certainty by tripling the number of teams that are allowed in?
I think it's a fair point that having more teams in the playoff every year could be good for program building around the country. But I don't see that translating into consistently competitive playoff games, to the point that it's worth watering down the regular season.
But hey, I could be wrong. Maybe it'll all be ok (sincerely). There's nothing left to do now but get used to it, and getting these complaints off my chest seems to help. At least we've been given a couple years to process this one.
Cannot wait to hear the howls when stars of teams 10, 11 and 12, realizing they have no chance to advance, opt out of the playoffs for fear of injury and dropping down in the NFL draft.
If they really want a Championship Ring before they turn Pro...all they have to do, is transfer to a Contender in December. If they're that good...they'll play. Right now, it looks like the current transfer rules and proposed CFP schedule would support that.
As far as expansion...people have been calling for this, since before the BCS was implemented. However, nobody, ever, called for 12 teams. There have only been typically, 6 or 7 teams that played like Champions every year and deserved to be in the playoffs. I don't remember a year that UGA wound up ranked #12, and I thought, "you know what...UGA deserves to win the College Football Championship, this year". Even though,, it would've been fun to watch em try. LOL.
The thing is, on September 3rd of this year, there will be 100+ teams, in DIV1 College Football, playing in a 12 game playoff. It's called "regular Season", but, it IS a playoff. It's been that way every year. Now, that 12-game playoff can win you a spot in a 12 team Ceremonial Playoff, displayed with all the glory of Gladiators fighting it out in the Roman Coliseum. That, being said...it will still be virtually the same 6 or 7 teams jockeying for position in the final 4 every year, but, the money pie is going to get bigger and everybody gets a piece. At least for the foreseeable future.
Television owns College Football. They started buying it a little at a time, the second ESPN and FOXSPORTS was born. LOL
Mike all they did was approve the plan that was presented months ago. Those clowns are so spiteful and yet it is now hailed as some wonderful idea.