re: Thoughts on a 16 team playoff scenario (hear it out)

Here's my thing. The regular season matters in this sport. In the NFL the Giants can lose 7 or 8 games in the regular season and put together a Cinderella run to be champions. That's nice and all, but I don't personally want to see it in college football. I like the idea that every year the champion is either the best team or one of the best. That doesn't mean we don't have to play the games. We never would've known that Georgia was one of the four best teams if we hadn't played the games, for example.

So, with every week being crucial in CFB it makes it more exciting. If my division/conference sucks and I can win it with 4 or 5 wins by getting lucky in just a couple of games then the regular season is less exciting. Upsets in CFB are HUGE, because it has HUGE ramifications. An embarrassing loss to a bad team could kill your chances at the title, see Ohio State. With any sort of Automatic Qualifier it doesn't matter, just win certain games and you're in.

I think 4 is just fine. MAYBE we could go to 6 or 8, but really I think that'd still arguably be too much. The only think I like about going to 8 is...

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- Holy shite the high stakes matchups in on-campus stadiums in December. Alabama hosting Ohio State to go to a Final Four game. Oklahoma hosting Auburn. Clemson hosting USC. UCF getting their shot at Ohio State. USC going to Penn State.

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THIS would be cool because of how meaningful it would be, but I don't know if that excitement outweighs other factors for me like preserving the regular season and making sure the champion is one of the best teams.

As for smaller schools getting a chance at the title, I said a year or two ago on the MSB that I think the G5 should have their own playoff. Someone recently did a mock bracket of such a series of games and it looked really exciting. Maybe even institute a thing where the reigning G5 and reigning P5 champs open their next seasons against each other.