re: Clay Travis' Prediction for 12 Team CFP Playoffs

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If we had 12 teams instead of four, this wouldn't have happened a single time.

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As the old guy I have seen this dog a pony show before in MCBB. They should have stopped at 8 or 16 and done double elimination like college baseball. My personal opinion is the BCS got it right, they were to pick the 2 best and duke it out. I would probably be OK with 4 but use BCS metrics, not a committee. When MCBB went to a committee and post season tournaments (for the added money) it just allowed a handful of people to decide the fates and then they set the narrative for their picks.

We root for Cinderella but to not support it with our dollars. If I want to see a TRUE National Champion there is no way in hell to assure it when you take 12 teams. It just means a lower team gets hot for 1 game and can not sustain it. When it comes to NC's it should be the best vs the best or do not say you are playing for a championship.

What happened in the meantime was a Top team got eliminated early so the survivors got easier teams to play to make easier final games. This was done to provide more games (which meant more money from advertisers) so quality fell but more games could be broadcast, no matter how meaningless.